looking for a cause

[childsy_1985]

ok yesterday my pc wouldnt power on. It would beep like crazy and the led on the MB was spewing out all sorts of errors. so I pulled the bios battery for a few hours, disconnected everything, cleaned everything, then finaly put it back together and it miraculously started working. however i did find a 20cent piece (australian coins are made of copper and nickle) in the case and im wondering if my young son managed to stick it in my case and that caused a short. I cant think of anything else that would have caused it so do you guys think that is the cause?

 

[voyagerfan99]

That may have caused it. But also sometimes a CMOS clear will fix some POST issues. Sometimes there is no explanation.

 

[Okedokey]

Yeah, sounds like it to me. Shorting the motherboard or other components will do that. Thanks though, you've made me realise ill need to kid-proof my pc when i have them