# PC didn't wake up; now won't start

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-didnt-wake-up-now-wont-start/521044>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 12, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-didnt-wake-up-now-wont-start/521044 "2009-12-12T23:37:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-didnt-wake-up-now-wont-start/521044/1 "2009-12-12T23:37:45Z")

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Before I went to sleep last night, I put my PC to sleep as I usually do; when I woke up and moved my mouse to wake up the comp, nada. Monitor stayed off, no lights on keyboard. Lights on the case were on, and the fan started up. I checked all connections, tried turning everything off and on, unplugged and replugged everything; same result. Turning on the computer starts the fan and case lights, but no signs of life from keyboard or monitor. HALP

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**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-didnt-wake-up-now-wont-start/521044/2 "2009-12-13T01:02:56Z")

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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-didnt-wake-up-now-wont-start/521044/3 "2009-12-13T01:39:56Z")

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When my computer did that, the hard drive was dead.

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-didnt-wake-up-now-wont-start/521044/4 "2009-12-13T01:56:41Z")

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Try some of the suggestions in this thread:

> **[My computer won't start!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=539929)**
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> Is it a lost hope to salvage this thing? I’ve sent it in to the manufacturer twice, about six months ago, for almost the same damned issue. It’s an HP Pavilion G6061EA and I am about ready to tear my hair out. This is what happens, exactly: When...

> [@My computer won't start!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-computer-wont-start/517551/10):
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> It appears to be a hardware problem, most likely a dead motherboard or CPU.
> 
> Try this:
> 
> Disconnect and emove HDD.  
> Disconnect and remove all RAM sticks.  
> Power on the computer.  
> If it gives you a series of beeps, then the motherboard is OK and it might be the RAM that’s causing the problem.  
> If you hear no beeps, then the motherboard/CPU is most probably dead.
> 
> If you hear beeps, try booting with one stick, then the other (if you have multiple sticks of RAM)