Are there beeps? Do you have a spare PSU to test with?
Before it died forever (?), the machine had these symptoms (not in this order, I didn't think it would be died, therefore I didn't write them all down):
- 0xc0000001 (and other codes)
- PFN_LIST_CORRUPT
- PAFE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
With the first error (it was numeric), I was able to recover it through bcdedit: it lost the DEVICE and OSDEVICE parameters in the Windows loader section.
It was written
UNKNOWN, I re-set them to
partition=c:.
Then I tried (i would have tried) an offline scan with kaspersky rescue cd.
But after I updated its signatures, the program disappeared: it made me think it could be the ram.
Hence I also tried to change the ram. But the error was there.
Then I removed almost everything to clean the machine from the dust. But the error was there.
Then this time I removed everything, but maybe I was too violent when I removed the power from the motherboard (it was quite difficult to remove it), and broke it.
Indeed, when I put everything together, it gave that "symptom": the fan started, no beep.
Then I removed everything, leaving only cpu, MB, fan, PSU and
one ram stick: the fan started, the beep didn't beep... :)
Then I tried another PSU: the same.
Then I tried to remove the battery for some minutes: the same.
Then I tried to move the jumper to clear the cmos: the same.
while SuperFlower PSUs are among the best, even the best can have problems. So I would verify power is good before spending any money.
Sorry, I didn't understand... What power?
That is odd but it certainly is possible the original license was a retail license.
I didn't verify the license when there was win8 and then with win8.1, I wasn't aware of the slmgr command at that time (or I wasn't curious enough)...