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Question posted by cshfoitr on April 24th, 2014

Dropped Dell Vostro Now Wont Boot

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Answer #1: Posted by BusterDoogen on April 24th, 2014 9:01 AM

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Possible reasons for a system not booting after one has dropped it, in order of least likely to most likely:

Component dislodged from motherboard due to impact. Items to suspect in order are: RAM, CPU or case fan, expansion/graphics card, SATA cable, or possibly a jumper on the motherboard may have loosened.
Component damaged due to stress induced by attached cord pulling (i.e. VGA socket may be damaged if the fall caused a cable to pull on it too hard).
CPU knockeded loose due to impact and isn't making contact with the socket, or the board socket has been damaged.
Component damaged due to impact. Items to suspect in order are: hard drive, motherboard component ie., USB or audio ports, power switch, power supply, motherboard or plugin-component such as RAM.

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