okay a bit of a long story here...
whenever i go out of town, i turn the black switch on the back of my power supply to "off" so nobody can turn it on (without looking back there)
anyways, i went out of town last weekend and came back last sunday. like always, i went to the back of the power supply and cut the power on, then hit the main computer power up front. 2 lights come on up front, keyboard lights up and mouse lights up. but the computer doesnt boot, no beeps or anything. i keep messing around with it and finally get the thing to turn on. it then says boot disk failure. so i turned it off and started it back up. boots up just fine.
fast forward to the next day, monday. im running the machine all day, and i decided to burn a few cds. i burn one and start another. i took a nap and when i got up the computer screen was frozen. so i restart it. nothing comes up on the screen, nothing.
the cpu fan comes on, the hard drive spins, and the other day the bottom cd drive opened, but it doesnt now. i get the green power light on the computer and the red hard drive light at first then it goes off. its sitting here next to me right now with the green light on and the fan spinning. what the heck is the problem? i was leaning towards the power supply since thats what i was messing with when i got back. but that really doesnt make sense because the cpu fan runs and the hard drive spins.
its not the power cord
the memory sticks are attached well (ive double checked)
ive checked all the connections to the mother board, unplugged and rechecked.
cd drives dont open
keyboard lights blink right when i turn it on
i dont get anything on the monitor, it does absolutely nothing when i turn the computer on. im pretty sure its connected well
can anybody help me here????
whenever i go out of town, i turn the black switch on the back of my power supply to "off" so nobody can turn it on (without looking back there)
anyways, i went out of town last weekend and came back last sunday. like always, i went to the back of the power supply and cut the power on, then hit the main computer power up front. 2 lights come on up front, keyboard lights up and mouse lights up. but the computer doesnt boot, no beeps or anything. i keep messing around with it and finally get the thing to turn on. it then says boot disk failure. so i turned it off and started it back up. boots up just fine.
fast forward to the next day, monday. im running the machine all day, and i decided to burn a few cds. i burn one and start another. i took a nap and when i got up the computer screen was frozen. so i restart it. nothing comes up on the screen, nothing.
the cpu fan comes on, the hard drive spins, and the other day the bottom cd drive opened, but it doesnt now. i get the green power light on the computer and the red hard drive light at first then it goes off. its sitting here next to me right now with the green light on and the fan spinning. what the heck is the problem? i was leaning towards the power supply since thats what i was messing with when i got back. but that really doesnt make sense because the cpu fan runs and the hard drive spins.
its not the power cord
the memory sticks are attached well (ive double checked)
ive checked all the connections to the mother board, unplugged and rechecked.
cd drives dont open
keyboard lights blink right when i turn it on
i dont get anything on the monitor, it does absolutely nothing when i turn the computer on. im pretty sure its connected well
can anybody help me here????