So, my brother's computer (an Inspiron 518) won't turn on. I checked everything hardware wise and seems to be fine: all parts seem to be intact, power light is coming on on PSU and mobo, front panel cords (including the one for the power switch) are fully seated, and yet it won't turn on. Anyone have any ideas what might be going on?
I say urgent because my brother and my mother are pretty computer inept and at the same time are refusing to listen to my advice. My brother thinks it might be the dust and my mom said "well I can get the vacuum and clean most of it out" and I say "mom I've never heard of anyone putting a vacuum in a computer and it doesn't sound like a good idea. I don't want to exacerbate any hardware problems that may or may not be present by putting a vacuum tube in the computer."
So I said the only good way of doing it is canned air so they went off to the store to get it. Hopefully I can get a rational idea of what to do before they get back and potentially forget this up further, or spend time, energy, and money attempting to do something that will not work.
