sri_rng said:
@sorcerer: vacuum cleaner in blower mode
Don't do that, never do that. Use the good old fashioned anti static brush/
air blower like this/ and maybe one of those low powered vaccum that uses batteries (but then again, they are not powerful enough, anti static brush is the best way to go) can of compressed air. Reason, it will generate enough static and can damage the hardware components.
Follow the rest of the advice for cleaning from here:
Computer Cleaning Information
sri_rng said:
the led on the motherboard glows alright. does it change anything?
Check in your motherboard manual (usually in the troubleshooting section), if they have any necessary troubleshooting step for a particular number of LED (on the board) flashing, try the troubleshooting step. If you have lost the manual, get an online copy from the asus' site. However, IIRC asus has pull down drivers/bios/manual for certain EOL products. If you can't find it, google is your friend
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But still, follow the troubleshooting steps mentioned above. BTW, its because of preventing such scenarios that its always best if one chooses a good psu to be on the safe side
. However, using vaccum cleaner on hardware like mobo, rams, processor, hard drives, etc- that is also a big NO NO.