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| Thread ID: 146158 | 2018-05-07 22:16:00 | Random freeze & problem with rebooting | ShippedAway (17614) | Press F1 |
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| 1449349 | 2018-05-09 05:03:00 | :confused: You wouldn't have the PSU and the CPU confused by some chance would you? he means the actual PC . Alot of people call the computer the "CPU" :) some call it "that %#$&*(%$ thing" "CPU" = "HD" = "computer box" |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1449350 | 2018-05-09 07:44:00 | :confused: You wouldn't have the PSU and the CPU confused by some chance would you? No, I meant CPU. |
ShippedAway (17614) | ||
| 1449351 | 2018-05-09 09:18:00 | Sounds to me that it could be doing a power check, then turning off when it fails. Unless you have access to another power pack your best bet is to take it to a repair shop for I diagnosis, and quote. | mzee (3324) | ||
| 1449352 | 2018-05-09 19:41:00 | he means the actual PC . Alot of people call the computer the "CPU" :) some call it "that %#$&*(%$ thing" "CPU" = "HD" = "computer box" Looks like I'd better brush up on my Te Reo. :crying |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1449353 | 2018-05-10 01:48:00 | Sounds to me that it could be doing a power check, then turning off when it fails. Unless you have access to another power pack your best bet is to take it to a repair shop for I diagnosis, and quote. You're right. I have to go to a repair shop. |
ShippedAway (17614) | ||
| 1449354 | 2018-05-10 02:24:00 | The good thing If you'd like to call it that, is its now doing it consistently, shouldn't be to hard to narrow it down to what's causing it. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1449355 | 2018-05-10 23:26:00 | heck, its been so many years since Ive seen that happening on a PC You need to be accurate & more informative with what youre telling us. If we have to guess what youre describing you wont get usefull answers As above, is it 100% dead, no fans, no lights ? Does it turn on then off straight away ? Yes, its hardware. Could be failing : Power supply, RAM, motherboard , video card , broken USB port (unlikely) etc You'll need to swap parts to track down the cause : not really practical for a home user If it wont turn on, best guess would be power supply or motherboard(less likely) Try reseating the RAM, or move the RAM to another slot. Probably wont help but its worth a try. If you motherboard also has onboard video, remove the Graphics card & try onboard vid port. Remove the video card regardless & see if it then turns on & stays on (it may beep a few times because of no vid) Disconnect the hard drive untill its more stable. You dont want to risk coruption from these ongoing issues while testing things Hi, first of all about the spades symbol showing thing, when it occurred i captured a picture of the screen, if you want i can show by uploading wherever you want me to. Now about testing the parts here's what i did, step by step: Day 1: I press the power button, it lights up, fans start moving but monitor/ mouse/ game pad/ keyboard nothing gets connected and cpu shuts down and turns on by itself [keeps happening with little pause for few seconds]. Day 2: I press the power button and everything is connected without any issue. I get to use my PC like nothing ever happened. So now i shut down the pc, opened the PC casing first , removed the hdd and pressed power button again. PC boots normally. I see a different screen which has all bios ino, chipset info etc, probably due to no hdd. Then i reseated the Ram as you asked, PC booted normally. I removed the GPU, booted the PC then the old problem started. CPU gets shut down, and turns on by itself where the monitor and other peripherals do not get connection. I inserted the GPU again and booted and saw same problem. I inserted HDD lastly, and booted and same problem. So in the end i couldn't identify what's wrong and pc doesn't get on. :(:(:(:( |
ShippedAway (17614) | ||
| 1449356 | 2018-05-11 00:34:00 | This is why you need to take it to a Service Repairer in what ever city you are located. Unless you have spare parts you can change out to test it could get very expensive by trial and error. Going by your description there's 4 main components that may have failed. Experienced guess --- in order. 1. Power Supply 2. Memory 3. Motherboard 4. CPU ( but doubt it, very uncommon) Note: Ive excluded the GPU as you have said the problem was there without it. There could be some other problem causing it, BUT the easiest ones are the PSU & Memory. If that's changed (one at a time) and it fires up and runs OK that's a good indicator of the problem. To test the Memory you can download and run Memtest86 from a CD (under Windows downloads) www.memtest86.com When you boot from the media you created and run the test if it turns red the memory has failed, tests can take over night or seconds. Last one I did on a customers PC with 16GB memory, ran for approx. 4 seconds then WHAM!! |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1449357 | 2018-05-11 01:13:00 | Also, check the USB ports. A damaged USB port can cause this sort of thing . Hardly ever happens but its one of the easy things to check for. Also , unplug everything (incl kb/mouse) leaving only monitor & power connected & see what happens . Unlikely to help , but its an easy test . |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1449358 | 2018-05-12 17:50:00 | Also, check the USB ports. A damaged USB port can cause this sort of thing . Hardly ever happens but its one of the easy things to check for. Also , unplug everything (incl kb/mouse) leaving only monitor & power connected & see what happens . Unlikely to help , but its an easy test . Hi, i checked all USB ports. They are undamaged. I sent my PC to a repair shop, they could run the PC but they haven't used it to the point when it hangs. So they are claiming my PC is alright but i know it isn't. |
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