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My son's computer seems to have developed what I think must be a major problem overnight. It was working fine yesterday and when he switched it on this morning, although it has power and the light and fan come on, the monitor/keyboard/mouse are receiving no signal. The usb plug in wireless thingy lights up so it is obviously receiving power, but there are no lights on the keyboard or mouse and no signal to the screen.
Obviously difficult to know what is wrong as there are no error messages to check.
Anyone have any clues????
Thanks :o)
Obviously difficult to know what is wrong as there are no error messages to check.
Anyone have any clues????
Thanks :o)
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Motherboard or hard disk - how much are we looking at do you think?
Motherboard or hard disk - how much are we looking at do you think?
Hard disks are not that expensive. You need to match the interface you already use though. If it is a motherboard I suspect you may be better considering a new PC, especially if your existing one is a few years old.
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http://www.google.co....rd+drives&safe=active
..Have a shifty at Bigpockets (dot co dot uk?)
Bought a pc from them some years back, very good, 6 month guarantee, I think they also do/did mother boards as well as printers. I ain't advertising, but the guy at t'other end of the phone was extremely helpful and not pushy. I don't even know if they are still in business.
Bought a pc from them some years back, very good, 6 month guarantee, I think they also do/did mother boards as well as printers. I ain't advertising, but the guy at t'other end of the phone was extremely helpful and not pushy. I don't even know if they are still in business.
'fraid not owdhamer - I don't know anyone useful ;o) - apart from all you guys that is...
I'll try taking it into the local PC repair shop and see what they say. Washing machine will have to wait to as we are away for a few days from Wednesday. Rapidly running out of savings at moment!! Central heating just needed to be powerflushed as well - this is not shaping up to be a good month!!
I'll try taking it into the local PC repair shop and see what they say. Washing machine will have to wait to as we are away for a few days from Wednesday. Rapidly running out of savings at moment!! Central heating just needed to be powerflushed as well - this is not shaping up to be a good month!!
You need to get hold of a bootable disk. With any luck someone will have created recovery disks and stored them away safely. And then you put it in the CD/DVD or floppy drive and simply power up.
(Then is a possibility you may need to change the CMOS settings to ensure the PC looks for a bootable drive, but normally it will already be set up to check this.)
Worst comes to worst, a Windows installation disk may suffice.
(Then is a possibility you may need to change the CMOS settings to ensure the PC looks for a bootable drive, but normally it will already be set up to check this.)
Worst comes to worst, a Windows installation disk may suffice.