PC doesnt turn on

TequilaClock · February 13, 2009, 04:22:38 PM

Sigh, say I have an HP Media Center m7550la (which has been a huge piss off with problems in the past years) and now the damn thing wont turn on, the power button blinks half a second instead of booting up and holding the button or other shit won't work.

Any got ideas? I don't know shit about hardware so...

RomanClock · February 13, 2009, 04:59:47 PM

Id need more info on whats wrong.
Are there any sounds that come from the computer?

TequilaClock · February 13, 2009, 05:09:12 PM

No, it just doesnt reach the HP screen or even start up.

Sombra · February 13, 2009, 05:38:32 PM

Might be that your mobo is going bad, I think I've heard of video card problems doing that as well.

If you have a spare video card lying around try switching that in and see if it works, if it's still doing it the best I can recommend is take it to a PC repair shop, if it's your mobo you're going to have to replace a lot of stuff unless you look for an old one that has the same sockets/ RAM type.

FLOUNDERMAN_CLOCK · February 13, 2009, 05:47:36 PM

Unless you know exactly what's wrong your best bet is a PC repair shop.

TremcladClock · February 13, 2009, 06:35:15 PM

Could be blown caps or general damage to heat-regulation components. Rubbish computers often suffer from such problems.

screwdriver_clock · February 13, 2009, 06:46:54 PM

Tequila I looked more into your desktop, it probably is a bad motherboard. Lots of HP computers seem to have this issue ive found, I had two people bring me theirs and they had that problem.

RomanClock · February 13, 2009, 08:08:00 PM

Solution: Get a new computer and add your current hard drive to it and you should be fine.

TequilaClock · February 13, 2009, 09:37:53 PM

Quote from: RomanClock;1520560Solution: Get a new computer and add your current hard drive to it and you should be fine.

If we really do this I will beg them for the graphic card and additional hard drive.

RomanClock · February 14, 2009, 03:42:37 AM

Quote from: Master Bates;1520602If we really do this I will beg them for the graphic card and additional hard drive.

And you will get advice from me

INoodleClock · February 14, 2009, 01:07:04 PM

Is there any chance it could simply be a faulty PSU?

TequilaClock · February 14, 2009, 01:22:37 PM

I would say if I knew what the fuck a PSU is.

Either way, the computer is on now but this happens everytime we try to turn it on, it takes a fucking lot of tries to get it started.

TruncheonClock · February 14, 2009, 01:23:13 PM

Power Supply Unit.

TequilaClock · February 14, 2009, 01:24:01 PM

Oh. I have no idea anyway.

TruncheonClock · February 14, 2009, 01:24:51 PM

Quote from: Master Bates;1520918Oh. I have no idea anyway.

Big box thing with a fan inside it, usually located at the top-rear of the machine.

TequilaClock · February 14, 2009, 01:49:13 PM

ah well, the fan seems to be working, and it wasnt that long since the last time we cleaned it

RomanClock · February 14, 2009, 03:06:22 PM

Quote from: INoodle;1520903Is there any chance it could simply be a faulty PSU?

Ive had that problem, it doesn't turn on at all if its broken.

AlbinoClock · February 14, 2009, 08:31:47 PM

That's an electrical subsystem problem. Either your power supply is fucked or your mother board isn't getting power where it needs to go. Try taking out some unnecessary components, like PCI cards and CD drives. You could still have some power, but not enough wattage to run everything.

On the other hand, it could be a processor issue but I think it's supposed to beep at you for that. I know that if your machine starts turning itself off on its own abruptly (like not through windows), it's either electrical or your processor is overheating. That sounds like it's way too fast to be your processor overheating, though.

Pixelated Knife Clock · February 14, 2009, 09:07:57 PM

simple. Your computers broken. Fix it.

AlbinoClock · February 15, 2009, 07:49:02 AM

Quote from: Pixelated Knife Clock;1521200simple. Your computers broken. Fix it.

You're not helpful. Fuck off.

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