Urgent: Desktop cant to power up
It looks like you have a bit headache here. Hard disk crash is actually far more common than other hardware failure.
Typical on site PC repair cost 50-80 per visit but the quality is unknown. I have friend kena problem again and again.
You mentioned call Dell so I guess you have a Dell PC. The safest way is to call Dell and pay them. Maybe a bit more expensive but you have some peace.
If it turns out to be motherboard/power supply/ or some hardware failure, you should consider buy a new PC. Link the old hard disk to the new PC, and your data still there.
If it is hard disk crash but not hard disk hardware failure, you can buy a new hard disk, restore the system from your CD. Link the old hard disk to the new PC, and your data are likely there. If not, you may need to buy some recovery software or pay someone to recover the data. Likely not that expensive.
If it is hard disk hardware failure, then you have tough luck. It is very expensive to restore data in this scenario. Depends on the problem, it can cost as much as 10 new PC.
Typical on site PC repair cost 50-80 per visit but the quality is unknown. I have friend kena problem again and again.
You mentioned call Dell so I guess you have a Dell PC. The safest way is to call Dell and pay them. Maybe a bit more expensive but you have some peace.
If it turns out to be motherboard/power supply/ or some hardware failure, you should consider buy a new PC. Link the old hard disk to the new PC, and your data still there.
If it is hard disk crash but not hard disk hardware failure, you can buy a new hard disk, restore the system from your CD. Link the old hard disk to the new PC, and your data are likely there. If not, you may need to buy some recovery software or pay someone to recover the data. Likely not that expensive.
If it is hard disk hardware failure, then you have tough luck. It is very expensive to restore data in this scenario. Depends on the problem, it can cost as much as 10 new PC.
Re: Urgent: Desktop cant to power up
Bring it down some neighbourhood repair shop which can solve for you. Alternatively you may bring down to Sim Lim Square where some Indian PC shops can do for you.Jennifer wrote:Ytd morning my desktop was normal. I shut down normally.
In the afternoon I noticed the CPU light is on, thought I did not shut down. So I clicked on the mouse to refresh the screen, no response. After a few tries, I turned off the power supply from the main switch.
I turned on the main switch a while ago, the CPU immediately lit up again, then went silent. The monitor showed Entering Power Save, then went dead too.
How huh? Need to call for repairs?
Seems like ytd not very good day for me leh
If it is NOT a hard disk failure and you do not want to repair your PC,
you can easily purchase a SATA to USB adaptor (about $40) that looks like this:
Remove the hard disk from your PC and you can use the adaptor to easily convert it to an external hard drive. Voila! You have full access to all your data again.
you can easily purchase a SATA to USB adaptor (about $40) that looks like this:
Remove the hard disk from your PC and you can use the adaptor to easily convert it to an external hard drive. Voila! You have full access to all your data again.
Once I turn on the main power supply from the wall plug, the CPU auto lit up, no beeping sound at all. The monitor shows Entering Power Save and goes blank.tankee wrote:low huming sound is likely to be from CPU fan, so there is power coming from the power supply.
any display on monitor?
if harddisk failure, there will be display on the monitor, ends with system error - no system disk found
if no display monitor, likely faults are:
- a add-on card is faulty
- memory is faulty
- cpu is faulty
- motherboard is faulty
- power supply is weak
when you power up, is there any beeping sound? what is the sequence of long beeps and short beeps? the beeping sound will indicate the fault.
hard not the most serious prob.
When you turn on the wall power supply, some PCs will light up for a while but don't actually power up. Did you press the power on button on the PC again?Jennifer wrote:Once I turn on the main power supply from the wall plug, the CPU auto lit up, no beeping sound at all. The monitor shows Entering Power Save and goes blank.
hard not the most serious prob.
In the past, we always leave the wall plug power on. When we need to use the desktop, we will press the power on button on the CPU.BigDevil wrote:When you turn on the wall power supply, some PCs will light up for a while but don't actually power up. Did you press the power on button on the PC again?Jennifer wrote:Once I turn on the main power supply from the wall plug, the CPU auto lit up, no beeping sound at all. The monitor shows Entering Power Save and goes blank.
hard not the most serious prob.
I have turned off the wall plug power. If I turn it on now, the CPU auto lit up and the disk reader lit up momentarily, gives a cluck cluck sound, light goes out, no more sound. The CPU lights still on, but no more activity.
Dell support replied ytd: no more warranty. If I need hardware replacement, pls extend the warranty by calling xxx. Did not even suggest sending sb to take a look or suggest the likely prob, but want me to pay for extending the warranty. What if I extend the warranty and it turns out the PC is beyond repair???