- Oct 17, 2005
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I've had relatively few problems with either of my computers since I built them a couple years ago. Well, the spare computer is now acting up and I'm not sure of the problem.
It was working fine on Monday and then yesterday it wont turn on, sorta. My girls brother went to use it and pressed the power button to it on, but the monitor didn't turn on he said. So he calls me at work to let me know, I tell him to double check the wires and make sure it's all plugged in which he confirms it is. So then I ask him to pres the restart button on the front of the tower, he says nothing is h happening. I ask him if it sounds like it's restarting and he said it didn't change. So I ask him to hold the power button in until the computer turns off, he held it for about a minute and nothing happened. So I had him switch it off and wait til I got home from work.
As soon as I switched it back on the computer came on but only did what it was doing before, which when I normally plug it back it the fans and lights turn on for a quick second then turn off. But now it just turns on. I tried listening for the hard drive to spin which I dont think it is. The keyboard doesn't have power, the CD-rom's wont open and the monitor doesn't get a signal from the computer. But the fans are spinning and that like it's running. Also, after I turned it on and off (by switching the power on the back) I thought I could smell a burnt smell, but I never smelled it after that so I dont know. I couldn't see anything that looked obviously burned or looked like it had arced.
I have a spare PSU so I went and swapped the PSU and tried it again, same thing though. So I dont think it's the PSU. Any other thoughts on what it could be?
Thanks
It was working fine on Monday and then yesterday it wont turn on, sorta. My girls brother went to use it and pressed the power button to it on, but the monitor didn't turn on he said. So he calls me at work to let me know, I tell him to double check the wires and make sure it's all plugged in which he confirms it is. So then I ask him to pres the restart button on the front of the tower, he says nothing is h happening. I ask him if it sounds like it's restarting and he said it didn't change. So I ask him to hold the power button in until the computer turns off, he held it for about a minute and nothing happened. So I had him switch it off and wait til I got home from work.
As soon as I switched it back on the computer came on but only did what it was doing before, which when I normally plug it back it the fans and lights turn on for a quick second then turn off. But now it just turns on. I tried listening for the hard drive to spin which I dont think it is. The keyboard doesn't have power, the CD-rom's wont open and the monitor doesn't get a signal from the computer. But the fans are spinning and that like it's running. Also, after I turned it on and off (by switching the power on the back) I thought I could smell a burnt smell, but I never smelled it after that so I dont know. I couldn't see anything that looked obviously burned or looked like it had arced.
I have a spare PSU so I went and swapped the PSU and tried it again, same thing though. So I dont think it's the PSU. Any other thoughts on what it could be?
Thanks