PC cant start, help.....
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Topic: PC cant start, help.....
Posted By: lenacheong
Subject: PC cant start, help.....
Date Posted: 05 November 2003 at 7:47pm
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Hi,
My PC can't start anymore. There's power shown in the monitor and some spinning sound from the CPU. The sound is either the fan or hardisk. I have important document to retrieve. Can someone help me??? 
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Posted By: ngaisteve1
Date Posted: 05 November 2003 at 11:41pm
| What has you done? Try to think back what you did before this happen. This is very important. What do you see when you reboot your pc? Total nothing or when start to be nothing. You need to give us more details so that we can narrow down your problem. |
Posted By: lenacheong
Date Posted: 05 November 2003 at 11:53pm
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Thanks for the reply.
It was quite some time back that I used that PC. I pulled out all cables and connected once as I re- arranged my desk. After that when I on it again, the monitor only said "No signal detected" and I hear only a spinning sound from the CPU. This is the second time I faced this problem. I have already dumped the previous computer and hope to know what's the real problem now. 
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Posted By: ngaisteve1
Date Posted: 06 November 2003 at 1:00am
| Check if your monitor is properly connected to ur pc. |
Posted By: lenacheong
Date Posted: 06 November 2003 at 1:05am
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There is no problem with connection sockets..
Anybody encountered such problem? 
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Posted By: ngaisteve1
Date Posted: 06 November 2003 at 1:14am
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Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 06 November 2003 at 9:02am
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It can be a lot of things, in my case the motherboard was fried. It could be the CPU or just the memory, where hard to say. Do you hear beeps?? If yes, what is the beep order like: beep-beep-beeeeeep or beep beeeep beeeep This way you can find out where it is beeping. If no beep at all it is most probably the motherboard. Thus, open the case and check if you see the cpu fan spinning. If it is, it maybe the cpu.... ------------- http://baumannphoto.com" rel="nofollow - Blog | http://mpgtracker.com" rel="nofollow - MPG Tracker |
Posted By: Bluefrog
Date Posted: 06 November 2003 at 9:08am
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Had a similar problem on with XP Pro. Installed Linux and it worked ;) hehe Sad part is that once I reinstalled again with Windows it didn't work I just scrapped it in the end. Too much trouble to screw around with it anymore.
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Posted By: pmormr
Date Posted: 06 November 2003 at 1:35pm
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i should start a company that collects old computers... ------------- Paul A Morgan http://www.pmorganphoto.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.pmorganphoto.com/ |
Posted By: Bluefrog
Date Posted: 06 November 2003 at 1:45pm
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oh - To recover the data, just stick the drive in another box - easier... ------------- http://renegademinds.com/" rel="nofollow - Renegade Minds - Guitar Software http://renegademinds.com/Default.aspx?tabid=65" rel="nofollow - Slow Down Music |
Posted By: fernan82
Date Posted: 07 November 2003 at 8:30pm
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Open it and check that all the PCI/AGP cards are firmly in place. Since
you said it happened when you unplugged the cables off the back it's
very possible that the video card came loose a bit. Also if it's a PCI
card try taking it out and put it on another slot. It can be pretty
much anything but the most common causes for this problem are video
card, motherboard, RAM, and CPU. If that don't fix it you might have to start stripping out all the hardware and keep just the motherboard, cpu, ram, and video card, and if still won't POST then start swaping parts from another PC until you narrow it down to something... Ground yourself by touching the metal chasis of the case before you touch anything inside. ------------- FeRnAN http://www.danasoft.com/"> 
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Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 08 November 2003 at 1:59am
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Can you boot from a floppy? ------------- 
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Posted By: lenacheong
Date Posted: 08 November 2003 at 9:06pm
| no, can't boot from floppy either. |
Posted By: Bluefrog
Date Posted: 10 November 2003 at 5:41am
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Now, calculate how much time you have wasted on messing around with the PC, multiply it by how much your time is worth, multiply that by a 'cost of living' / 'cost of sanity' adjustment factor to account for the hair and sanity you lost... and then tell me it wouldn't have been easier just to scrap it all... PCs are very much similar to public restrooms... lots of crap floating around in there and if you're brave enough, you're still gonna get covered in $hi+.
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Posted By: the boss
Date Posted: 10 November 2003 at 7:07am
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Posted By: KCWebMonkey
Date Posted: 10 November 2003 at 9:14am
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Maybe your PC fluid reservoir is too low, and that would cause your Fluid Underflow Capacity Device to malfunction, which would prevent your PC from booting up.
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Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 10 November 2003 at 9:00pm
Don't ya just hate it when that happens? lol -------------
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KCWebMonkey wrote:Posted By: Flamewave
Date Posted: 11 November 2003 at 10:53am
Maybe he droped a box of gridsquares or chem-light batteries in there  ------------- - Flamewave They say the grass is greener on the other side, but if you really think about it, the grass is greener on both sides. |
Posted By: BoLt
Date Posted: 21 November 2003 at 8:44am
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It sounds like your fan on your CPU has stoped working and your CPU has cooked. As you have been informed you will need to remove the case lid and power up the PC, Look at the CPU fan to see if one Nothing has stopped it turning and two it still is. If the fan has stopped and the CPU possibly is cooked, You would be best taking it to a PC repair shop. Hope this helps BoLt (PC Engineer) |