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Answer» Hi from Scotland. My PC which is about 2 years old will not boot up now. It powers up but you do not get the beep just after it fires up and the monitor GREEN light only flashes to show it is getting power, not sure where to start so any advice would be much appreciated. Many thanks in anticipation, Jim.Much more info on your machine, OS and what happened prior to this and someone will be along shortly to assist... patio. 8-)Thanks for your reply, OS is Xp professional, it had been getting steadily unreliable with various errors being flagged up but it always worked, I suppose I should have backed up data and looked into it earlier but I didn't, also I had noticed that for quite a while the Windows Restore function would not work, ie. it would go through the motions but afterwards would say"windows was not able to restore your computer, no changes have been made", Motherboard is Asrock manufacture, it has been very good performance wise till now, thanks, Jim.Do you know any more information about your machine than the motnerboard, such as CPU, RAM and hard disk? This may help in troubleshootingAre all the fans operational? Do any of the mainboard capacitors look like the ones in the picture below? hi again, fans are operational, both CPU and the PSU, hard disc is a 120gb Samsung 7200 rpm, CPU type I can't recall but can let you know tomorow when I find the paperwork that came with it, RAM is about 1350mb, talking about the fans I REMEMBER recently switching the PC on and noticed how quiet it was because a fan was not working but immediately switched it off, next time I switched it on it was was working again, hope all this is of help, I have also been into the case to make sure it was clear of dust and all connections were tight both on the board and hard disc etc.Raptor, what's your point? Are those capacitors about to have a volcanic eruption or something? Quote Raptor, what's your point? Are those capacitors about to have a volcanic eruption or something? Haha, actually, they allready have erupted. They are, in this stage, unable to store power and therefore render the motherboard useless. Quote hi again, fans are operational, both CPU and the PSU, hard disc is a 120gb Samsung 7200 rpm, CPU type I can't recall but can let you know tomorow when I find the paperwork that came with it, RAM is about 1350mb, talking about the fans I remember recently switching the PC on and noticed how quiet it was because a fan was not working but immediately switched it off, next time I switched it on it was was working again, hope all this is of help, I have also been into the case to make sure it was clear of dust and all connections were tight both on the board and hard disc etc. It really ticks me off when people don't PROPERLY read my posts. Even though they just consist of one bloody line and a huge picture.I can't tell for sure from your image, but did I see some swelling on top of those capacitors with pus oozing out of them? I just looked at my capacitors and they all appear to be flat on top and no pus oozing out. They're healthy, right? Quote I can't tell for sure from your image, but did I see some swelling on top of those capacitors with pus oozing out of them? I just looked at my capacitors and they all appear to be flat on top and no pus oozing out. They're healthy, right? Yep, once they start swelling up or leaking, you have to either replace the capacitors or the mainboard. When people say their PC refuses to start or just shuts down, I always inspect the mainboard to see if the capacitors are leaking.Is that something that can be done as a DIY PROJECT, for the adventurous? Can a DIY dude actually remove them and properly attach new ones? Where did you get them? I see different size capacitors on my motherboard. I PRESUME any replacment should, of course, have the same specs as the old one.Actually, they should be quite simple to replace. You take off the capacitors in question, locate an electro-shop that sells these and ask for a replacement, then you solder the new ones in place and if everything goes well and nothing else is damaged you should have a fully functional mainboard again. PC stores are a great source for broken mainboards.Hi again all, my capacitors look fine, any more ideas or is a faulty motherboard the most likely thing?Do you see a POST screen (white writing on a black screen) when you first boot up?Hi Fed. no I get nothing at all, Jim.

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Hi from Scotland. My PC which is about 2 years old will not boot up now. It powers up but you do not get the beep just after it fires up and the monitor GREEN light only flashes to show it is getting power, not sure where to start so any advice would be much appreciated. Many thanks in anticipation, Jim.Much more info on your machine, OS and what happened prior to this and someone will be along shortly to assist...

patio. 8-)Thanks for your reply, OS is Xp professional, it had been getting steadily unreliable with various errors being flagged up but it always worked, I suppose I should have backed up data and looked into it earlier but I didn't, also I had noticed that for quite a while the Windows Restore function would not work, ie. it would go through the motions but afterwards would say"windows was not able to restore your computer, no changes have been made", Motherboard is Asrock manufacture, it has been very good performance wise till now, thanks, Jim.Do you know any more information about your machine than the motnerboard, such as CPU, RAM and hard disk?
This may help in troubleshootingAre all the fans operational?

Do any of the mainboard capacitors look like the ones in the picture below?

hi again, fans are operational, both CPU and the PSU, hard disc is a 120gb Samsung 7200 rpm, CPU type I can't recall but can let you know tomorow when I find the paperwork that came with it, RAM is about 1350mb, talking about the fans I REMEMBER recently switching the PC on and noticed how quiet it was because a fan was not working but immediately switched it off, next time I switched it on it was was working again, hope all this is of help, I have also been into the case to make sure it was clear of dust and all connections were tight both on the board and hard disc etc.Raptor, what's your point? Are those capacitors about to have a volcanic eruption or something? Quote

Raptor, what's your point? Are those capacitors about to have a volcanic eruption or something?

Haha, actually, they allready have erupted. They are, in this stage, unable to store power and therefore render the motherboard useless.

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hi again, fans are operational, both CPU and the PSU, hard disc is a 120gb Samsung 7200 rpm, CPU type I can't recall but can let you know tomorow when I find the paperwork that came with it, RAM is about 1350mb, talking about the fans I remember recently switching the PC on and noticed how quiet it was because a fan was not working but immediately switched it off, next time I switched it on it was was working again, hope all this is of help, I have also been into the case to make sure it was clear of dust and all connections were tight both on the board and hard disc etc.

It really ticks me off when people don't PROPERLY read my posts. Even though they just consist of one bloody line and a huge picture.I can't tell for sure from your image, but did I see some swelling on top of those capacitors with pus oozing out of them? I just looked at my capacitors and they all appear to be flat on top and no pus oozing out. They're healthy, right? Quote

I can't tell for sure from your image, but did I see some swelling on top of those capacitors with pus oozing out of them? I just looked at my capacitors and they all appear to be flat on top and no pus oozing out. They're healthy, right?

Yep, once they start swelling up or leaking, you have to either replace the capacitors or the mainboard.

When people say their PC refuses to start or just shuts down, I always inspect the mainboard to see if the capacitors are leaking.Is that something that can be done as a DIY PROJECT, for the adventurous? Can a DIY dude actually remove them and properly attach new ones? Where did you get them? I see different size capacitors on my motherboard. I PRESUME any replacment should, of course, have the same specs as the old one.Actually, they should be quite simple to replace. You take off the capacitors in question, locate an electro-shop that sells these and ask for a replacement, then you solder the new ones in place and if everything goes well and nothing else is damaged you should have a fully functional mainboard again.

PC stores are a great source for broken mainboards.Hi again all, my capacitors look fine, any more ideas or is a faulty motherboard the most likely thing?Do you see a POST screen (white writing on a black screen) when you first boot up?Hi Fed. no I get nothing at all, Jim.

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