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Answer» what MAKE is the hard drive....on this dr who pc.. Quote what make is the hard drive....on this dr who pc.. Western Digital Quote Western Digital And it just froze again.And it's not turning on again. take out the old hard drive from the other defunct......pc....at least you can rob parts from the now old ONE...i take the jumpers on both are set to master ...make sure.. wd drives....normally clunk when booting.......did it.. you COULD test it>>http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp?cxml=n&pid=999 Quote take out the old hard drive from the other defunct......pc....at least you can rob parts from the now old one...i take the jumpers on both are set to master ...make sure.. wd drives....normally clunk when booting.<bearing failures on old drives>......did it.. you could test it>>http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp?cxml=n&pid=999 I already have tested it on my other one and it works fine. But what didn't work fine was when I took the other HD and put it into this one. It acted the same. I know it's not the HD, I know it's not the video card. I know it's not the power supply. What are jumpers? and how should they be set? I never touched them before. Okay, so, I just MESSED around with it, and the small plug that GOES into the back of the HD the one that says "P5" on it, I held it bent, kind of, well i just pushed down on it a little bit and held it there and the computer works...again. I don't know what to do *sigh*.you are we are going around in circles......i would suggest a pactical way to sort it.....barebones.....>http://www.buildyourowncomputer.net/learntobuild.html process of elimination.........it could be anything... when you boot this pc .........what happens.....does the num lock light come on.......one good indicator.......does the monitor.....display anything.....broken wavey lines...ram sticks../video card.....get the drift........rebuild it..is the only quickfix Quote you are we are going around in circles......i would suggest a pactical way to sort it.....barebones.....>http://www.buildyourowncomputer.net/learntobuild.html Yeah I ended up having to buy a new motherboard and processor. Thanks for the help! |
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