My son's PC, a dual boot Ubuntu / Win 7 box that I built myself about 3 years ago will not boot. It was working fine last night. When you power up the CPU fan runs for less than a second then shuts down and nothing else happens. The motherboard LED does stay lit, so there is some power getting to the board. Am I correct in guessing that replacing the power supply is my most likely route to a fix?
posted by COD
on Jan 26, 2013 -
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Weird computer technical problem pertaining to the POST and bootup stages of conputer use. Details inside.
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posted by dougrayrankin
on Jul 30, 2011 -
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Do I
really have to replace the motherboard? My computer is showing no display and I think I've ruled out everything except the motherboard. Changing that is obviously expensive and time-consuming, so please tell me if I'm missing anything!
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posted by Busy Old Fool
on Jul 28, 2011 -
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I am trying to get the Adobe CS3 design premium suite working on my Windows 7, 64-bit gaming computer, which meets and exceed CS3's minimum specs. The install went fine, and I know the disks are good as they worked on my old (dead) XP computer. Most of the programs (Bridge, Flash, etc.) will open a process, but not actually open anything on the screen. Photoshop will open, but all that appears is the gray background, and the menu bar. It hangs immediately. It won't even open the Photoshop "loading..." splash/credits screen. How can I get these programs running? (Yes, I tried googling it, and no, it isn't a TWAIN issue).
posted by flibbertigibbet
on Jan 14, 2011 -
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I'm a Mac. My husband is a PC. Please help us figure out a wireless connectivity issue.
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posted by BlahLaLa
on Sep 29, 2010 -
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Almost every program causes my computer to launch into some kind of super-intensive CPU cycles, clocking 100% for about 30 seconds or so before I can use said program. Happens with almost every program with any girth to it -- not Notepad, but definitely does it for Acrobat, Firefox, Word, etc.
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posted by chitlin
on Jul 2, 2010 -
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Weird internet blockage—problem resolved, but mystery remains. Macintosh and Time Warner cable internet inside…
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posted by klangklangston
on May 13, 2010 -
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Sometime around the beginning of this year, my Intuos2 Model 0608-U 6"x8" Wacom tablet driver stopped loading upon login and restart. I reinstall it every time I login/restart. All of the tips, tricks, workarounds suggested by both Wacom and Apple do not work. I am running Mac OS 10.5.7. Is there anything left to try?
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posted by iamkimiam
on Jul 28, 2009 -
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Okay, so after the mention and
the link to the review of
Pathologic, I decided that a depressing Russian game sounded awesome and downloaded it. (Yes, I paid for it. Not that you asked.)
However, as is usual when I try to do something interesting on the computer, I find out there is
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posted by Scattercat
on Apr 9, 2009 -
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Allright-- my windows (Vista) is funky: can I fix this without reinstalling? More inside.
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posted by Seeba
on Apr 6, 2009 -
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When my Server 2003 desktop auto locks, the keyboard becomes unresponsive while the mouse continues to work. Anyone had a similar experience? No indicators in any of the logs. Running Dell 2950 and Avocent AMX KVM.
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posted by masher
on Feb 20, 2009 -
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ComputerTroubleshootingFilter: My google-fu has failed me. How do I turn my webcam "off" so that I can have programs turn it on and use it?
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posted by Seeba
on Jan 18, 2009 -
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I'm getting a video display error when i try and boot up my computer. Is there a solution I'm just not thinking of? If not, can I still buy a Socket 939 motherboard to replace a malfunctioning one?
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posted by Kraki
on Dec 31, 2008 -
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How do i fix typing in the wrong language (forgetting to Alt+Shift before typing) without retyping the whole thing?
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posted by Izzmeister
on Dec 2, 2008 -
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Sometimes, my keyboard switches to Dvorak for no apparent reason. We can't find a trigger for it--it occurs when typing in word, when playing TF2, when entering an address in the address bar, etc. Only a restart can restore QWERTY. Even though the text input on TF2 will be scrambled, the TF2 controls work as though on QUERTY--'W' is still forward, even though it types out 'E'. Incidents can be anywhere from hours to weeks apart. I've personally only seen it happen inside TF2, but my sister swears it happens other times, too. Googling only returns 'how to switch to/learn Dvorak' pages. The computer runs Windows XP, and only happens to that computer. Can you help me stop Dvorak?
posted by flibbertigibbet
on Aug 24, 2008 -
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I am having a very unusual problem with my hard drive and CANNOT recover any data from it after trying numerous methods. Please help me with your technical expertise.
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posted by deafmute
on Jun 29, 2008 -
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My audio device is giving me the following message: "Driver is enabled but has not been started." Please help.
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posted by padjet1
on Apr 24, 2007 -
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The main headphone jack on my computer has a huge distortion (to the point of making words incomprehensible) for higher pitched voices and instruments. Why?
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posted by flibbertigibbet
on Mar 31, 2007 -
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I'm going to visit my grandparents, who want me to look at their slow-running PC. What software should I bring with me?
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posted by desjardins
on Mar 13, 2007 -
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OSXFilter: Because AskMeFi is where all the coolest Mac nerds hang... On my iMac 24", USB thumb drives and memory cards are failing when copying files. The specific symptom is that the file transfer will hang, and the only way to recover is to manually remove the device from the port.
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posted by baltimore
on Jan 3, 2007 -
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It's the oldest computer question in existence... My computer won't start. Help me.
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posted by MsMolly
on Dec 31, 2006 -
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HELP! My computer is having some strange problems that look to be pretty serious! I've got a Presario running XP.
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posted by Jon-o
on Jul 14, 2005 -
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Ok, so for the past ~4 days, I haven't been able to get any of my hotmail mail. I can see the mail in my inbox, but when I click on the sender's name (which is how you retrieve mail), nothing happens. I tried using different computers, including a nice new mac, and the problem remains. Have any other Mefites had any such problems, or know anything about this, etc.?
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posted by clockzero
on Feb 24, 2005 -
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Win XP problem. I installed Service Pack 2, now my computer won't load. (more inside)
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posted by graventy
on Sep 12, 2004 -
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Really this is my last resort. I recently built myself a new computer (Asus K8N-E Deluxe) and everything's fine except I'm trying to transfer my old harddrive to my new harddrive. I had a slave in the old computer (Asus CUSL2 for those keeping score). It's 40GB and has ALL my important data. I think you can see where this is going. If it's plugged in and running, even set as slave, the computer won't boot. Obviously, more inside.
posted by geoff.
on Aug 27, 2004 -
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ComputerRepairFilter: I need some help tracking down the source of a computer problem. [More Inside]
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posted by smcniven
on Aug 4, 2004 -
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My computer doesn't start. That's bad. I recently picked up a barebones system, and got it all up and running, but now I just get a couple of beeps. [more inside]
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posted by notsnot
on Apr 24, 2004 -
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I have a MITSUMI CR-4804TE CDRW drive. While it's slow, it worked perfectly fine for me while I was running Win98SE. Now that I've got XP, it's all gone to pot
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on Jan 11, 2004 -
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