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| Author: | RangerDave [ Mon Nov 15, 2010 5:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Computer Troubleshooting |
My computer was working fine on Friday night, but when I turned it on Saturday morning, it got about 5 seconds into its boot-up then turned off, then turned on again for a few seconds, then off, on, off, on, off, etc. I took the following trouble-shooting steps: 1. checked all the external connections; 2. opened the case and cleaned out all the dust (there was a lot); 3. checked all the internal cabling connections; and 4. removed and reseated the RAM and video card. Then I tried booting again. Same problem. Any suggestions for what it might be or what I can do to figure it out? Maybe a bad hard drive or a short in the power supply? |
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| Author: | Taskiss [ Mon Nov 15, 2010 5:36 pm ] |
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Does the CPU fan spin? |
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| Author: | RangerDave [ Mon Nov 15, 2010 5:50 pm ] |
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Yeah, although it does start about a second after the main case fan, and it stops a second or two before the computer shuts down. |
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| Author: | Taskiss [ Mon Nov 15, 2010 5:52 pm ] |
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Does it spin freely, or does it feel like it's binding? A bad cpu fan will often shut down the system. |
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| Author: | RangerDave [ Mon Nov 15, 2010 5:55 pm ] |
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Hmm, I'll take another look tonight, but it did seem like the CPU fan was running a bit rough. Man, if it's just a bad fan, that would be awesome. Thanks, Taskiss. |
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| Author: | Taskiss [ Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: |
RangerDave wrote: Hmm, I'll take another look tonight, but it did seem like the CPU fan was running a bit rough. Man, if it's just a bad fan, that would be awesome. Thanks, Taskiss. So, did you ever fix this system? |
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