After reading other similar questions, I think dust is probably the cause of my computer's inability to completly power up (fan starts up, light comes on, hear a beep and then it just dies). All I really want to do is save my pictures that I have on it saved on it onto a disk; is it possible to repair, or somehow jimmy it to work one last time to get them before it dies??
2006-12-20 02:39:22 · 12 answers · asked by amandainhb531 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
The reply from " jasonjas " has the best advice.
For the record :
Dust CAN DAMAGE any electronic component because of it's heat insulating effects.
Components covered with dust heat up more easily, thus resulting (over the long term) in damage or failure.
regards,
Philip T
2006-12-20 03:25:42 · answer #1 · answered by Philip T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Under extreme conditions dust can cause an issue. However, during my many years of support experience I have never known dust to be responsilbe for a computer failure.
The beep probably indicates that the computer has turned on and is starting up. You may be experiencing a video problem.
Look at the lights on the computer to see if one is flashing or signaling. This will give you an idea if there is hard disk activity.
If this is the case check you monitor connections.
2006-12-20 03:49:12 · answer #2 · answered by Shawn H 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is no way that your pc is damaged with dust if all that you hear is a beep. It is more than likely your memory is needed to be reset. If you open up the side panel of the PC, you are going to see either one or two long card stucking out of your motherboard, release them from the clips and put them back in. If that doesn't help, look at your Power supply, maybe that have gone bad, but I seriously doubt that since your fans power up, but still it could be a possibility. If you have friend who has a similar PC ask him if he could get the memory from your pc into his and see if the computer powers up. But be carefull, you need to know the brand of ram and timing you have, it is usually on a sticker on the ram.
Let me know more info so that I could hellp...
2006-12-20 02:45:50 · answer #3 · answered by walkingdeath 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could possibly try taking out your hard drive and hooking it up in another computer, such as a friend's computer.
If it beeps more than once, you have a problem. And if so, look up your motherboard online and find out the exact problem with it by finding a list that explains the beeps.
Beeps are a way of letting you know what is wrong with your computer, such as video card, sound card, memory, CPU, hard drive, etc...
And if dust is the problem, you could try using an air spray can to get it all out. But quite possibly it would have already killed your cpu/motherboard with a lot of dust by now.
2006-12-20 02:43:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first thing to check is if the hard drive spins up, you can do this by putting you ear up to it and listeining for the clicking and whirring eventually coming to a sustained whirring.
If you hard drive is ok I would suggest buying an external usb enclosure and going to another PC in the house, or a friends and copying your irreplacable data like your pics off to that PC and burning a DVD or CD with that data.
Next you should check your memory, you can pull the memory sticks out, clean the gold contacts with an eraser and put them back securely.
Next if that does not solve it, you can pull the processor then put that back in.
Next if that does not solve it, pull the Video Card (if you have one) and securly seat that back in it's slot.
2006-12-20 02:49:33 · answer #5 · answered by Putergeek 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might want to buy a can of that duster spray they sell for dusting off keyboards. That can get a little of the dust out and may enable you to do a few last requests on it. Good luck.
2006-12-20 02:41:43 · answer #6 · answered by melmc1980 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
countless determination persons have replied your question directly yet i could desire to compliment to characteristic something else in defence of Mac expenses. Macs are many cases very heavily matched in cost for what you could desire to construct an equivalent computing gadget for. the region is, Macs are over-specced. the backside cost Mac you could desire to purchase is a plenty greater effective appropriate computing gadget than the backside cost Dell or comparable form call computing gadget you could desire to purchase in spite of the actuality that it additionally expenses greater effective. The Mac could have a miles better appropriate photos card, a miles better appropriate frustrating rigidity, a miles better appropriate CD rigidity, it could desire to have DVD burner and the contest won't, etc. inspite of the actuality that, you likely do no longer decide on the greater effective appropriate photos card or the DVD burner... and that makes the Mac over-specced and hence over-priced. that's quite a question of semantics. Macs are unquestionably no longer over-priced for what they're yet they're many cases greater effective suited than what the in many cases happening client desires.
2016-12-18 16:38:09 · answer #7 · answered by hust 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find the bios manual that explains your beep codes.
And, just pull your hardrive out, and connect it to your new machine, as it's probably still functional.
2006-12-20 04:13:14 · answer #8 · answered by The Twist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you hear a beep, then it could be a problem with the memory.
2006-12-20 02:40:32 · answer #9 · answered by Webballs 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your computer is not working properly while you are working on it, it could be a problem with device drivers, hardware or software.
Detailed instructions at http://tinyurl.com/yk5zpr
2006-12-21 21:57:23 · answer #10 · answered by gira 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋