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| Thread ID: 139738 | 2015-06-19 00:03:00 | My PC Has Passed Away. RIP? | Poppa John (284) | Press F1 |
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| 1403176 | 2015-06-19 00:03:00 | Hi All My venerable old friend XP, Metla build, PC has died. Started to have problems a week ago. Would fire up as far as the Icon screen & lock up. Turn off with case button, pause, & try again & might work. Today ...nowt. Click case on, power light on, green CD drive green light on, red light on case flickers & the whole lot goes off. Any ideas? Thanks. PJ:waughh::crying |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 1403177 | 2015-06-19 00:22:00 | Faulty power supply or faulty motherboard. Probably. Could also be a shorted out/broken USB port, less likely. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1403178 | 2015-06-19 00:40:00 | Go for a warranty claim!! | linw (53) | ||
| 1403179 | 2015-06-19 00:44:00 | Is probably a power supply - is it important to you to get it back up and running? | wratterus (105) | ||
| 1403180 | 2015-06-19 03:32:00 | Is probably a power supply - is it important to you to get it back up and running? Very. PJ |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 1403181 | 2015-06-19 03:49:00 | Do you have a local friendly PC technician? I, and I'm sure others too would happily give you a PSU if $$ is an issue, but it would need someone to diagnose it, then install a replacement. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 1403182 | 2015-06-19 04:13:00 | Take the side off and make sure the cpu and case fans start spining when you push the power button, the BIOS will prevent booting on most sytems if the fan isn't working. Also worth checking the CMOS battery and looking for any obvious damage like bulging or leaking capacitors. After that disconnect all drives and usb devices just leaving the monitor and keyboard attached and power it up and see what happens. If it stays running with some text on the screen the motherboard is probably ok and you can start reattaching things 1 by 1 to see what causes the issue. It could be the PSU as suggested but let's start with what you can do without spare parts to hand. After that it's time to start swapping bits around so you may need a tech unless you do have spare parts. Depending on the age of it even if it's dead it might have several re-usable parts and as long as the hard drive is ok any data is retrievable. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1403183 | 2015-06-19 07:29:00 | When does a computer truly ever die? usually a parts transplant can successfully revive them or if thats not feasible, turn it into a donor so others can still live on. Cheers, KK |
Kame (312) | ||
| 1403184 | 2015-06-19 10:01:00 | Do you have a local friendly PC technician? I, and I'm sure others too would happily give you a PSU if $$ is an issue, but it would need someone to diagnose it, then install a replacement. I did...but he is in Australia now!!! PJ |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 1403185 | 2015-06-19 13:44:00 | and on that note, Hello from Australia... | Metla (12) | ||
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