Hey guys. I posted this topic a few days ago (http://forums.techguy.org/hardware/751434-dead-pc.html).
In a nut shell my computer wasn't turning on and so I bought a new power supply. The new power supply is fitted and working wonderfully.
But I am still having problems. My computer has two hard drive partitions, both with copies of windows on. When I select which Operating system I want to use the computer will start up as it would. But then it gets to the big WINDOWS XP logo screen which is there for a while. Then usually after that the screen goes blank for a second or two, BUT the problem is now the computer seems to freeze at this point while the screen is blank.
Also it may be relevant to point out that the power button no longer turns off the computer, no matter how long it is held down for.
So here I am thinking; I either have a faulty hard drive, a faulty installation of windows, a faulty motherboard, or any combination of the three.
So I have come back here to try and get a suspected diagnosis and perhaps even some advice.
Any ideas?
In a nut shell my computer wasn't turning on and so I bought a new power supply. The new power supply is fitted and working wonderfully.
But I am still having problems. My computer has two hard drive partitions, both with copies of windows on. When I select which Operating system I want to use the computer will start up as it would. But then it gets to the big WINDOWS XP logo screen which is there for a while. Then usually after that the screen goes blank for a second or two, BUT the problem is now the computer seems to freeze at this point while the screen is blank.
Also it may be relevant to point out that the power button no longer turns off the computer, no matter how long it is held down for.
So here I am thinking; I either have a faulty hard drive, a faulty installation of windows, a faulty motherboard, or any combination of the three.
So I have come back here to try and get a suspected diagnosis and perhaps even some advice.
Any ideas?