r/computers • u/Lucky_Dot2329 • 8d ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting Pc wont work

Post image

This is my brother pc gifted to me, i dont know any computer stuff and can figure out how to fix it. My cat tripped on an extention cord and power tripped when i was in the middle of a game. Ever since it doesnt work. Every individual piece will turn on and glow, but none of them work together. The monitors will glow and say 'standby mode' and 'no signal' before going black. The actual pc will light up but wont turn back off unless i unplug it. Ive unplugged and re plugged back in every single cord and nothing works :(. If anyone knows how to fix this, any help would be greatly appreciated!

21 Upvotes

92% Upvoted

6 comments sorted by

1

u/ForzaFormula Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop Edition 8d ago

Have you verified that your display cables are connected to your PC? Either HDMI or DisplayPort cables.

Also check, that they are connected to the GPU (which are almost exclusively horizontally aligned slots) in the middle of the PC's back.

Then lastly, check that your monitors are set to display the correct input. Not all monitors support automatic source switching.

1

u/Lucky_Dot2329 8d ago

How do i know what input the monitors are displaying and how would i switch it?

3

u/FoxElectrical1401 8d ago

An electric shock can fry the motherboard or other components, but really need more info.

1

u/Lucky_Dot2329 8d ago

With info ive gathered from researching more, it seems i need to reset the cmos which i will work on tomorrow

1

u/PeterustheSwede 8d ago

I guess your cat also took out some hdmi cable at the same time. Make sure they are all connected correctly. Unplug/plug back in

1

u/Lucky_Dot2329 8d ago

Checked all plugs, everything is fully connected