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My computer has stopped working all of a sudden. The monitor won't light up..the cd drive won't open..i have checked the ram modules and cleaned them up. There's no sound from the cpu..
Help!
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Posted: 2006-05-12 21:07:00
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Dead power supply unit? Are there any sounds or lights at all when you switch on?
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Posted: 2006-05-12 21:22:44
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The lights do turn on... Even my usb card reader lights up..but the monitor is unresponsive..
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Posted: 2006-05-12 21:34:00
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I was about to ask but Cyco beat me to those.. was there a power surge / outage or such in Palghar ? Or you have a UPS.. man!! No sound as in NO sound? Not even POST?
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Posted: 2006-05-12 21:35:50
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Yupp..me got no ups...and yes, there was a powers outage here last night..should i expect the worst? All my data gone?
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Posted: 2006-05-12 21:39:00
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Dont rush to conclusions yaar.. First be relaxd.. Next, if yourself good at R&D do it or wait till morning.. Mostly HDDs just dont go Kaput! like that.. Maybe its just the Monitor cable or display drivers.. If you indeed can.. Try if u have, a spare HDD (IF u dun wanna risk main data disk).. So cant u even hear the BIOS beeps or the brief flash of LEDs on keyboard (it indicates Power On Self Test, whether POST is happening rite)
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Posted: 2006-05-12 21:49:13
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Well, assuming it's not your monitor (I have to get the simple things out of the way first!)...
Next step is to remove any additional cards if possible such as graphics card and / or soundcard (if your computer also has onboard graphics and sound), modem etc. Also unplug any USB, parallel or serial devices. If it still doesn't power up, then it's looking like the motherboard and / or CPU has given up
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Posted: 2006-05-12 22:32:45
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@whiz: All your data is probably intact, IMO, Your SMPS has probably blown off. The SMPS, provides your Monitor power (Your monitor has 2 cables coming out of it, one goes into the display card, the other goes into the SMPS), If your monitor does take power from your SMPS, then the monitor is itself gone.
Your Motherboard/Processor are obviously still intact as your USB is powering up.
In order for us to detrmint the exact error, please provide the following information:
1) The number of beeps the PC makes at booting.
2) Is Your Monitor connected to the SMPS (PC) or directly to the Power?
3) After 30 seconds of starting your PC, is your Keyboard responding? (try
pressing the NUM/CAPS keys to determine that.)
4) After 30 Seconds of starting your PC, does your CD ROM Open/Close?
5) Within 2 Mins of starting your PC, do you hear the windows start up tone?
These will help us determinte the nature of your problem, and help us solve it.
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Posted: 2006-05-12 22:58:36
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Lol.. Its ironic that someone who works tech support for microsoft and moving to dell dimension support next week is facing this issue ;)
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Posted: 2006-05-12 23:26:33
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mrao
thanks guys, i'll be opening up the pc again in the morning and will let you folks know the results. Prelimiary investigations reveal that there is no sign of the POST...
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Posted: 2006-05-13 01:17:00
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