Need some serious help from computer experts.

[chrisjw]

Dec 4, 2015 20:51:35 GMT Roscopecotrain said:

If it is on swcond screen i will never get it as it is only up for a split second.

take a pic of it with ya dog & bone, when it flashes up on screen...........................




"Life...........is just a bowl of tricks!!!!!!"

[nanotm]

Dec 4, 2015 20:51:35 GMT Roscopecotrain said:

switch the pc off, remove the lithium button cell from the mobo switch it back on and boot

<<< donut here just remembered the battery problems I spent 4 days trying to solve until my youngest walked in and asked me if I was ever going to replace his and stop his pc from always having the hit f1 to continue on boot ...... spoil brain box thinks I have nothing better to do than remember stuff for him I struggle to remember what i'm doing half the time ....

[ringading]

The mainboard model/no is printed on the board but can be difficult to see through all of the other boards and cables. If you can see it look up the board on google and follow any links that instruct on dual bios recovery.
If this dosn'y work you will need to take it for repair as i believe you wont have to equipment to do any tests. Power supply will most certanly need checking.

[nanotm]

if the above works you need a battery, do yourself a favour and buy them in a bulk strip off amazon or ebay (amazon ships faster normally) and they should cost you around 1.99 including postage for 5 or more /

there normally cr2032 cells

[Roscopecotrain]

Tried everything people are suggesting and nothing. Thats me donw for the evening. Pc shop tomoz stuff it.

Huge huge thank you to everyone that has helped this eveing. Much appreciated.

[nanotm]

Dec 4, 2015 21:07:47 GMT Roscopecotrain said:

Tried everything people are suggesting and nothing. Thats me donw for the evening. Pc shop tomoz stuff it.

Huge huge thank you to everyone that has helped this eveing. Much appreciated.

before you go


try unplugging everything from the motherboard then attaching the power connectors (should be a 24 pin and a 4 or 8 pin) with just the gfx card connected to the monitor and the keyboard plugged into the ps2 slot it should boot to bios if you alternately tap the del and f2 keys, if you bring up the bios screen let us know,

if the problem is with something else that's plugged into the mobo this will show it up, if you get into the bios screen hit the power button and switch off, and report

[chrisjw]

Let us know what the pc doctor rips you off for says is wrong with it when you get it back sometime next year Roscopecotrain.....it'll be interesting to know what they make up diagnose...........


"Life...........is just a bowl of tricks!!!!!!"

[nanotm]

Roscopecotrain
my predictions for pc world:

if they find a psu fault they will declare that it has killed everything else.

if they find a mobo fault they will declare it has killed everything else

if they find a cpu fault they will say it has killed the mobo and the ram as well

if they find a ram fault they will say its also killed the cpu

in all of the above fault situations it will be cheaper for you to buy one of their "cheap " pc's because they are rip off merchants and 90% of the time don't even bother to look at things that they didn't sell in the first place, and as chrisjw said probably wont even have a pretend look at it until after crimbo.

if you take it to a reliable but busy local pc shop they will probably look at it and give you an honest fault list with the advisory that other things might be affected and offer to source supply and fit the part with a modest markup,

from the diagnostic so far my feeling is either the mobo or the psu is the likely culprit but it could still be a problem with something innocuous like a card reader

[chrisjw]

Didn't realise it was going to PC World............I thought someone who had knowledge of computers was having a gander at it.............



"Life...........is just a bowl of tricks!!!!!!"

[Roscopecotrain]

It is not going to pc world. Gone to my local pc shop and it is free to diagnose what is wrong with it.

[nanotm]

Dec 5, 2015 13:26:38 GMT Roscopecotrain said:

It is not going to pc world. Gone to my local pc shop and it is free to diagnose what is wrong with it.

well if there offering that for free then lets hope they don't surcharge their parts to much to balance it out

though if your using one of the steampunk hippy shops you should be fine anyhow, they tend to be against unmitigated greed and prefer to give everyone a happy feeling so they get more customers and big word of mouth results

[nanotm]

Roscopecotrain any news on what was wrong with it in the end ?

[Roscopecotrain]

Dec 11, 2015 12:04:58 GMT nanotm said:

Roscopecotrain any news on what was wrong with it in the end ?

Hi mate. Sorry been so busy. The whole system was corrupt and my hard drives were not set up correctly. £112 and i have an official version of windows 7 updated to 10 plus he re did my hard drives, fixed my dvd drive as that wasnt working and set up my second hard drive for me which has never worked so all in all not bad i think. Sat in front of it now uploading reviews.

[nanotm]

Dec 11, 2015 12:07:17 GMT Roscopecotrain said:

Dec 11, 2015 12:04:58 GMT nanotm said:

Roscopecotrain any news on what was wrong with it in the end ?

Hi mate. Sorry been so busy. The whole system was corrupt and my hard drives were not set up correctly. £112 and i have an official version of windows 7 updated to 10 plus he re did my hard drives, fixed my dvd drive as that wasnt working and set up my second hard drive for me which has never worked so all in all not bad i think. Sat in front of it now uploading reviews.

damn your system needed some help, no wonder it was giving you grief if all that was wrong with it, still glad o hear it wasn't to much to get fixed and your happily using it

[Roscopecotrain]

Dec 11, 2015 12:10:02 GMT nanotm said:

Dec 11, 2015 12:07:17 GMT Roscopecotrain said:

Hi mate. Sorry been so busy. The whole system was corrupt and my hard drives were not set up correctly. £112 and i have an official version of windows 7 updated to 10 plus he re did my hard drives, fixed my dvd drive as that wasnt working and set up my second hard drive for me which has never worked so all in all not bad i think. Sat in front of it now uploading reviews.

damn your system needed some help, no wonder it was giving you grief if all that was wrong with it, still glad o hear it wasn't to much to get fixed and your happily using it

Guessing that is what happens when you dont get a professional to install your stuff and run a hacked windows 7.