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 nimysa United States. August 11 2009 03:31. Posts 346 | Profile Blog |
I'm on a library computer as I write this, recently my computer has suddenly stopped working. In this situation I'm really confused because I really don't know what happened. It started yesterday, when I was on the computer watching a video. I suddenly notice that the monitor is a little blurry, there are lines near the top of the monitor and I have an LCD screen comp, so I am like wtf? I try to change the screen settings, alas to no avail. Suddenly, like 2 minutes later, my comp suddenly stops, and before I know it, the screen turns white, and there is like this white solar light thing flashing on the screen and my comp turns off. I try to turn my computer back on, but its not turning on at all!!!! I unplug, re-plug several times, and the damn thing is still not starting. My monitor seems to be working because on the on/off switch on my monitor, there is orange light that indicated whether my monitor is powered and is ready to use but my CPU doesn't seem even seem to be turning on. What is going on?
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 VarmVaffel Norway. August 11 2009 03:43. Posts 111 | Profile Blog |
Unfortunately, there can be a lot of different errors from that explanation. My first bet would be that it have something to do with your videocard, as the problem seem to have started there. This might be overheating or maybe static electricity from, for example, when the computer was put together. You might wanna search google for the same sympthoms on various forums also.
Personally I have an almost similiar experience with my videocard, which turned out to be that the fan had fallen off. I was flabbergasted.
General questions to help with the problemsovling:
How old is your computer?
What brand is the different hardware in there?
Did you put it together yourself, or have you swapped any hardware in there after you bought it?Last edit: 2009-08-11 03:43:25 |
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 omgbnetsux United States. August 11 2009 04:56. Posts 3594 | Profile Blog |
| Sounds like a video card heat issue. Open up your computer and give it a good compressed air clean and see if that helps. |
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 Agro_Z United States. August 11 2009 05:00. Posts 101 | Profile |
It looks like something caused your computer's power box to stop working.
Would a faulty graphics card prevent a computer from turning on entirely? Go buy a new Power Supply, preferably one that is more powerful than your previous one and try using that. If your computer has a bad power box, it won't turn on. Your moniter gets it's power from a different source than the tower, so that's why it can turn on while the rest of your computer is dead.Last edit: 2009-08-11 05:40:53 |
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 Scorch Austria. August 11 2009 05:07. Posts 1276 | Profile Blog |
| My guess, too, is the graphics card. Can you borrow a friend's graphics card and see if it works? Or try a different monitor and see if it still produces the weird flashing and stuff? |
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| nimysa United States. August 11 2009 05:54. Posts 346 | Profile Blog |
| I bought the computer in 2005, and it's HP, I am going to look at what model it exactly is. Anyway, I cleaned out the inside of my computer because there was so much dirt inside, and I cleaned out the fans, as well as the insides right after the incident happened, it still isn't turning on sadly. Last edit: 2009-08-11 05:59:29 |
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 imBLIND United States. August 11 2009 06:44. Posts 1120 | Profile Blog |
| graphics card is my guess too. u didn't mention smelling anything and a beeping sound...last guess is the graphics card |
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 GoSu Korea (South). August 11 2009 07:24. Posts 1737 | Profile Blog |
I guess temperature of your grafic card was too high so it was over hot. so I guess you need to test your computer with another graphic card and yuu will see.
If I don't see anything with that, maybe the RAM... |
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| falls United States. August 11 2009 08:16. Posts 167 | Profile |
Since you have a HP computer, I'd contact their customer support anyways, though since you bought it in 2005, its probably not under warranty anymore and they won't help you.
I don't know, but as Agro_Z said, probably you blew your power supply, however, it might just be your gfx card. Hopefully it isn't an integrated gfx card X_X.Last edit: 2009-08-11 08:24:39 |
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| Judicator United States. August 11 2009 08:28. Posts 1378 | Profile |
On August 11 2009 05:00 Agro_Z wrote:
It looks like something caused your computer's power box to stop working.
Would a faulty graphics card prevent a computer from turning on entirely? Go buy a new Power Supply, preferably one that is more powerful than your previous one and try using that. If your computer has a bad power box, it won't turn on. Your moniter gets it's power from a different source than the tower, so that's why it can turn on while the rest of your computer is dead.
Yeah, overheated graphics card rarely creates a situation like the OP described. I am more inclined to say it was a faulty part somewhere (I know it's not helpful, but you have to pop your case anyways to take a look), because if the PSU was acting up, I highly doubt all the things the OP described BEFORE the crash would occur.
It can't be the RAM because RAM errors is very distinct; some series of beeps will occur AFTER the computer turns on.
When the computer doesn't turn on at all, I would say to unslot anything you don't need and try to turn it on then. This would include things like the modem, sound card, etc.
Frankly though, without some more info we can't really help you. |
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 pachi Australia. August 11 2009 09:03. Posts 3733 | Profile |
| Maybe it was a faulty psu -> breaking graphics / other |
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