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| Thread ID: 65483 | 2006-01-20 00:00:00 | Ok, does anyone know a good repair place in Wellington/Hutt? | annie (6010) | Press F1 |
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| 422670 | 2006-01-20 00:00:00 | My computer won't switch on. What happened is that when I shut it down last night, the computer powered down, then instead of the usual little click and lights-out on the front of the case, it kept clicking over and over again, lights coming off and on all the time. After about 5 mins I turned the power off at the wall and gave up for the night. This morning when I press the on switch, nothing happens. Opened the case and the switching mechanism looks ok to inspection from the outside, all the leads from the switch to what I assume is the motherboard, is ok. No joy if I fiddle the switching mechanism manually from inside the case either. Change of power cord and plug no use either. I think I need an honest techie - a sort of Wellington Metla. Any suggestions? It's a Dell P4 running Win XP - I know, I know, but it's my second Dell and till now I've had no problems with either of them. Thanks |
annie (6010) | ||
| 422671 | 2006-01-20 00:02:00 | ...a day trip to Wanganui.... Muhahahahaha. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 422672 | 2006-01-20 00:04:00 | Verrrry funny. Tho it could come to that | annie (6010) | ||
| 422673 | 2006-01-20 00:16:00 | pp (www.pp.co.nz) up in newlands seem to be pretty good. | plod (107) | ||
| 422674 | 2006-01-20 00:47:00 | Replacing most power supplies, except for some HP / Compaq / IBM models, is usually pretty straight-forward, and'll probably save you $60 to $75. Just take a few notes when you remove it such as "four screws on back hold it up. big long white rectangle thing goes to ..." Once you removed it, and took it to a PC store, like Ascent, I bet you could get the part the next business day. Think of it as your start to the exciting thrill-a-minute high-stakes job of PC technician, and don't forget about those bragging rights! |
kingdragonfly (309) | ||
| 422675 | 2006-01-20 01:35:00 | Replacing most power supplies, except for some HP / Compaq / IBM models, is usually pretty straight-forward, and'll probably save you $60 to $75.But couldn't it be the hard drive's died? | Greg (193) | ||
| 422676 | 2006-01-20 01:40:00 | I might try PP - had a look and decided that replacing the power supply was a bit too adventurous for me, since it's in a nasty little metal box under a flange thing and for sure I'd rip something else to pieces trying to get it out. I don't think it's the hard drive - the power-on lights don't even come on in the front, which they normally do about a second before the drive starts up. Besides, fixing that would be too easy, and quite unlike my general recent run of luck. Thanks for the advice - much appreciated. |
annie (6010) | ||
| 422677 | 2006-01-20 01:49:00 | Verrrry funny. Tho it could come to that Try Quay Computers. They have supplied things to me and seem to know what they are doing. I have had RAM off there in the past and one ram stick failed. Had a replacement next day |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 422678 | 2006-01-20 01:57:00 | I have just build my own PC, and also delt with Paradigm Pcs and they are great :) and I changed the PSU to a better unit, all I had to do was take out the four screws, sure I didn't take any connectors out but you just map out which one goes where and it will be easy, all those people who say building, replacing parts in your own PC is hard I believe are computer techs trying to ward you off their teratory :p | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 422679 | 2006-01-20 02:01:00 | Thanks for the advice - I was thinking also of building my next computer too - are those your specs? | annie (6010) | ||
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