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Re:'PC Building Simulator' Is More Fun Than Building a Real ... by actsasbuffoon on Thursday March 29, 2018 @05:29PM (#16711212)
Ugh, this brings back bad memories. I had a new PC that wouldn't power up, and I couldn't figure out why for 2 or 3 days. Eventually I took the motherboard out of the case and then put it back in. Suddenly everything worked. The best guess I've got is that somehow the motherboard was touching the case in a way that was causing it to short out.
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Re:'PC Building Simulator' Is More Fun Than Building a Real ... by squeaky-clean on Thursday March 29, 2018 @05:36PM (#16711278)
Had the same thing happen to me! Built it on desk, worked, moved to case, didn't work. Rebuilt on desk, worked, moved to case, worked! Whatever, sure.

Had it happen again a couple years later but that time it turns out the motherboard was just DOA. But yeah the time spent confirming that the motherboard was the culprit sucked, and required another PC to swap parts with.

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