Solve : Help, computer won't boot up!?

1.	Solve : Help, computer won't boot up!?
Answer» My Gateway desktop computer will not boot up and the power button slowly flashes blue. Model:DX4640-UB101A I tried unplugging it and holding the power button for 30 seconds but still the same.Could we have some specs? Hard drive, cpu, memory. Does anything happen on the screen?320 GB Western Digital Hard drive, 4 DDR2, Intel Pentium Dual Core E2200, NVIDIA GeForce 7100Nothing shows up on the monitor. The monitor won't even recognize the computer. I tested the Monitor on another computer and it worked fine. When I push the power button with the case open the hard drive spins and the power button on the face of the tower slowly blinks blue. Thanks for your help1) Are all the fans inside the computer working? Try reseating your Ram if the fans are working. 2) Fans not working - Try another power supply in the computer, if you don't have another one then get the one you already have, tested.Fans are not working, so I will try the power supply. Thanks CORRECTION...fans are working. I tried reseating ram and still the sameReseat all your cards, doublecheck all CONNECTIONS, then swap in another PSU.how do I "reset my cards"?Quote from: riteofpassage on June 30, 2009, 04:57:05 PM correction...fans are working. I tried reseating ram and still the same Normal is for a defective power system to spin fans. Spinning fans report AC power cord is connected - not much more. Without numbers for system voltages (30 seconds of labor), then anything else can run you into total confusion. In some cases, other actions may even complicate the problem. You have the same list of suspects defined another post entitled "help with son's pc". Your resolution (or obtaining information so that others can be more helpful) lies in those same procedures. Quote from: westom on June 30, 2009, 10:47:13 PM Normal is for a defective power system to spin fans. Yes I am aware that this is normal, but I am trying to cut to the chase here. Obviously if his fans are dead then it could point to the psu. The psu is one of the big suspects here if he has reseated everything properly.Quote from: riteofpassage on June 30, 2009, 10:15:16 PM how do I "reset my cards"? Reseat your cards means to remove cards and then reseat them back into place....By doing this you reaffirm that the card is in place correctly.....sometimes repeated seatings will remove minute corrosion allowing better contact.Quote from: Frankie on July 01, 2009, 06:47:35 AM Yes I am aware that this is normal, but I am trying to cut to the chase here. Obviously if his fans are dead then it could point to the psu. If fans work, problem could be the PSU or anything else in that long list of suspects. If fans do not work, problem still could be the PSU or (again) the same long list of other suspects. A spinning fan or glowing lights does not cut to the chase. It simply means all the same suspects remain. It’s called a power system. A supply is only one component of that system. Any part of that system can result in failures. Either the OP identifies the suspect with 30 seconds labor and the METER. Or he can keep replacing parts (lots of money buying new parts) until something WORKS. Basic connector knowledge. Any corrosion that might cause electrical changes is long since taken car of in the design. If reseating cards cause a computer to work, then the actual problem still exists. Typically will be creating more problems more often in the future. Get the meter. Discover the problem long before FIXING or replacing anything.

Answer»

My Gateway desktop computer will not boot up and the power button slowly flashes blue. Model:DX4640-UB101A
I tried unplugging it and holding the power button for 30 seconds but still the same.Could we have some specs? Hard drive, cpu, memory. Does anything happen on the screen?320 GB Western Digital Hard drive, 4 DDR2, Intel Pentium Dual Core E2200, NVIDIA GeForce 7100Nothing shows up on the monitor. The monitor won't even recognize the computer. I tested the Monitor on another computer and it worked fine. When I push the power button with the case open the hard drive spins and the power button on the face of the tower slowly blinks blue.
Thanks for your help1) Are all the fans inside the computer working? Try reseating your Ram if the fans are working.

2) Fans not working - Try another power supply in the computer, if you don't have another one then get the one you already have, tested.Fans are not working, so I will try the power supply. Thanks CORRECTION...fans are working. I tried reseating ram and still the sameReseat all your cards, doublecheck all CONNECTIONS, then swap in another PSU.how do I "reset my cards"?Quote from: riteofpassage on June 30, 2009, 04:57:05 PM

correction...fans are working. I tried reseating ram and still the same

Normal is for a defective power system to spin fans. Spinning fans report AC power cord is connected - not much more. Without numbers for system voltages (30 seconds of labor), then anything else can run you into total confusion. In some cases, other actions may even complicate the problem.

You have the same list of suspects defined another post entitled "help with son's pc". Your resolution (or obtaining information so that others can be more helpful) lies in those same procedures.
Quote from: westom on June 30, 2009, 10:47:13 PM

Normal is for a defective power system to spin fans.

Yes I am aware that this is normal, but I am trying to cut to the chase here. Obviously if his fans are dead then it could point to the psu. The psu is one of the big suspects here if he has reseated everything properly.Quote from: riteofpassage on June 30, 2009, 10:15:16 PM

how do I "reset my cards"?

Reseat your cards means to remove cards and then reseat them back into place....By doing this you reaffirm that the card is in place correctly.....sometimes repeated seatings will remove minute corrosion allowing better contact.Quote from: Frankie on July 01, 2009, 06:47:35 AM

Yes I am aware that this is normal, but I am trying to cut to the chase here. Obviously if his fans are dead then it could point to the psu.

If fans work, problem could be the PSU or anything else in that long list of suspects. If fans do not work, problem still could be the PSU or (again) the same long list of other suspects.

A spinning fan or glowing lights does not cut to the chase. It simply means all the same suspects remain. It’s called a power system. A supply is only one component of that system. Any part of that system can result in failures. Either the OP identifies the suspect with 30 seconds labor and the METER. Or he can keep replacing parts (lots of money buying new parts) until something WORKS.

Basic connector knowledge. Any corrosion that might cause electrical changes is long since taken car of in the design. If reseating cards cause a computer to work, then the actual problem still exists. Typically will be creating more problems more often in the future.

Get the meter. Discover the problem long before FIXING or replacing anything.

Solve : Help, computer won't boot up!?

Discussion

No Comment Found

Related InterviewSolutions

Reply to Comment