*Need computer help*
 

I know this is kind of a shot in the dark
my PC developed a problem yesterday.

I was on the computer for a bit, and it suddenly shut off on me. I started it back up, everything was fine. I went back into the room 20 mins later and it was off again. I booted it up, and as it got to the welcome screen it shut off once again. I pulled the side off to blow the dust out, and now it wont even boot. I power it up fans kick on, but the light surrounding the power button doesn't turn on.

The computer is a HP M8000 Media Center. Ive had it for several years, never a problem.

Im not techie at all, so any info would be greatly appreciated

might be power supply :\

I just plugged it in, the fans and everything are all running, and there's a green light on the back that stays on but nothing else works. When I hold the power button the computer doesn't shut down, it needs to be unplugged
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I think you may need a new motherboard. It may not be worthwhile fixing.

mobo's fucked.

Yeah, I tried a bunch of thing I read online. Pulling the RAM, and booting, computer did nothing. It will not turn on/off with the power button, only if I plug/unplug it. With how cheap towers are these days, it's not worth fixing at all. Was a damn good issue free computer for nearly 5 years though.

My next question, if I pull the hard drives out, could they just be plugged into another computer to pull all my stuff?

Or is there another way.

TIA
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Yeah, just plug it into another computer as a secondary drive or into a USB enclosure. You'll be able to pull everything off the hard drive assuming there was no damage to it.