hi,new here,I really hope someone around here can help me...
I have an HP Desktop that is about 3 years old, it has an AMD Athlon Processor, Windows Vista, 2GB Hard Drive and a very old Nvidia 6150 Card...
a couple of months ago the computer stopped working properly, it would turn on, but it would freeze or sometimes, it wouldn't start....I took it to a tech guy who had it for about a month and he couldn't find what the real problem was! then when I had lost all faith, I went into the HP website and saw that my pc's model had an alert from HP, in it it said that some of those models had a bad motherboard and that they would extend warranty and replace the motherboard for free...
I contacted them and they sent DHL to pick up my computer and I got it back 2 weeks later and it had been working great until today!
this is a family computer, but hasn't been used as much lately because now most family members have laptops, still it's used for about 5 hours a day...this morning someone turned it on for about an hour and then turned it off without a problem...3 hours later someone turns it on and this is what happens:
1. Computer makes noise, no beeps, only normal computer starting up noise.
2. The light that checks the cd drive turns on.
3. The fans are running.
4. Power button is on, but when I turn on the monitor it says "no signal" and it goes to sleep.
I turned it off, the computer and the little box it is connected to, forgot the name...and waited a while, then turned on the box...power regulator thing or whatever...and the computer instantly started running, but the same happened....it can stay like that for hours...
I have some computer knowledge, when it comes to what to do when the computer is turned on, but I know nothing about hardware...
I really hope someone can help or give me some advice...
I have an HP Desktop that is about 3 years old, it has an AMD Athlon Processor, Windows Vista, 2GB Hard Drive and a very old Nvidia 6150 Card...
a couple of months ago the computer stopped working properly, it would turn on, but it would freeze or sometimes, it wouldn't start....I took it to a tech guy who had it for about a month and he couldn't find what the real problem was! then when I had lost all faith, I went into the HP website and saw that my pc's model had an alert from HP, in it it said that some of those models had a bad motherboard and that they would extend warranty and replace the motherboard for free...
I contacted them and they sent DHL to pick up my computer and I got it back 2 weeks later and it had been working great until today!
this is a family computer, but hasn't been used as much lately because now most family members have laptops, still it's used for about 5 hours a day...this morning someone turned it on for about an hour and then turned it off without a problem...3 hours later someone turns it on and this is what happens:
1. Computer makes noise, no beeps, only normal computer starting up noise.
2. The light that checks the cd drive turns on.
3. The fans are running.
4. Power button is on, but when I turn on the monitor it says "no signal" and it goes to sleep.
I turned it off, the computer and the little box it is connected to, forgot the name...and waited a while, then turned on the box...power regulator thing or whatever...and the computer instantly started running, but the same happened....it can stay like that for hours...
I have some computer knowledge, when it comes to what to do when the computer is turned on, but I know nothing about hardware...
I really hope someone can help or give me some advice...