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pc has died help please!!! (update. possable tempry fix?)
Conroy Bumpas
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im a total novice pc wise some bare with me and my spelling
ive got a dell office small pc. you know the ones that have extrernal power supplys.
come into the office and it wont turn on. the fans spin for 2 seconds stop and then spin again for 2 seconds. then nothing
i took the lid of the case and apaer from a bit of dust couldnt see and blow parts. with the power supply conected the leds where on on the bord.
cave it a bit of a clean out dust wise. put the lid back on. and now nothing. fans dont evan spin up with button pressed
any help very much apresated.
thanks
ive got a dell office small pc. you know the ones that have extrernal power supplys.
come into the office and it wont turn on. the fans spin for 2 seconds stop and then spin again for 2 seconds. then nothing
i took the lid of the case and apaer from a bit of dust couldnt see and blow parts. with the power supply conected the leds where on on the bord.
cave it a bit of a clean out dust wise. put the lid back on. and now nothing. fans dont evan spin up with button pressed
any help very much apresated.
thanks
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If you havent already, completely unplug the PC from the back of the machine, and press and hold the power on for a few seconds.
Plug it back in and check for any difference.
If it were me, I'd probably take out the motherboard and powersupply and test them independently, or at least test them off the case and with the extraneous cards removed - but if you're a PC novice you may not want too.
Bottom line - its going into the shop for analysis.
the external power supply works
and when its coneccted to the pc there is a yellow light powered on the bord.
It can be all sort of things except the power supply. I suggest the following:
1. If there is anything on the machine you'd like to keep then remove the hard drive and hook it up to another PC. Doing this via a USB hard drive case is the best and easiest way. Then copy the data.
2. Remove all parts that can be removed. The hard drive is already out but there is memory and perhaps some extension boards as well.
3. Try booting the machine. If still nothing then there is the old twist and drop trick but that is last resort. (The trick is to, while disconnected from power, to twist, shake and maybe even drop the thing from 5-10 inches up. If there is something lose it may help or it may do nothing good).
4. Check what a replacement machine goes for 2nd hand. If it's still a good deal then consider having the machine fixed else bin it.
I have a mysterious problem with my Dell where if I leave the devices plugged into my monitor's USB hub, the PC does exactly what you're describing. If I disconnect them, it boots no bother.
the people that made the software for my shop installed 2 k pro
its not a very powerfull machine
ill try ripping it araprt and report back
ok taken apart . cant see anything wrong except the tops of those cylender things is that bad of just crappy manifatureing?
This website can give you more information about what happened.
http://www.badcaps.net/pages.php?vid=4
Dells are notorious for getting caught up in the bad capacitor scandal. If your motherboard isn't shot, then you might be able to simply replace the capacitors, otherwise, you'll have to buy a new motherboard. Chances are, with a capacitor blowing up like that, you're gonna have to buy a new motherboard.
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Your own supply of capacitors (or buy a couple that are of the same kind)
Soldering tools
The knowledge for how to solder.
If you don't have the above, then it is time to just buy a new motherboard. can you post a picture of what your computer looks like? If the computer you have (Dell right?) is too small, buying parts may not work without paying attention to smaller sized form factors on your replacement pieces.
about 5 capasiters are like that.
so me thinks a new compy would be the best idear.
thanks for the help people
they have pretty much the same spec and where got about 6 months apart. this ones hard drive died and it just got forgot in the office cubbord.
can i just do a hard drive swap? one think i have notices is that the one with the dead hard drive has 3.5 HDD and the one with the dead motherbord is a 2.5 HDD surely you can get a convertion cable pritty cheep
will this work?
any possable problems?