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Nelix

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Dead PC
« on: April 20, 2009, 09:59:31 PM »
Hi Lads, looking for some advice!

Went to switch on my PC this evening and it is not responding!  There is a ticking noise coming from it.  There appears to be power going to the PSU as there is a green light when power switched on.  I am thinking it is a HD problem but would appreciate your thoughts before I go doing anything drastic.
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Re: Dead PC
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2009, 11:41:49 PM »
clear some space on your desk, pop open the case, power it up and and have a good listen, 'ticking/clicking' is usually the HD alright, do you get video?  if so, what's the error message you get?  check if your HD is getting picked up in the BIOS.
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Re: Dead PC
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2009, 12:37:43 AM »
Plug out the power cable, press the power button a few times to ensure there's no power left, put the power cable back in, and try again.

If you aren't even getting the BIOS screen, it's bad. If the above doesn't work, remove the side of the case, plug out the power cable, press the power button a few times to ensure there's no power left, put the power cable back in, and check do any motherboard lights come on. Turn it on, and again, see if any motherboard lights come on. If none come on, it'll probably be either the PSU or mobo.
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Re: Dead PC
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2009, 12:42:59 AM »
Use a nix boot disc.  This will allow you to see if everything else is working ok.
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Re: Dead PC
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2009, 07:56:43 AM »
It wont even go to boot up screen.  It is completly dead.  Did all the remove power cable, press power button on etc.  Still nothing but the ticking noise.
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Re: Dead PC
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2009, 09:31:25 AM »
did you open it up?  where's the ticking noise coming from?  use yore ears.
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Re: Dead PC
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2009, 11:21:34 AM »
Quote from: [TiG]Lucutus on April 21, 2009, 09:31:25 AM
did you open it up?  where's the ticking noise coming from?  use yore ears.

Ticking noise coming from the back at the PSU.
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Re: Dead PC
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2009, 01:30:57 PM »
I think I had this on my old machine at some stage and  Myself/Dave/Alex could never figure it out. What used to happen to me was every tick would freeze the computer to eventually it crashed and wouldnt turn on...
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Re: Dead PC
« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2009, 02:11:54 PM »
Aye that ticking disease is a bast. 
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Re: Dead PC
« Reply #9 on: April 21, 2009, 04:45:44 PM »
brothers pc used to do this turned out to be the ram
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Re: Dead PC
« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2009, 06:51:16 PM »
Quote from: Nelix on April 21, 2009, 11:21:34 AM
Quote from: [TiG]Lucutus on April 21, 2009, 09:31:25 AM
did you open it up?  where's the ticking noise coming from?  use yore ears.

Ticking noise coming from the back at the PSU.
Sounds like the PSU is fucked. If it was RAM, it should beep. No beeping, no nothing, just ticking: sounds like the PSU is having problems running it's own internal fan.
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Re: Dead PC
« Reply #11 on: April 21, 2009, 07:15:18 PM »
 
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If it was RAM, it should beep. No beeping, no nothing,

not always, like i said same thing happened to brothers pc ticking noise from psu turned out to be a bad stick of ram with no beeps or codes

that was 2 nearly and the psu is still running strong

nelix have you got your systems specs handy?
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Re: Dead PC
« Reply #12 on: April 21, 2009, 09:27:47 PM »
My brother took out the Ram etc etc and well one of them was dodgy so played without thaat Stick of ram and it seemed to ''slow'' down the beeping, happening less often but still beeped the odd time. Dave thought it might be somthing to do with the hardrive and what not
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Re: Dead PC
« Reply #13 on: April 24, 2009, 07:48:26 PM »
Not sure what is wrong but is is a good excuse to get a new shiney PC :?: Not sure about my budget as still looking at that but would appreciate any recommendations you may have.

Much have's:

Decent Processor
at least 3GB Ram
Gaming Quality Graphics card (will be getting back into some friday night gamage as soon as the baby is settled)
at least 19" monitor (have one for my work laptop but cannot use it for personnal usage)

I dont have time or patience to build one so looking at off the shelf.
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Re: Dead PC
« Reply #14 on: April 24, 2009, 08:24:02 PM »
Actually, have you tried it with another monitor, yeah? ON the off change that it's booting, but not displaying anything? Of is it totally silent when you switch it on?

Finally, open it, and look for any fans (CPU, GFX card, etc), and see do they spin when the machine is turned on.
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