My brother was in the middle of playin some sort of computer game when all of the sudden the compter cut off on him. Rather, windows cut off. No bluescreen, No "windows is shutting down" nothing it just cut itself off. At the time the monitor was still recieving power and the screen test displayed floated about to prove that and the computers blue light was on indicating it was still operational. However, no access to windows. When he held the power button down and turned the computer back on it didnt start again. No lights, no fan from the power supply, no humms or buzzy noises, nothing. I opened up the computer and the light for the motherboard is still on. Could this be a bad power supply?
2007-03-21 14:08:12 · 6 answers · asked by vyyruss 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
It could be a bad power supply, you can try unplugging for 30 seconds and then plugging it back in.
It could also be one of those new shut-off viruses that are going around. They do exactly what you have described. If you manage to get it back on again I would do that.
It could also be the monitor, but if you are getting no response from the CPU itself then it most likely is not.
That is really weird though, I've never heard of something like that happening.
Hope I can answer your question! Feel free to contact me with your solution or any other problems/details at any time.
2007-03-21 14:13:38 · answer #1 · answered by Luke K (www.lukeishere.com) 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Could be power supply but could be RAM as well. Since you probably don't have a spare powersupply on hand, lets rule out the RAM.
Pop your system open. If you have multiple sticks of RAM, remove all but one stick, then boot back up. If your system is successful in booting you have found your problem. One or more of the sticks of RAM that you have removed is bad.
If you system doesn't boot, remove the stick and pop in another stick and try again. Repeat process until you have found the bad stick.
2007-03-22 01:58:08 · answer #2 · answered by Ryan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either the power supply, or a mother board problem. You can purchase a motherboard tester off newegg for about 20 bucks
2007-03-21 21:11:38 · answer #3 · answered by ssgtballard 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Really sounds like the power supply. Sometimes you can smell it if the power supply goes out. Happens all the time.
2007-03-21 21:26:20 · answer #4 · answered by timshaun 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its more likly to be a lack of ram. buy some more. It should at least have a gig. If that doesn't fix it it could be a power supply
2007-03-21 21:11:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hmmmm,sounds like video card.....
2007-03-21 21:12:43 · answer #6 · answered by solidchevyman 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋