pc wont start

[Drift]

I'm on my phone. The main pc will not start, it has the fans spinning but nothing else, would I be correct thinking its the power suppy unit at fault? No beeps or anything though now and again it will fire up. It's clean inside too. Thanks

[Rich]

take it back steve it dont sound to good

[Drift]

Its out of warranty

[Rich]

it dont seem like five minute since you bought it

it sounds like it could be the psu to me

[Drift]

Think they are cheap enough ?

[stretch]

probably psu which are cheap enough these days just make sure you get the right one ie modular or non modular. If it's a newish pc ie uses SATA drives it'll be a modular one you want. If your not sure post some pics and i'll tell you.

[gregster]

Too much sheep porn Ste....

Aint the kidz got a pc you can try the psu out of to prove a point, and then borrow the PC in lieu of them being housed and fed until yours is fixed..

[James Bass]

I had a similar problem with mine a few yrs ago. Turned out it was the Motherboard.

[alsavs]

Do you get any activity from the leds on pc also do you get a message on monitor ie No Signal.

[snapper]

Think.....

Fans spin, power?

At what point during the boot up process does it fail? Does it get to:

1. CMOS Check Screen.
2. WIndows 'failed to load' screen, giving you a choice to boot normally or start in safe mode
3. The normal WIndows Boot Screen.

Can you get into the Setup (press 'Delete' as you boot or F2, depends on the CMOS it's running). If you can get into that then I would say the Power Supply is okay.

Places to look, things to look for/consider.

Check all connections
Any stuck keys on the keyboard?
The kids.... spilt a drink on it? dunked the mouse in a drink? (dont larf, mine did once)
Swap the keyboard & mouse, try again (the current CMOS settings may have it stall the load process if either of these are faulty)
You say it's clean inside... Please tell me you havent stuck the hose from the hoover in there and had a wave about? Is the hose end metal or plastic?
Check all connections inside the box for tightness and correct location
have the kids 'posted' a note to granny/biscuit etc in the CD slot
Has the dog/cat bleep on it?
Does the SCREEN work? more than one PC has made it to the re-cycle because the screen died and they never sussed it

Good luck...

[BoxCleva]

PSU is one possibility, but not the only one. as mentioned above do you have another PC you can swap the PSU out of and test ?

[Drift]

Thanksguys, kids aint been near it, other pc is a laptop, lights come on but the hard drive is not booting , took side off checked connections and nothing at all at monitor, tested monitor on laptop. Only activity are the fans.

[Alchamist]

Fans + no beeps + no activity = dead motherboard most likely I'm afraid Ste.

[Drift]

If it was the mother board how much am I looking at , the pc is an ixtreme x6622uk ? And would my operating system still work on a new board? Win7

[James Bass]

When mine went Ste, I had to wipe everything and start from scratch.

[BoxCleva]

If it was the mother board how much am I looking at , the pc is an ixtreme x6622uk ? And would my operating system still work on a new board? Win7

If you replace it with the same board you'll be fine, or even the same chipset should be OK. Check eBuyer.com for prices.

It's a Packard Bell so the motherboard in it will be utter garbage (along with most of the other components) so 'up speccing' to a decent brand wouldn't be a bad idea.

[Drift]

Well Im on it now, it fired up no problem this time well just a bit slow booting up but nothing drastic, are there any diagnostics I can run while its operating now?
Also whats the cost of upgrading

[Alchamist]

How long you had it Ste? If you're just surfing and office-ing, then I might be able to sort you out a machine. It won't be top spec or gaming capable, but it will do what you need

[Drift]

Cheers Jay, its been just over a year since I got it, Keiron does some gaming on this but nothing too intensive as it only a

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[snapper]

Where did you get it from mate? And did you get the extended warrenty thing with it?