[Adrian]

HI All
Anybody here know anything about fixing 'dead' PCs - or maybe suggest an
appropriate newsgroup where I can ask this question.

Thanks
Adrian
Suffolk UK

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

Adrian wrote:
HI All
Anybody here know anything about fixing 'dead' PCs - or maybe suggest
an appropriate newsgroup where I can ask this question.

Thanks
Adrian
Suffolk UK

uk.comp.homebuilt

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

[Colin Wilson]

Anybody here know anything about fixing 'dead' PCs - or maybe suggest an
appropriate newsgroup where I can ask this question.

We might be able to help - how dead is dead ?

Any error messages ? beeps ? nothing but a black screen and no lights ?

[Dave Liquorice]

On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:01:04 +0100, Adrian wrote:

Anybody here know anything about fixing 'dead' PCs

You had a thunder storm as well?

Kids computer now refuses to POST let alone boot. All power lines are
present and correct, it'll power up/down fine, HD spins up but nothing
else happens. B-(

--
Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail

[raden]

In message , Adrian
writes
HI All
Anybody here know anything about fixing 'dead' PCs - or maybe suggest
an appropriate newsgroup where I can ask this question.

I think most major topics have been covered in here in the past

of course, there's dead and there's dead


--
geoff

[Roger Mills]

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
raden wrote:

In message , Adrian
writes
HI All
Anybody here know anything about fixing 'dead' PCs - or maybe suggest
an appropriate newsgroup where I can ask this question.

I think most major topics have been covered in here in the past

of course, there's dead and there's dead

Yes, but a PC is made of fairly standard components. Unless it's been
subject to a major disaster - such as a fire - there's probably only one
failed component. The trick is in being able to diagnose *which* component.
In absolute terms, it's probably just a failed transistor or capacitor - but
I'm not suggesting diagnosing at that level. Diagnosing at module (PCB)
level is not too difficult if you've got half a clue as to what you're
looking for - particulary if you've got some spare bits and can try
substitution.

Of course, whether it's *economical* to repair it will depend on the age and
spec of the PC - and what is wrong with it. I have an ancient PII PC with
what appears to be a failed motherboard. I ain't going to bother to repair
that!
--
Cheers,
Roger
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[gort]

On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:01:04 +0100, Adrian wrote:

HI All
Anybody here know anything about fixing 'dead' PCs - or maybe suggest an
appropriate newsgroup where I can ask this question.

Thanks
Adrian
Suffolk UK

uk.comp.homebuilt. Lot of very good people on there.

Dave

[[email protected]]

gort wrote:
On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:01:04 +0100, Adrian wrote:

HI All
Anybody here know anything about fixing 'dead' PCs - or maybe suggest an
appropriate newsgroup where I can ask this question.

Thanks
Adrian
Suffolk UK

uk.comp.homebuilt. Lot of very good people on there.

Dave

Dell £199 ish special base unit is probably best option
HTH Phil

[[email protected]]

gort wrote:
On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:01:04 +0100, Adrian wrote:

HI All
Anybody here know anything about fixing 'dead' PCs - or maybe suggest an
appropriate newsgroup where I can ask this question.

Thanks
Adrian
Suffolk UK

uk.comp.homebuilt. Lot of very good people on there.

Dave

Dell £199 ish special base unit is probably best option
HTH Phil

[gort]

Dell £199 ish special base unit is probably best option
HTH Phil

Err thanks Phil, but I build my own!!!!!

Dave

[Adrian]

Hi Folks

gort wrote:
On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:01:04 +0100, Adrian wrote:

HI All
Anybody here know anything about fixing 'dead' PCs - or maybe suggest an
appropriate newsgroup where I can ask this question.

Thanks
Adrian
Suffolk UK

uk.comp.homebuilt. Lot of very good people on there.

Dave

Thanks all
I'll ask over in 'homebuilt'...

Adrian

[[email protected]]

Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:01:04 +0100, Adrian wrote:

Anybody here know anything about fixing 'dead' PCs

You had a thunder storm as well?

Kids computer now refuses to POST let alone boot. All power lines are
present and correct, it'll power up/down fine, HD spins up but nothing
else happens. B-(

have you checked the voltage of the cmos battery? May be all it needs.
May be various other probs too, eg a faulty pci/isa/agp card.

NT

[Bob Martin]

in 546896 20060706 085906 wrote:
Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:01:04 +0100, Adrian wrote:

Anybody here know anything about fixing 'dead' PCs

You had a thunder storm as well?

Kids computer now refuses to POST let alone boot. All power lines are
present and correct, it'll power up/down fine, HD spins up but nothing
else happens. B-(

have you checked the voltage of the cmos battery? May be all it needs.
May be various other probs too, eg a faulty pci/isa/agp card.

NT

Also, most modern mother-boards have 4 or 5 LEDs which display the
stages of the boot process.

[chris French]

In message om, Dave
Liquorice writes
On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:01:04 +0100, Adrian wrote:

Anybody here know anything about fixing 'dead' PCs

You had a thunder storm as well?

Kids computer now refuses to POST let alone boot. All power lines are
present and correct, it'll power up/down fine, HD spins up but nothing
else happens. B-(

I had a similar problem recently, the PC would sometimes crash and then
not POST - would always have to fiddle inside it. Eventually tracked it
down to a dodgy video card - sometimes the fan on the card wouldn't
power up (probably a dodgy power connector) and this stopped the
machine in it's tracks (presumably an anti-overheating strategy)
--
Chris French

[The Natural Philosopher]

Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:01:04 +0100, Adrian wrote:

Anybody here know anything about fixing 'dead' PCs

You had a thunder storm as well?

Kids computer now refuses to POST let alone boot. All power lines are
present and correct, it'll power up/down fine, HD spins up but nothing
else happens. B-(


Almost certainly a peripheral chip gone.

New motherboard time probly. If its recent the RAM and CPU chips may be
reusable.

[raden]

In message , Roger Mills
writes
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
raden wrote:

In message , Adrian
writes
HI All
Anybody here know anything about fixing 'dead' PCs - or maybe suggest
an appropriate newsgroup where I can ask this question.

I think most major topics have been covered in here in the past

of course, there's dead and there's dead

Yes, but a PC is made of fairly standard components.

Then I shall rephrase my last sentence

There's minor problems and there's totally ****ed

--
geoff

[Mighty Magpie]

You could try alt.computer



"Adrian" wrote in message
...
HI All
Anybody here know anything about fixing 'dead' PCs - or maybe suggest an
appropriate newsgroup where I can ask this question.

Thanks
Adrian
Suffolk UK

[Pete C]

On Thu, 06 Jul 2006 07:14:22 +0100, Adrian
wrote:

Hi Folks

gort wrote:
On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:01:04 +0100, Adrian wrote:

HI All
Anybody here know anything about fixing 'dead' PCs - or maybe suggest an
appropriate newsgroup where I can ask this question.

Thanks
Adrian
Suffolk UK

uk.comp.homebuilt. Lot of very good people on there.

Dave

Thanks all
I'll ask over in 'homebuilt'...

Hi,

If a certain age mobo, something else to check is the caps:

http://www.siliconchip.com.au/cms/A_30328/article.html

cheers,
Pete.