seems like it was doing nothing till i installed a new power supply now fan goes but still no boot up ?
2006-09-21 07:35:24 · 4 answers · asked by H8Ful_Chic 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
it's dell computer
2006-09-21 07:46:17 · update #1
cant get into anything wont boot but i hear fan going and its trying just no response i would try boot it in safe mode but theres nothing working on it
2006-09-21 07:47:22 · update #2
thnx u guys
2006-09-21 08:00:31 · update #3
Hard to answer this qustion without more info..
does it atleast get a dos prompt? can you get into the bios?
to get into the bios you will have to click the f10 or delete key or on some computers it is f1 or f2 key when you first turn on the power
if not then take out the little round battery on the mother board (cmos battery) for 2 minutes.
also take out all your memory chips and reboot using only one memory chip at a time as one of your chips could be bad
if still nothing then you will have to pull out all of your cards IE: sound card, modem all extra cards you have inthere except for video unless you have onboard video as one of your cards could be bad and shorting out the computer
if it still won't boot then it is your processor shop around on ebay on a friends computer for a new one :-O
hope I've helped you.
ps an edit .. when you say won't boot do you get a blue screen? does it see the hard drive and just not booting to windows? may need to reinstall on top of it or just put your xp cd in let it boot to that and select repair from the menu then type in fixmbr at the prompt (thats fix master boot record) if your using ME or 98 boot to a boot floppy and at the prompt type scandisk
did you put the power supply in yourself? if your not nerviouse around the inside of your computer then you should remove your cards and then try to boot like i said above
well if it is not powering up to the harddrives or cd's or bios you should remove all the cards, memory, bios battery then put the bios battery back in and only one memory chip try to boot then if it works then put in your other mem chip try to boot still working? okay then put one card at a time back in untill it wont boot then you will find out what is causeing this stress! if nothing helps then it is the processor or maybe you brought the wrong power supply
Victor C.
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2006-09-21 07:42:23 · answer #1 · answered by Victor C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the best software for this is linux it is free you can download linux and burn it on too cd then you put the cd in the master cd, drive close off the auto run box restart the pc , then the pc will boot up from ,the cd you will have 2 options
install or run , now you click on install and linux is so fast and much better than any software i have seen , you will like the way linux is set up when you install linux there is so many cool things you can do with linux
try linux your like it & the best part it is free do download burn on to cd , use a cd(r) disc or a , cd (r) then put it in the drive restart the pc and install linux from boot up on the cd when it is installed you will like , many things about linux
when on the website on the left your see
download ,click on download.then click on suse linux 10.1 then , burn it to cd(r) then
restart the pc with the suse linux cd in and install suse linux for free
take care and enjoy suse 10,1 linux for free.
Then after that you can install windows xp. It should solve the problem.
2006-09-21 14:41:06 · answer #2 · answered by wiz_on_line 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hello
you dont say what computer is having this problem .name of the computer what windows does it have on >>win 95 > 98> 98se> 2000
win xp home. media. professional
need more info to help youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
2006-09-21 14:41:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ohh...so sooooorrrry.Try the hardware mechanics.
2006-09-21 14:39:47 · answer #4 · answered by Sweet Lady 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋