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My Compaq presario sr 1738nx desk top won't turn on at all. no blinking lights no fans nothing. if I unplug and re-plug back in the green light comes on for a second and thats it. nothing. ive swi

I haven't used for a year. it has been sitting downstairs and hasn't been disturbed at all.

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Sounds like the power supply has failed. That's where you plug the power wire into it. You could try opening the case and re-seating the main plug connector on the mother board. This is the big bunch of wires that ends in a 24 pin plug attached to the main board.
(See if you can borrow a power supply from a handy family member?) http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/f/powersupplytest.htm

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 15, 2009

SOURCE: HP Compaq Presario SR1820NX will not turn on

i worked for hp and compaq it is well known issue to reslove this issue

1#turn off the computer and uplug the power cable from the computer and then hold the power button for 20 second then turn on the computer and the momment you back to desktop screen
go to download driver from hp site and here is the web site http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=pv-43507-1&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=ca&lang=en&os=228&product=1841849 and restart the computer .

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 17, 2009

SOURCE: compaq presario sr1303wm not powering up

Try another power cord first to be sure; if that doesn't works, then replace the power supply.

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Sudeep Chatterjee

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  • Posted on Sep 24, 2009

SOURCE: Green blinking light on back but will not turn

Its possible that the power supply inside the CPU is unable to provide the required DC Voltage as required by any PC. Try and exchange it a friend's SMPS of the same ratting(wattage) as yours and see if the PC works. If not, remove the RAM from their DIMM slots and clean the contact points. But if the RAM gets spoiled/damaged the MOBO should respond with continuous beeping sounds......sodeep

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 26, 2010

SOURCE: green light comes on and the fan but monitor will not

Does it display on your monitor "No Input Signal"? If so it could very well be your motherboard. Same thing happened to me. :(

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Feb 12, 2010

SOURCE: Black Screen Compaq Presario

Do you see the BIOS splash screen or anything?
Try booting into safe mode by pressing F* as soon as you power on the computer. If the monitor works, then it is a bad driver. Roll back to a previous restore point, boot to last known good coonfiguration. Last Known good configuration is available from the same as the safe mode screen.

If this is helpful, please comment and rate. Have any other questions, please let me know.

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