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PC refuses to boot
25-09-2007 8:30 AM
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Cheers
Re: PC refuses to boot
25-09-2007 9:08 AM
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Will try and get a spare PSU, see what happened, but I think I am resigned to stripping it down completely, and rebuiling peice by piece. ( helps that I built it in the 1st place!! ;))
Re: PC refuses to boot
25-09-2007 10:20 AM
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Quote from: penfold so I have cleaning it up somewhat.
I hope you didn't use a vacuum cleaner on the innards...
I am a big fan of a carefully wielded non metallic crevice tool in an unpowered PC!
I have had several PC’s that exhibit this behaviour and sucking the dust out of the CPU heatsink can solve the problem, although as already said it could just as easily be a PSU problem. Hope you sort it soon.
Re: PC refuses to boot
25-09-2007 10:24 AM
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That sounds very nasty
Quote from: God I am a big fan of a carefully wielded non metallic crevice tool in an unpowered PC!
Re: PC refuses to boot
25-09-2007 10:34 AM
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Would have thought you could use your divine powers to give me the answer though
Re: PC refuses to boot
25-09-2007 11:11 AM
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Mind you, when the battery dies it doesn't usually stop the fans spinning. The PC normally just sits there powered up but not booting! Worth changing the battery first though before splashing out on a PSU.
Re: PC refuses to boot
25-09-2007 3:01 PM
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In fact I have perfected using the airflow to speed the CPU fan in reverse thus helping to remove the wads of fluff that get in the heat sink gaps.
Re: PC refuses to boot
25-09-2007 3:13 PM
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I had exactly the same problem.
Had to replace the power supply. I did some voltage checks on the old one and it had died.
Incidentally, I have heard of someone who is on their third power supply in two years - don't want to worry you!! No, their power supplies were not under-rated.
Cheers
Keith
Re: PC refuses to boot
25-09-2007 5:15 PM
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Re: PC refuses to boot
25-09-2007 7:49 PM
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Thanks for the advice
Chris
Re: PC refuses to boot
25-09-2007 10:56 PM
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