- Joined
- Jun 5, 2006
- Location
- Edmonton Canada
So I had a bit of an issue with my computer a little while ago but was able to get it working and get some of my files backed up. Since then it's been acting up, I'll be happily (or not so happily) going about my daily routine when the computer just shuts itself off for no apparent reason. And then it's a bit of a hassle getting it to start back up.
I assumed that it was the power supply going, so today we popped out the power supply, took it down to the shop, bought a new one, came back and hooked it up......nothing. So possibly it wasn't the power supply after all. So now the computer is in the hospital and I pretty well can't do sweet FA until I get it back. Hopefully they can fix it and it's not the motherboard.
Anyhow, can anyone think of a reason other than the power supply that would cause something like that? There's no error or warning or anything - just boom black screen and the power light is out. Then it doesn't want to restart - the last couple times I was able to bring it back to life by forcing a keyboard error on startup, and usually then Windows would start up with no errors and it would run fine - until it shut down again. The last computer like this one I had the heatsink went and of course it's attached to the motherboard, so to replace it was more expensive than the computer was worth.
I assumed that it was the power supply going, so today we popped out the power supply, took it down to the shop, bought a new one, came back and hooked it up......nothing. So possibly it wasn't the power supply after all. So now the computer is in the hospital and I pretty well can't do sweet FA until I get it back. Hopefully they can fix it and it's not the motherboard.
Anyhow, can anyone think of a reason other than the power supply that would cause something like that? There's no error or warning or anything - just boom black screen and the power light is out. Then it doesn't want to restart - the last couple times I was able to bring it back to life by forcing a keyboard error on startup, and usually then Windows would start up with no errors and it would run fine - until it shut down again. The last computer like this one I had the heatsink went and of course it's attached to the motherboard, so to replace it was more expensive than the computer was worth.