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Hi guys and gals I really hope someone out-there can help me as I at my wits end over this problem:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cr y:, where do I start........mmmmm... so as far as I can remember it all started after an update for MS office + gfx driver and then all the problems began, mainly my PC won't start up properly, no signal to any of my monitors, my mouse and keyboard don't work, blue and green lights on my tower running constantly and fans on full. The only way I can get it to boot up properly is to do a hard re-boot(I have to leave it unplugged for at least an hour to do this) and has been like this for almost a fortnight now, I have already tried 1). restoring it to before the update. 2). CHKDSK. 3). repair with installation disk. 4). changing power options. 5). un-installed Microsoft Office. 5).updated to most recent nvidia graphics card drivers. Can't think of what else at the moment but have been going through the forum and google to no avail..... so can anyone help many thanks in advance Mic -- micman888 light is faster than the speed of sound................ that's why some people may appear bright until you hear them speak |
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There is clearly a hardware problem. A bad power supply is one likely
possibility. -- "micman888" wrote in message ... Hi guys and gals I really hope someone out-there can help me as I at my wits end over this problem:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cr y:, where do I start........mmmmm... so as far as I can remember it all started after an update for MS office + gfx driver and then all the problems began, mainly my PC won't start up properly, no signal to any of my monitors, my mouse and keyboard don't work, blue and green lights on my tower running constantly and fans on full. The only way I can get it to boot up properly is to do a hard re-boot(I have to leave it unplugged for at least an hour to do this) and has been like this for almost a fortnight now, I have already tried 1). restoring it to before the update. 2). CHKDSK. 3). repair with installation disk. 4). changing power options. 5). un-installed Microsoft Office. 5).updated to most recent nvidia graphics card drivers. Can't think of what else at the moment but have been going through the forum and google to no avail..... so can anyone help many thanks in advance Mic -- micman888 light is faster than the speed of sound................ that's why some people may appear bright until you hear them speak |
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I've checked the power supply and HDD's and even swapped into my other PC and they work fine there what stumps me is when I have it up and running it runs so SWEET, it'll restart and boot up fine but if I shut it down it then won't boot -- micman888 light is faster than the speed of sound................ that's why some people may appear bright until you hear them speak |
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Leaving the computer off for 1 hour before it boots up properly should tell
you what is causing the problem - heat! The computer cools sufficiently in that time to allow proper operation. Check that all the fans are spinning freely when nudged with your finger. Listen for any mechanical noises, other than air flow. Look for clogged heat fins in the CPU heat sink and the video card heat sink. Make sure the fan in the power supply is spinning and that the P/S is not clogged with dust bunnies. -- Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience "micman888" wrote in message ... Hi guys and gals I really hope someone out-there can help me as I at my wits end over this problem:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cr y:, where do I start........mmmmm... so as far as I can remember it all started after an update for MS office + gfx driver and then all the problems began, mainly my PC won't start up properly, no signal to any of my monitors, my mouse and keyboard don't work, blue and green lights on my tower running constantly and fans on full. The only way I can get it to boot up properly is to do a hard re-boot(I have to leave it unplugged for at least an hour to do this) and has been like this for almost a fortnight now, I have already tried 1). restoring it to before the update. 2). CHKDSK. 3). repair with installation disk. 4). changing power options. 5). un-installed Microsoft Office. 5).updated to most recent nvidia graphics card drivers. Can't think of what else at the moment but have been going through the forum and google to no avail..... so can anyone help many thanks in advance Mic -- micman888 light is faster than the speed of sound................ that's why some people may appear bright until you hear them speak |
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yeah checked all of that but still it does it +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: Temperatures.JPG | |Download: http://www.vistax64.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13232| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- micman888 light is faster than the speed of sound................ that's why some people may appear bright until you hear them speak |
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"micman888" wrote in message ... Hi guys and gals I really hope someone out-there can help me as I at my wits end over this problem:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cr y:, where do I start........mmmmm... so as far as I can remember it all started after an update for MS office + gfx driver and then all the problems began, mainly my PC won't start up properly, no signal to any of my monitors, my mouse and keyboard don't work, blue and green lights on my tower running constantly and fans on full. The only way I can get it to boot up properly is to do a hard re-boot(I have to leave it unplugged for at least an hour to do this) and has been like this for almost a fortnight now, I have already tried 1). restoring it to before the update. 2). CHKDSK. 3). repair with installation disk. 4). changing power options. 5). un-installed Microsoft Office. 5).updated to most recent nvidia graphics card drivers. Can't think of what else at the moment but have been going through the forum and google to no avail..... so can anyone help many thanks in advance Mic -- micman888 light is faster than the speed of sound................ that's why some people may appear bright until you hear them speak It won't boot up into Windows or it won't bootup at all? It's possible your video is sending signal outside the operating range of your video monitor. That could cause your monitor to display a blank screen, even though everything else is running fine. If you can get into Windows Safemode consistently this maybe your problem. |
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after a hard reboot it runs fine UNTIL I switch the PC off it then starts to play up again but if I just do a restart it'll boot up no problem at all or even if I put it into sleep mode it usually wakes no problem -- micman888 light is faster than the speed of sound................ that's why some people may appear bright until you hear them speak |