My girlfriend kicked my computer?

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Yeah, so I'm studying in Germany right now and I call back home and apparently my girlfriend fell out of her chair and kicked of course, my new gaming machine. Ummmm...

Yeah, she says it won't boot up anymore, it just goes to a black screen and then turns itself off after a few seconds.

Do you guys know what the problem might be? Perhaps something came loose and caused a short? What would be the ramifications?

Any other ideas what could have happened?
 
I would say something came loose. A fast jolt like that is certainly enough to do it, even if it doesn't look like it.
 
Trust her enough to re-seat everything? If not tell her to take it in to some shop and hope you don't get ripped off.
 
Well I could tell you where to put it when you get back but I think the term is now blocked here on the forums from overuse.

Anyway tell her to unplug it from the wall and leave it along untill you get back home. When you get back figure out what the hell she did.

With any luck she just knocked something loose.
 
Do you guys know what the problem might be?
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I guess you'll just have to wait to TS 'till you get home because my tin-foil hat isn't working any better than yours. :(


apparently my girlfriend fell out of her chair and kicked of course, my new gaming machine. Ummmm...
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I'd be telling her, no more beer until you're there to protect your computer! :D

Good Luck, with the computer and girlfriend!
 
My first guess would be loose heatsink. Black screen for a few seconds until it shuts down points towards overheating to me.
 
update:

apparently when she accidentally kicked it, it pulled out the tray with the USB ports on front of the tower. maybe the wires ripped out of the mobo? I have no idea, she said everything is still plugged in.

if a wire was yanked loose while the computer was on, would it fry the mobo possibly?
 
She might end up doing more harm than good if you have her troubleshoot it and she's not experienced with that sort of thing.
 
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