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| Thread ID: 35543 | 2003-07-15 09:21:00 | HELP! PLEASE :'(.... | ~~~~~ s y ~~~~~ (2054) | Press F1 |
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| 159944 | 2003-07-16 01:26:00 | > Have you tried to over clock your CPU???? > If so that might be your problem ;) No, haven't overclocked this one yet :p > If not have you had your lights flicker in the last > few weeks??? If so you might of had a power surge, & > fried something...like what happened to beetle. Only downstairs.... hopefully, it's not that, Our other PCs are ok... Thanks for your help, |
~~~~~ s y ~~~~~ (2054) | ||
| 159945 | 2003-07-16 02:13:00 | Have a close look at your motherboard sy. On the board there are wee things called capacitors the number of them will vary from board to board. They look like little tin cans for want of a better description. The tops of them are normally silver in colour with a X on them. Are any of the tops raised? Is there any brownish discharge leaking from the bottoms of them? It's a very common problem & one most people overlook. When a techy finds leaking capacitors they biff the board. But: I've just had a problem similar to yours on one of my PC's I replaced 7 capacitors as one had a raised top & 3 others were discharging from the bottom. Problem solved, machine going like a rocket. Total cost $14.00 |
Stumped Badly (348) | ||
| 159946 | 2003-07-16 02:42:00 | Try starting with :- 1/ Just the 64Meg stick in 2/ Both 32 Meg sticks ONLY, in slots 1 & 2 And this should eliminate the memory modules hopefully. Then on to trying another power supply. |
Pheonix (280) | ||
| 159947 | 2003-07-16 04:51:00 | Might not help with this one, but in future: Don't do the demon act with the power switch. If you turn it off, leave it off for ten or more seconds. It's a good idea to have a wee think before turning it on. Making lots of changes in a hurry is also a bad idea. :-( Doing anything in a hurry is a mistake. Changing more than one thing at a time is a disaster. :_| A new power supply might help. If the present one has a faulty Power OK signal, that might explain the problems. If it's an ATX and the power control doesn't work, that's a bit suspicious too. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 159948 | 2003-07-16 05:38:00 | No, can't see any problems there. Look at my next post for further updates. Thanks, |
~~~~~ s y ~~~~~ (2054) | ||
| 159949 | 2003-07-16 05:44:00 | A friend in Australia suggested ram is wrong, he suggested to take out AGP and Ram out and reinstall. Will do that later. Mean while waiting for my dad to come home. MORE UPDATES: I am now able to.... I think...start up the computer. but only after I've shut down for a while. as in 30 minutes/1hour.... If I do it straight away, I still get the error. As for power supply, I don't think it would be that. Many thanks all, |
~~~~~ s y ~~~~~ (2054) | ||
| 159950 | 2003-07-16 08:16:00 | Repair done, I think, memory is now 128mb :D, but.... new problem encountered... See here (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) Many thanks, |
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