Re: Computer Crash Diagnosis?

check to make sure a component has not come loose.
My guess is the power supply.

"Joshua" <givetheword@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> My homebuilt, scrupulously-maintained PC, which I built four years ago,
> just crashed. Yesterday morning the monitor suddently clicked off, the
> hard drive churned, and that was that. Now, when I switch the thing on,
> the hard drive light flares as normal but the monitor never wakes up and
> the computer never boots. (I know it doesn't boot because a laptop
> networked with it can't access shared files.)
>
> Here are the specs: Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz, Soyo 645D Dragon Lite
> motherboard, 512 MB RAM.
>
> I'm thinking the problem is either (1) the motherboard and/or processor,
> (2) the video card, or (3) the power supply, but I can't tell anything by
> just looking at these components. Is there any way to pinpoint the
> problem? (And, no, I don't have a second PC to use as a test bed.) Thanks
> to anyone who can offer advice.
>


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