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Non responsive pc?
Name: MistJ Date: December 21, 2002 at 13:18:45 Pacific OS: WinXP CPU/Ram: 7000
Comment:
If I power on a pc and the fan starts, but the hard drive dosent seem to do anything, no beeps otr any other signs of life other than the noise of the fan, what would people consider to be instinctively wrong? I need to know, possibilitys? What to check and inwhich order? This is a problem with two pc's but only happens sometimes... Also on one pc it sometimes loads the BIOS and then instead of loading the OS the screen goes blank and all i can hear is the fan whirring...
Name: Bill McMinn Date: December 21, 2002 at 18:07:45 Pacific
Reply:
The power supply and the RAM would be what I suspect is making the PC unresponsive. The next thing would be that the video card would be suspect. Then the processor chip and the motherboard would be the next suspects.
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Response Number 2
Name: Paco Date: December 21, 2002 at 20:06:30 Pacific
Summary: I've been wondering for a while which one of these methods is better and why. 1. shut down a non-responsive pc by unplugging it at the wall or 2. by pressing and holding the power switch for a numb...
Summary: OK heres the deal, i have had numerous motherboards that come non-responsive from my suppliers, i RMA them then they are send back by suppliers responsive with the only explanation being "bios reflash...
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