Need computer help

Hello dear crossies,

After having enjoyed a long day of gayming yesterday, without any difficulty but ofcourse with a lot of ownage, I came downstairs to check some things on my computer a few hours ago. However, my dear piece of equipment has chosen to screw me over and it has decided to stop working.

As one might guess this is extremely annoying, especially for the likes of whom spend quite some time staring at their screen. So I would like to ask your help with this.

What is up:[/b]
I turn on my 2 year old Acer Aspire X1700, which is a cheap pc but has worked very well for whatever I needed it for up untill now, and it starts up. The blue powerlight goes on, I can hear the processor and fan spinning. After having shown the Acer start up screen, the screen just stays black and doesnt go over to the Windows loading or login screen. The computer stays on though, it just doesnt go any further.

So what is up I ask you? I have always run the weekly AVG check up, never had any virus afaik and yesterday it worked perfectly, decently fast and without any trouble.
If anybody has suggestions about what to do or what is wrong, please tell me, for I am in need of a solution :/

Thank you all in advance.


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Edit:
I know barely anything about computers or what is on their inside, I just use them :p
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Hardware fail
and of what type would this be and how to solve it?
Parent
not so many options, is there? try hdd first. don't know about acer but you probably have some diagnostic tool in bios
Parent
sounds like you fried your RAM.
thats cheap at least
open your PC and just randomly push-in things in there :)
Did that, cleaned the fans while I was at it :p but its still the same :/
Parent
try to run it with other harddrive
Parent
Maybe memory, but mostly computer will make beep sound if the memory is not found, but not awlways. I would try the HDD first. Go to Bios and see if you can find an HDD there.

If you do not find open your computer and try to take HDD out and put it back. (If you have warranty then take it to the shop)


Edit: If above does not help then try to take one memory stick out (if you have two) and start your computer. Then if does not work, change the stick and try again. If still not work then your both memorys are broken or it is not the memory.
The thing with the memory stick has seemed to do the trick, thanks a lot buddy!
Parent
Turn off PC - Wait 10 seconds - Restart

If not working ->

Check if HDD is plugged in correctly

If not working->

You are fucked
HDD dead goodbye files and folders :/
does it say anything like no signal input? if it does either ur gpu/cable is broken or plugged unproperly(?)
It doesnt say anything after the acer start up screen.
Parent
then dunno :/
Parent
Sounds like your harddisk is dead, usually when that happens there just a - in the top left corner.
if you can hear your processor, something is wrong :P
start up vroomvroom, could be just the fans I dunno :p
Parent
ye, that are fans, cpu doesnt make noise unless it does "whoosh" when it burns :P
Parent
:D well good thing I didnt hear that then. I'm a computer nub so I wouldnt know anything about it anyway :/
Parent
well, I had similar problem to yours couple of times, but I didnt even see that first booting sequence (BIOS/system check) so I guess your mobo and PSU is ok (well, cant be sure about mobo tho, could be just broken/melted sata connectors or ram slots).
Parent
Typing this from the computer in question as we speak! I disconnected the HDD, cleaned it as much as I could, then I took out one of the memory cards and turned on the pc with just 1 mem card in it. Directly got into bios in which I reset some of the setup configurations. After that I put the memory card back in and booted up pc to find it is working suddenly.

All very strange but its working now and I hope it will remain so.
Parent
yo m8 <3
have u tried to start windows in .. dont know the word in english...
"safe mode" i think
hi don johnson, I couldnt boot at all, so no safe mode :P

but I got it working again somehow, read my last comment.
Parent
Lets clarify a bit....

So your computer is loading bios fine? If thats the case one can assume the main PC hardware such as CPU, PSU, ram and other chips are ok

If you need clarification on that, boot into BIOS and check that it's got the right values for your ram etc.

The problem is when the computer tries to boot into windows right? Clearly there is a problem either with the windows installation or the harddisk itself in this case. Personally, it sounds like the harddisk. which could prove to be a disaster....

Make sure your harddisk is properly connected, you could find either the data link cable (For sata drives) or the IDE is loose (Thick cable iirc for the older generation)


In the worst case scenario it is your hardisk that is damaged or completely knackered. You'll have to get a new hard disk asap as far as your old data being saved, I can't answer that but I've heard it is possible depending on damage to the disk.

Hope that helps buddy.

Jinx
Thank you for your clear explanation, it might have been the connected harddisk. Don't know exactly but I did some stuff and it is suddenly working again :)
Parent
Excellent news! I think it was your hardisk!
Parent
my pc is not working since years but i dont want to spend money

gl jinx will help u

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The song sounds pretty cool!

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I must say the island was completely invaded with germans though :p
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was at valldemossa and alcudia es trenc cala pi. saw a lot
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