Computer starts, will not boot

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Piph05

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Four days ago my computer was fine before i left for a small vacation. I came back just now and went to boot it up, all the fans turn on, but the cd rom and power light continuously blink, it doesnt boot up or anything just stays at a blank screen. I haven't tried to troubleshoot yet or anything since im pretty tired. Anyone have any idea what it is? Thanks.
 
Piph05 said:
Four days ago my computer was fine before i left for a small vacation. I came back just now and went to boot it up, all the fans turn on, but the cd rom and power light continuously blink, it doesnt boot up or anything just stays at a blank screen. I haven't tried to troubleshoot yet or anything since im pretty tired. Anyone have any idea what it is? Thanks.
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Loose screw shorting out the motherboard? Reassemble the PC outside of the case, with the mobo on a box and start the mobo by jumping the two power pins with a screwdriver. If you get video then, look around for a loose screw, wire, cable, etc.

Also, swap video cards to rule out a video card problem. Also, what are the specs of your PC?

<Side note> As anyone else noticed that there's a few more of these 'after vacation" problems with PCs threads than usual?</Side Note>
 
So i woke up this morning expecting to troubleshoot the problem, and the computer just starts up like nothing was ever wrong. I have no idea why it was having problems last night and then all the sudden is fine today.
 
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