[Tech] Computer issues

[Marqo]

I'm having some trouble with my PC. It won't start properly. When I start it, it powers up, does something with the harddrive, and then nothing... Fortunately, my laptop is still functional (although its battery is messed up), so I can still game/browse without needing either my brother's or my father's PC. Still, I don't know what's causing this, and plan to just take the PC to the store where I bought it. Do any of you have an idea what this can be?

 

[thatbloke]

when your PC begins booting, try hammering the F8 key to see if Windows pops up with a menu allowing you to try booting into safe mode.

 

[Marqo]

It never even gives a signal to the screen, so that's quite unlikely to work.

 

[thatbloke]

Sounds possibly like a graphics card failure then...

Check inside and try re-seating everything

 

[Gombol]

One of the computers that came into the workshop im doing WE in had this problem. The problem was the acual computer was going "lol hai mr hard-drive, im not going to read you properly and give you no power 'cause your not really there."

Might be the same with yours.

 

[HotStuff]

Resetting the bios chip by removing the battery for about 10 mins on the motherboard may work.

Though be sure when u switch on that you don't let the computer load windows - ensure you set the clock in the bios first.