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w4p
Joined: 29 May 2004
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Location: washington
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 8:05 am Post subject: power supply? |
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Tried to turn on pc yesterday and nothing. I mean NOTHING. I have installed ram and graphics cards on my own, but am no techy. I can replace the power supply np, if I knew for sure if that was the prob. Any help as what else could cause this? Any place I have called will charge more than the part just to verify the problem.
I have a P4 and heard they will shut down the power to avoid being fried, but this happened the next day after the pc had been off for hours.
I need my pc back and I know some peeps here know more than these guys at these "fix it" depts do.
I have a 3 year old pentium based pc. My power switch is wired to the mb first so i am worried just testing the power supply myself will not eliminate other causes.
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rd
Joined: 10 Mar 2005
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Location: COMFORTABLY NUMB, in U.S.A. *** KOFF ***
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 8:28 am Post subject: |
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Hey man,
How old is your battery on the mother board??? That pesky little devil will/can wreak havock on your computer. I would try replacing that first, from what I am reading on your problem. If that doesn't do it, let us know. Otherwise, it could very well be your power supply causing the problems.
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Exxman
Joined: 25 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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Four causes for your problem:
1. Power supply and/or fuse is burnt. RE&RE (remove and replace)
2. Power cord is a dud. RE&RE
3. Power switch is fried. RE&RE
4. Power is out at receptacle. Check and reset.
CMOS batter going out will allow some PC's to boot, you will get a checksum error if that is the case. Other than that, check items 1-4 and take it from there. PSU's aren't that expensive so replacing that should be a good option anyways as you should have a decent power supply to begin with (500W min). Shout back if you need more help.
Exx |
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