PC won't turn on after being bumped

messagetyper

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Apr 17, 2018
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After accidentally bumping the left side of my case around the hard drive area, my pc froze and now I can't get it to boot up.

Bump wasn't too strong but I'd say it's enough to give my pc a little shake.

Here's what I got:
-No BIOs, no anything showing up on my screen.
-CPU fan not running.
-GPU fan, mouse lighting seems to be working fine.
-Everything seems to be in place, I don't really think that the bump caused anything to move that much.

Would like to know a solution to this and would also like to know if my hard drive data is safe.
 
Solution
Even a little bump can cause something to move a fraction and cause this issue. I would reseat your RAM and GPU and see if that makes any difference.
Usually if there is damage to the hard drive you will still be able to boot to BIOS, it just won't boot Windows. The likelihood is that your data is okay, but no way to be sure yet.

BadAsAl

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Even a little bump can cause something to move a fraction and cause this issue. I would reseat your RAM and GPU and see if that makes any difference.
Usually if there is damage to the hard drive you will still be able to boot to BIOS, it just won't boot Windows. The likelihood is that your data is okay, but no way to be sure yet.
 
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