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December 5th, 2020 23:00

Aurora R7, won't power on, test power button working

Hello!

 I’ve had this Aurora R7 for quite some time now, however this is the first real issue i’ve had with it. I was on the pc as normal the night before, turned off the power through the power button, went to bed and tried to turn it on the next day and i got no response! At first even the power test wasn’t working, however after switching out power cables only the power test works but the actual button to turn on the pc is unresponsive, the LEDS won’t even turn on, any suggestions?

  • r72019

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    Posted December 6th, 2020 11:00

    There might be a couple things going on.

    There might be something wrong with the mobo and/ or the cr2032 battery might need replacement.

    Try unplugging from the wall, removing the cr2032 battery from the mobo, pushing the power button for 5 seconds, then putting it back together.  If you have a spare cr2032 battery replace it instead with a new one.  The battery might be dead.

    Also, have you done anything with the RAM since the pc was last restarted?

    Then try booting the same way.

  • Doghouse Reilly

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    Posted December 6th, 2020 02:00

    The following procedure list the steps to conduct a flea power release for the R7 computer.

    1 Turn off your computer.

    2 Disconnect the power cable.

    3 Press and hold down the power button for 15 seconds to drain the flea power.

    In your case I would leave the computer unplugged overnight...it couldn't hurt.

    4 Connect the power cable.

    5 Turn on your computer.

     

    Also curious as to why you didn't shut down the computer through Windows as is, as far as I know, standard practice.

    Shutting off through the main power button is saved for total computer lock ups where nothing else is successful. 

    In other words, the last resort.

  • Doghouse Reilly

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    Posted December 6th, 2020 03:00

    And certainly newer computers have ACPI (advanced configuration and power interface). This feature sends a signal from the power button to the computer, telling it to perform a shutdown. Thus, pressing your power button shuts the computer down for you if everything worked properly

    But, the reason I don't do that is If you press and accidentally hold the power button, it's the same as cutting the power to your machine instantly. This can cause data loss, file corruption, hardware failure and possibly end of days. 

  • Keswani

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    Posted December 6th, 2020 10:00

    Scratch that, it lights up amber continuously blinking, and that's all it does but when taking my finger off the test button, it lights up red

  • r72019

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    Posted December 6th, 2020 10:00

    The flashing amber light is an error code, for example two flashes pause two flashes is error code 2.  Can you tell how many flashes in each sequence before the pause?

  • Keswani

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    Posted December 6th, 2020 10:00

    @r72019 Just tried it, the power button seems to light up amber color for a split second and sometimes even red afterwards then just goes back to nothing

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    Posted December 6th, 2020 10:00

    @r72019  2 flashes, pause, 1 flash, pause, then it goes back to 2

  • r72019

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    Posted December 6th, 2020 10:00

    @Keswani 

    Try pushing the psu test button and then power button both at the same time and seeing if it boots that way. 

  • Keswani

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    Posted December 6th, 2020 10:00

    @Anonymous I did it just this one night, as often as i use the computer and for how long I've had it, i felt like maybe it would give it a break or something yknow? The break it's taking seems to be way toooo long though haha

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    Posted December 6th, 2020 10:00

    I see, i didn't know that before! I've tried the unplugging overnight and woke up this morning to plug it in and no luck. Unfortunately I also didn't know that pressing the power button could do all that! Should I bring it in somewhere?