Computer suddennly die?

PcFreak14 · 01-27-2008, 06:17 PM

Whats goin on everyone? Well on friday i recieved a old computer from my cousin that was gunna throw it out. Its a compaq presario 5000. It says on the case for windows Me. He said that when it boots it shows a blue screen of death. Well after he dropped it off i took everthing out of the case and put it in a empty new HP case. After i installed everything and double checked,i booted it. I came to see that the boot screen was windows professional. It booted up fine and everything worked. I ran scans for virus's spyware and all that. Well it was fine over the last 2 days. Then i went down to grab a cd and i noticed the screen was black. Power save and all that is off, so i though somethings wrong. The HD activity light was steady so was the drive lights. I restarted it and the fans spin and the HD Act light stayed lit. But the hd didnt feel like it was spinning up. I tryed a diffrent power supply, changing ram.

Im not sure what to assume. Anyone have a idea.
This pc was only in my garage online and stuff but i really need to get it working.
thanks again,steve

oscaryu1 · 01-27-2008, 07:46 PM

Try another GFX or another stick of memory, and if possible, another motherboard. Look for loose items and blown capacitors too,

PcFreak14 · 01-27-2008, 07:55 PM

Well its onboard gfx that i used, ill try another stick and if no go,ill try another motherboard thanks

johnb35 · 01-27-2008, 07:58 PM

Or maybe a bad hard drive???

oscaryu1 · 01-27-2008, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by johnb35

Or maybe a bad hard drive???

A bad hard drive will not keep a computer from posting

PcFreak14 · 01-27-2008, 08:26 PM

yea because i would atleast see the compaq BIOS load i would think

oscaryu1 · 01-27-2008, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PcFreak14

yea because i would atleast see the compaq BIOS load i would think

Correct. Then it'd try to boot and either just stay there and keep trying or display "Boot disk error".

johnb35 · 01-27-2008, 08:58 PM

i would try booting to a diagnostic utility disk to run test on the hard drive just to be sure. If hard drive activity light was constantly on, i would look in that direction. You have to remember, bad hard drives can make the system do weird things. I've come across a few in my days.

oscaryu1 · 01-27-2008, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnb35

i would try booting to a diagnostic utility disk to run test on the hard drive just to be sure. If hard drive activity light was constantly on, i would look in that direction. You have to remember, bad hard drives can make the system do weird things. I've come across a few in my days.

But they still wouldn't stop it from booting.....

Diagnostics can be incorrect. I've seen threads and from my personal experiences. They say it's good, but I get format errors, ect.

PcFreak14 · 01-27-2008, 09:52 PM

so what do you think i should do?

01-27-2008, 06:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
PcFreak14 Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Moosic,Pa Posts: 118	Computer suddennly die? Whats goin on everyone? Well on friday i recieved a old computer from my cousin that was gunna throw it out. Its a compaq presario 5000. It says on the case for windows Me. He said that when it boots it shows a blue screen of death. Well after he dropped it off i took everthing out of the case and put it in a empty new HP case. After i installed everything and double checked,i booted it. I came to see that the boot screen was windows professional. It booted up fine and everything worked. I ran scans for virus's spyware and all that. Well it was fine over the last 2 days. Then i went down to grab a cd and i noticed the screen was black. Power save and all that is off, so i though somethings wrong. The HD activity light was steady so was the drive lights. I restarted it and the fans spin and the HD Act light stayed lit. But the hd didnt feel like it was spinning up. I tryed a diffrent power supply, changing ram. Im not sure what to assume. Anyone have a idea. This pc was only in my garage online and stuff but i really need to get it working. thanks again,steve

01-27-2008, 07:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
oscaryu1 VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 13 Posts: 10,043	Try another GFX or another stick of memory, and if possible, another motherboard. Look for loose items and blown capacitors too, __________________ Core 2 Duo E2140 1.6GHz @ 3.04GHz GA-P31-DS3L pqi Turbo CL4 DDR2-800 2GB Sapphire HD3850 256MB Sony Writemaster DVD Burner EIDE Seagate Barracuda 80GB 7200.9 8MB SATII

01-27-2008, 07:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
johnb35 Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: IL, USA Age: 38 Posts: 830	Or maybe a bad hard drive??? __________________ Motherboard - Asus P5B-E CPU - E6600 Memory - 2GB Corsair XMS2 (2x 1gb) Graphics - x1650 pro 256mb Hard Drives - 250GB WD and 250GB Samsung in Raid 1 DVD Drive - Lite-On DVD Burner - Lite-On Power Supply - Ultra 425 watt - upgrading to at least 550-600 Watt 22" Acer widescreen AL2216WBD

01-27-2008, 08:58 PM	#8 (permalink)
johnb35 Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: IL, USA Age: 38 Posts: 830	i would try booting to a diagnostic utility disk to run test on the hard drive just to be sure. If hard drive activity light was constantly on, i would look in that direction. You have to remember, bad hard drives can make the system do weird things. I've come across a few in my days. __________________ Motherboard - Asus P5B-E CPU - E6600 Memory - 2GB Corsair XMS2 (2x 1gb) Graphics - x1650 pro 256mb Hard Drives - 250GB WD and 250GB Samsung in Raid 1 DVD Drive - Lite-On DVD Burner - Lite-On Power Supply - Ultra 425 watt - upgrading to at least 550-600 Watt 22" Acer widescreen AL2216WBD

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01-27-2008, 07:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
PcFreak14 Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Moosic,Pa Posts: 118	Well its onboard gfx that i used, ill try another stick and if no go,ill try another motherboard thanks

01-27-2008, 08:26 PM	#6 (permalink)
PcFreak14 Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Moosic,Pa Posts: 118	yea because i would atleast see the compaq BIOS load i would think

01-27-2008, 09:52 PM	#10 (permalink)
PcFreak14 Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Moosic,Pa Posts: 118	so what do you think i should do?

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