Help my Compaq computer wont turn on.?

Question

When i try to turn on my Compaq 7600 desktop all i hear is the hard drive turn on and make its normal sound and the CD drive works opens/closes but for some reason when i turn it on the screen is blank theres nothing at all on the screen not even a glow and another thing is the fan on the back of the computer is very loud i never heard it so loud before i also cleaned out all the dust on the inside but still it wont turn on.I even tested the monitor on my new computer but the screen says cannot connect or something like that.Please help:(

Additional Details

There is no sound coming from the speaker at all.

Answer 1

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Are you getting any beeps from the system speaker?

Answer 2

you might have a problem with the power supply. Check it with a specialist on computers.

Answer 3

Leave the laptop battery and let the laptop connect directly to the power. Check !
Do the same without the hard disk in side ! Check and see what happens with the monitor, not the latop screen ?

Answer 4

Try using a new VGA cable (connects computer to CPU)

Also, for no sound coming from the speaker, this could be due to something in power supply or in the ports. Open up your computer. Go to the power supply (the big box with colored wires popping out of it); make sure it is connected to the harddrive and motherboard.
Next, look for the gray sets of wires (looks like a flat, plastic gray thing; one wire should be colored); make sure they connect to the motherboard (on the ISA slots), and make sure they connect to the harddrive. When connecting them, they can only go in one way: if you look at the pins on the ISA slots, there is a space with none; make sure the space with no hole on the connector lines up with that.

If none of this works, make sure your slots are firmly connected in some way to your motherboard (even through another board); if none of this works, I recommend bringing it to a shop to get it fixed.

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Taking a class for A+ certification (in layman terms: I will be able to fix computers)