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Turn on cpu and it doesn't boot

Lights come on, no fan or sound of the cpu actually firing up.

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Open your pc panel, look for the heat-sink fan over your cpu(processor). there is a small fan over it and if it is not spinning your PC will not boot. could be a wiring issue where the wires(white/red usually) are broken or not connecting to motherboard good enough. check those but be careful no to break wires or connections. you may need to replace the heat sink module. if any capacitors on motherboard are swollen(little cylinder looking objects with + mark on top) will indicate overheating and motherboard may have failed. if fans spin on heatsink, then pc boot file may be damaged where then a shop will cost to fix it. fans will be the cheap fix else$$$

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lead,please rechecked step 4

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