pc wont boot up

xaccy · 11-09-2012, 10:29

Recently had a power pack failure changed the power pack for a new one,now the PC wont boot up also cannot hear post check beeps,all I have is the monitor lit up with a message saying no signal.Do you think the power pack going down has damaged the mother board?forgot to say this is my standby PC.

Less · 11-09-2012, 10:58

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Originally Posted by xaccy

Recently had a power pack failure changed the power pack for a new one,now the PC wont boot up also cannot hear post check beeps,all I have is the monitor lit up with a message saying no signal.Do you think the power pack going down has damaged the mother board?forgot to say this is my standby PC.

Unfortunately it could have blown through, motherboard, processor, ram, H.D. Hope you have plenty of spare bits to try, good luck with it.

Restless · 11-09-2012, 18:10

There was power cut when I lived on Steiner St. It blew all in my PC £600 down the drain

Mick · 12-09-2012, 06:20

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Originally Posted by Restless

There was power cut when I lived on Steiner St. It blew all in my PC £600 down the drain

That's why you should buy a surge protector i have an old belkin surge protector and all the laptops and printer and even phone go through this its guaranteed for life and will be replaced along with any equipment attached to it if it fails up to £10,000,000

Restless · 12-09-2012, 22:42

I have a belkin 4-way plug now that is a surge protector.

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up to £10,000,000

which did you get that covers that much?

Mick · 13-09-2012, 05:55

Its a very old one big flat you could sit a old type monitor on top it has 6 switches on the front its called a surge master model F5C100u

They are now being offered on e-bay for £2-99

would have saved you £600

Restless · 13-09-2012, 06:18

White in colour? if so its the same as my friend has. Nice piece. hmm 2.99 might invest.

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Originally Posted by Mick

Its a very old one big flat you could sit a old type monitor on top it has 6 switches on the front its called a surge master model F5C100u

They are now being offered on e-bay for £2-99

would have saved you £600

Mick · 13-09-2012, 06:52

mines more off white now

I also just recently bought another one from argos it has room for 4 plugs and has 2 usb slots on top
I use it to charge my ipad and iphone.
think it was about £17:99

Margaret Pilkington · 13-09-2012, 07:14

I have a belkin surge protector.........I bought it a lot of years ago after I lost a PC to a 'brown out'....at that time I hadn't a clue about what a 'brown out' was........education comes at a cost. I lost the computer, but gained the knowledge that such events were lethal and when I got a new computer, I bought a surge protector too.
They were dearer then, but a lot less than the cost of a computer.

Less · 13-09-2012, 07:34

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Originally Posted by Mick

Its a very old one big flat you could sit a old type monitor on top it has 6 switches on the front its called a surge master model F5C100u

They are now being offered on e-bay for £2-99

would have saved you £600

You're just a belt and braces sort of guy, I have exactly the same model.

Mick · 13-09-2012, 07:38

yes i know and its the same colour dirty white

Bob97531 · 13-09-2012, 11:26

New mother board....

kestrelx · 17-10-2012, 11:02

OK I was gonna start a new thread but as this one covers the issue I'll post to it.

My other computer is a PC and last night I turned it on and I heard the first bleep as usual and the monitor showed the usual icons. But then at the next bleep - that bleep just got stuck and sounded like a ringing bell and the screen went black and just that ringing sound!

The Monitor light goes to blue which is normal and does that when the machine is booted up anyway. But the screen is black.

Now if I press the CD Rom reset button the ringing sounds stops and it starts to re-boot but after the first graphics again it goes back to the repeated bleep that sounds like a bell! So it's obviously stuck for some reason?

Anybody got any ideas? Could it be the CD Rom is malfunctioned? I never use that much anyway.

Any suggestions,

I was on the verge of getting rid of it but there are some photos on it and documents that I would like to get off before scrapping it.

Restless · 17-10-2012, 20:41

Whats the comptuter/board? bios?

HP comes up in search. One short, one long usually means memory problem.

Less · 17-10-2012, 20:57

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Originally Posted by Restless

Whats the comptuter/board? bios?

HP comes up in search. One short, one long usually means memory problem.

Screen stays black? sounds more like display. Usually one long and two short, neither your suggestion nor mine by description sounds like a bell.