Learn Hardcore Japanese: pasokon ga kosyousita rasiku, dengen wo irete mo gamen ga kurai mama datta. - It seemed that the computer had broken down, because even when I turned it on, the screen stayed dark.

パソコン　が　故障こしょうした　らしく、　電源でんげん　を　入いれて　も　画面がめん　が　暗くらい　まま　だった。pasokon ga koshoushita rashiku, dengen o irete mo gamen ga kurai mama datta.

It seemed that the computer had broken down, because even when I turned it on, the screen stayed dark.

Breakdown of pasokon ga koshoushita rashiku, dengen o irete mo gamen ga kurai mama datta.

をo

direct object particle

Questions & Answers about pasokon ga koshoushita rashiku, dengen o irete mo gamen ga kurai mama datta.

What does らしく mean in 故障したらしく?

Here らしく is the -く form of らしい.

らしい can mean it seems / apparently / I hear that..., based on evidence or information. So 故障したらしく means something like:

apparently it broke down
it seems to have malfunctioned

It sounds less direct than simply saying 故障した (it broke / it malfunctioned). The speaker is inferring this from what they observed, such as the screen staying dark.

Why is it 故障したらしく and not 故障らしく?

Because 故障した is the plain past form of the verb 故障する (to break down / to malfunction).

So the structure is:

故障した = broke down / malfunctioned
故障したらしい = it seems to have broken down
故障したらしく、... = apparently it broke down, and...

If you said 故障らしい, that would sound more like it seems to be a malfunction / it seems to be broken, which is different in nuance. The sentence is specifically built from the verb phrase 故障した.

Why is が used after パソコン instead of は?