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Question posted by my5hicks on January 31st, 2012

Used Compressed Air To Clean Dust Out Of My Gateway Gm5472 Now Wont Turn On

I used compressed air to clean the dust out of my Gateway GM5472 and now it won't turn on at all...

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Answer #1: Posted by mafiawars2002 on June 13th, 2012 6:22 PM

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You could have friend internal circuits with static electricity. You can't use regular compressed air products, it has to be specifically designed to be used in electronic products, those are grounded inside.

Static electricity will short stuff out quick.

When you plug in power cable into power supply, does the motherboard have any gree LEDs that light up?

Try switching to another power supply with 250-300W rating, no need to take anything out, just set another power supply beside it and plug in only motherboard connector and CPU connector. (Ground yourself before touching insides) Does it turn on?

If none of the above work, you fried the motherboard.

If you get some kind of lights and beeps, see manufacturer manual for troubleshooting lights/beeps/codes.

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