I hard booted my comp. today. Now when I turn it on the lights don't come on and the fan is loud.?

Question

Today I was replying to an e-mail. Someone interrupted me and I went away from my computer. When I got back my cursor wasn't on the screen. I moved it around and so forth, nothing. Then I notice my computer was frozen, yet the light on the CPU wasn't on. So, I did ctrl/alt/delete and nothing happened. So, I hardbooted the computer. Yet, it doesn't come back on. There is no light on the CPU and the fan is louder than normal. Do I have a virus, or was the computer simply overheating?

The computer went into sleep mode and froze. When I hard booted the computer it was still in sleep mode. I simply unplugged the power cord for a couple minutes and plugged it back in. All is well now, thanks!

Answer 1

It sounds like an overheat. Let it sit for a bit and see if you can get it to boot up.

If it still won't, it is possible that you accidently burnt out your processor or hard drive. However, this is rather remote as most motherboards have a switch which allows the system to be automatically shut down in the case of overheating.

Can you boot at all? If you can boot into Safe Mode you could try System Restore.

Hard shut downs do not do the damage it once did. Of course, I am assumming you have a system newer than Windows Me or older. If it is Me or older, then hard shutdowns are bad for the system.

Unless you are a tech with a tech's toolkit, such as the Ultimate Boot CD, or one like it, you may need to take your system to a reputable repair shop. If it is an older PC, it may be time for a new one. If so, try to locate a good Toshiba with XP Media Center. It will be less expensive, but well worth your money, as the others are higher in cost simply because of brand recognition. Toshiba is coming up in the world and it is simple these days to do hardware upgrades on your own.

Get one with at least 512 megabytes of memory, knowing you can upgrade the RAM yourself, as this is the easiest of all upgrades. Just make sure you buy the correct modules, which is not difficult to find out. Just go into your motherboards settings, but tapping the correct key at boot, which is displayed on the screen shortly after turning it on.