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06-08-2012, 01:14 PM | #2 |
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1. Hit delete button when you're booting up and see if it will go into bios screen
(might be a different button than delete, it usually says along the bottom when booting) 2. if that doesn't work(turn off computer completely,flip main power switch on back) then crack it open and unplug/disconnect main hard drive. boot up and see if computer will start up and go to cursor you are trying to figure out whether it's hardware or software If computer boots to cursor or runs bios without windows screwing crap up then it's 'probably' either the hard drive or windows installation. 3. remove your hard drive and try putting it into another computer to see if it runs ok on that computer(friends computer?) and/or put friends hard drive into your computer to see if it boots? This should let you know whether it's your hard drive/windows or another part of your computer. If ... your hard drive won't run on either computer then format and reinstall windows fresh or you might have to buy a new hard drive. If ... your hard drive runs fine on other computer then you are looking at a hardware problem of some kind. other hardware problems 5. start with memtest program to test your memory then graphics card then power supply if it's not one of these things then your screwed because it's probably motherboard related.
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06-08-2012, 11:20 PM | #4 |
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Take out the memory, and put it back in.
Hope you get it working..
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06-08-2012, 11:42 PM | #5 |
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Have you tried peeing on it?
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06-09-2012, 09:09 AM | #6 |
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Less porn
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06-09-2012, 03:41 PM | #7 |
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if it won't even get to bios then it's a hardware or clocking problem.
unhook/unplug hard drive completely (will eliminate Hard drive from equation) reseat heat sink reseat memory sticks If you have multiple memory sticks then remove 1 and try to boot, then switch to other one. also: 1. remove battery on mobo (looks like watch battery) 2. hit the bios reset button which is right by battery ... might also be reset 'jumper' this will reset the clocking speed and memory speed back to normal memory the most likely problem power supply the 2nd most likely motherboard next(most difficult)
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06-09-2012, 05:20 PM | #8 |
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was the heatsink problem and a bad video card...
reseated the heatsink and pulled the vid card and now using onboard video... i don't much like the onboard video but it's much better than no pc at all... and much cheaper than a new graphics card... thanks for the help with this guys... until we meet again... happy trails here... |
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06-09-2012, 05:21 PM | #9 |
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06-09-2012, 05:35 PM | #10 |
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probably doubtful on the heat sink. bad video card can definitely make weird stuff happen. hopefully the video card slot itself isn't bad.
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06-09-2012, 07:39 PM | #11 |
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Yeah, a bad heatsink wouldn't show up immediately...you'd just start overheating really quickly. That wouldn't prevent a boot though.
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