Computer problem

K i found out that basically my sister left the PC on after going out and my mum (none being the wiser, she dont use computers) turned it off by the plug while it was on.
 
Kireek said:
K i found out that basically my sister left the PC on after going out and my mum (none being the wiser, she dont use computers) turned it off by the plug while it was on.
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In which case if it's still not booting then power it on, press F2 or F10 depending on which one is notified as the BIOS on your computer, go into "power options" and disable the one which says to return to status before power cut and reboot it, it should be fine. Or simply pess enter when it asks for Safe mode, once its booted up then turn it off correctly and it will be fine the next time you boot it up.
 
1. Tell your mum how to use electronics. Please. For the good of all people she is around in future as well as yourself.
2. It sounds to me like the power outage led Windows to somehow screw up its magical files which make it know how to start up somewhere. It's probably really easy to fix but requires some confidence/knowledge and/or a bootable disk of some kind.
3. Ask your mum to buy you a new Windows install disk if you still can't find yours if you can't figure out what's wrong. It would help a lot. And it was her fault anyway (as far as she knows).

R
 
Rui said:
2. It sounds to me like the power outage led Windows to somehow screw up its magical files which make it know how to start up somewhere. It's probably really easy to fix but requires some confidence/knowledge and/or a bootable disk of some kind.


R
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Wouldn't of happend im afraid. If the CPU had of fried the motherboard somehow then the Computer would sit there and gather dust and wouldn't boot up.
 
I never said it fried his motherboard - I believe that Windows has corrupted/forgotten its boot files somewhere.

R
 
Rui said:
I never said it fried his motherboard - I believe that Windows has corrupted/forgotten its boot files somewhere.

R
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Sorry, im tired, thought path has gone completely off the rails.
hmm just thinking...someone "could" write a batchfile to configure his start up for him... its just writing a code to run the thingy...shite brains completely gone, there's a series of operations that windows runs at start up, but can't remember what its called and can't remember how to write it, grrr i know its at home too :(

Anywho, it might be easier to buy a cheap start up disk.
If the Bios can't fix it that is :wink: (much hope in the bios :lol:)
 
Ahhhhhhhhh stuff it i think i need a boot disc now, I was going to try what u said last night but now it just goes straight to the grey pacard bell screen (with F2 BIOS option at the bottom) but then after about 5 seconds of turning the pc on it just all locks up.........would a boot disc still sort this out? (or some system restore disc)
 
Kireek said:
Ahhhhhhhhh stuff it i think i need a boot disc now, I was going to try what u said last night but now it just goes straight to the grey pacard bell screen (with F2 BIOS option at the bottom) but then after about 5 seconds of turning the pc on it just all locks up.........would a boot disc still sort this out? (or some system restore disc)
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Yes a boot disc would help, should be able to find them in PCWORLD or Maplins, but your Bios shouldn't freeze up :S
Kireek where in the UK are you? if your in the east of th country i don't mind coming and fixing it first hand.
 
Oo thats an unexpected offer........I live in Nottingham (which is East midlands but probebly to far away) thx for the offer anyway.

I cant even get into bios now..........i dont think i changed any of the values when i last went into it. It just comes up with F2 F12 options at the bottem of the screen and just wont let me in it would seem the pc just locks up on me I can tell the keyboard works for the first 5 seconds cuz i can see the caps lock on/off light flick when i press it.
 
Kireek said:
Oo thats an unexpected offer........I live in Nottingham (which is East midlands but probebly to far away) thx for the offer anyway.

I cant even get into bios now..........i dont think i changed any of the values when i last went into it. It just comes up with F2 F12 options at the bottem of the screen and just wont let me in it would seem the pc just locks up on me I can tell the keyboard works for the first 5 seconds cuz i can see the caps lock on/off light flick when i press it.
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thats just alittle too far :( i can't drive yet,
erm, if only you could log in once and get your IP Address, then i could remote access your Pc and try to sort it out for you :( im sorry but i can't do anything else to help,
 
Hey Kireek, do you hear beeps of any sort? If you do hear beeps your computer didn't do before, you might have some sort of hardware failure. As you were seeing the initial screen for safe mode, I'm assuming your HD is ok - can't tell for sure without checking it myself, but you can check if it does makes noise when you turn it on. (also assuming you know which kind of noise to expect as well). As you see the option to enter the BIOS of the machine, I hardly doubt that the mother board is fried.

Do you know the maker / model of the stuff you got?

Usually some dell, HP's , etc used to have boot disks for free for customers, you could just go to their websites and download them as well as troubleshooting instructions.

Hope this helps.
 
So I've been having problems with my build. I've got the RAM, mobo and CPU set up. I have the graphics card plugged in. When I hook up a monitor to get the POST, my monitor remains on standby and nothing comes up on the screen. I've plugged in both my HDA cable and AC'97 cable and get no beeps.

Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated.
 
some graphic cards needs to extra power, so they have those little connectors like the cd / dvd drives have. check if that is not the case of you graphic card as well.

(Assuming cpu and monitor are ok)
 
Kireek said:
Oo thats an unexpected offer........I live in Nottingham (which is East midlands but probebly to far away) thx for the offer anyway.

I cant even get into bios now..........i dont think i changed any of the values when i last went into it. It just comes up with F2 F12 options at the bottem of the screen and just wont let me in it would seem the pc just locks up on me I can tell the keyboard works for the first 5 seconds cuz i can see the caps lock on/off light flick when i press it.
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Looks like you need a CMOS reset for a start. Hope you've got a motherboard manual handy because playing "find the jumper" is not a fun game.
 
chaos said:
Hey Kireek, do you hear beeps of any sort? If you do hear beeps your computer didn't do before, you might have some sort of hardware failure. As you were seeing the initial screen for safe mode, I'm assuming your HD is ok - can't tell for sure without checking it myself, but you can check if it does makes noise when you turn it on. (also assuming you know which kind of noise to expect as well). As you see the option to enter the BIOS of the machine, I hardly doubt that the mother board is fried.

Do you know the maker / model of the stuff you got?

Usually some dell, HP's , etc used to have boot disks for free for customers, you could just go to their websites and download them as well as troubleshooting instructions.

Well it makes 2 clicking sounds when i first turn it on....the keyboard works for 5 seconds but it wont let me enter bios.......some1 did give a boot disc yesterday but its still stuck on that same screen (might have been wrong disc) motherboard or anything else aint fried i know that, Look s like im going to have to get some1 to have a look inside.

Hope this helps.
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chaos said:
some graphic cards needs to extra power, so they have those little connectors like the cd / dvd drives have. check if that is not the case of you graphic card as well.

(Assuming cpu and monitor are ok)
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I've plugged in the PCI-E cable, but that hasn't made a difference. I'm assuming it's a problem with the mobo or video card. My hunch tells me it's not the RAM, but I'll check it too.
 
Maxon said:
chaos said:
some graphic cards needs to extra power, so they have those little connectors like the cd / dvd drives have. check if that is not the case of you graphic card as well.

(Assuming cpu and monitor are ok)
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I've plugged in the PCI-E cable, but that hasn't made a difference. I'm assuming it's a problem with the mobo or video card. My hunch tells me it's not the RAM, but I'll check it too.
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does the video card have any leds? can you see wht happens to the card when you turn the pc on?
 
Urgh ending this now. its not the Video card, if its not booting up properly theres a problem with the start up procedure, have you gone into the Bios and changed the power management - then change the tab "incase of power failure" turn it off, turn off the pc, turn it back on and then it SHOULD be fine, that simple thing has fixed so many problems before. IF the Bios still wont open then a boot up disk is required. all you have to do is check that you've looked after everything properly. have you put hardware in anti static bags? have you discharged your static before touching any hardware? May you of accidentally touched the green areas on the motherboard or videocard/ram? If its your first built there's bound to be alot of problems that face you (hell, they get us all :p),
 
Tachi- said:
Urgh ending this now. its not the Video card, if its not booting up properly theres a problem with the start up procedure, have you gone into the Bios and changed the power management
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Maxon said:
So I've been having problems with my build. I've got the RAM, mobo and CPU set up. I have the graphics card plugged in. When I hook up a monitor to get the POST, my monitor remains on standby and nothing comes up on the screen.
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Bit difficult to go into the BIOS. ;)
chaos said:
Maxon said:
chaos said:
some graphic cards needs to extra power, so they have those little connectors like the cd / dvd drives have. check if that is not the case of you graphic card as well.

(Assuming cpu and monitor are ok)
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I've plugged in the PCI-E cable, but that hasn't made a difference. I'm assuming it's a problem with the mobo or video card. My hunch tells me it's not the RAM, but I'll check it too.
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does the video card have any leds? can you see wht happens to the card when you turn the pc on?
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No, it's OEM. It does seem to be inserted properly because the card's fan spins when I switch it on. I'm going to put my old card in tomorrow to see if anything happens.
 
Tachi- said:
Urgh ending this now. its not the Video card, if its not booting up properly theres a problem with the start up procedure, have you gone into the Bios and changed the power management - then change the tab "incase of power failure" turn it off, turn off the pc, turn it back on and then it SHOULD be fine, that simple thing has fixed so many problems before. IF the Bios still wont open then a boot up disk is required. all you have to do is check that you've looked after everything properly. have you put hardware in anti static bags? have you discharged your static before touching any hardware? May you of accidentally touched the green areas on the motherboard or videocard/ram? If its your first built there's bound to be alot of problems that face you (hell, they get us all :p),
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:p actually, there are two people with problems here. One is either the video card or cables, the other seems to have some sort of hardware problem :p Anyway, I'm not trying to help, Im only here to confuse people.. :p
 
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