Yup, i'm posting... and registered, and i'm a newb here... must mean i've blown my pc
Right, for about a month now, my computer has had some problems starting up, as in, no power indicated when i whacked on the power switch.
Sometimes the switch would power up the CPU and fan for a split second and then cut out. Much like a crap car.
Somehow, i discovered my USB and LAN slots for the motherboard (ASUS A7N266-VM), were swewing it around, and i had to remove them sometimes in order to power up after the computer had been off for a while (over a few hours).
Now, it did the crap car fan start a few times and has finally conked out on me, it wont power up at all even with just the power lead connected. I opened her up, the motherboard light it on, and it all seems to be working fine.
Is there any checks i can perform to see what the probem is? Or how i can figure out the source of the problem???
Hardware isn't my forte with computers, so any help is much apprechiated.
Many thanks,
- James
Sorry if this is a newb post, any more info you'd think you will need ask for it
Right, for about a month now, my computer has had some problems starting up, as in, no power indicated when i whacked on the power switch.
Sometimes the switch would power up the CPU and fan for a split second and then cut out. Much like a crap car.
Somehow, i discovered my USB and LAN slots for the motherboard (ASUS A7N266-VM), were swewing it around, and i had to remove them sometimes in order to power up after the computer had been off for a while (over a few hours).
Now, it did the crap car fan start a few times and has finally conked out on me, it wont power up at all even with just the power lead connected. I opened her up, the motherboard light it on, and it all seems to be working fine.
Is there any checks i can perform to see what the probem is? Or how i can figure out the source of the problem???
Hardware isn't my forte with computers, so any help is much apprechiated.
Many thanks,
- James
Sorry if this is a newb post, any more info you'd think you will need ask for it