windows PC wont turn on

[gunsling3r]

Help. A friend of mine is having trouble with his computer. You turn it on and it promptly shuts down. It doesnt even show the windows loading screen. The monitor doesnt show anything! We tried unplugging and replugging everything but that didnt work. Any ideas how to fix?

 

Thanks

[Funksdead]

Bad power supply?? i ah one right out of the box do that. Tries to start and then right to nothing

Edited August 14, 2010 by Funkbut

[=FlA=Incom!ng*]

The same thing happed to me a about a year ago. It was a slow process. My PC would run fine and crash a few hours later, as time went by it would crash more often, untill it would crash on startup. I reinstalled my OS(12 disks) this helped for a short time, but wasn't long before it would crash again. I had to replace my harddrive. Newegg has good deals.

 

Try this link: Pc crashes on startup

[gunsling3r]

Bad power supply?? i ah one right out of the box do that. Tries to start and then right to nothing

 

He's had this computer for over a year now. I dont think thats what its causing the problem.

 

He did tell me something about a corrupt windows file or something.

 

Is there a way we can reformat the comp?

[daredevil]

Go to BIOS and check all hardware. If hardware is in working state, then try to re install OS.

[Papito]

Clean every slot of your Motherboard, maybe video card or other card. Try it using Alcohol or a rubber pencil.

[gunsling3r]

Go to BIOS and check all hardware. If hardware is in working state, then try to re install OS.

 

Ok will do...ill let you know what happens.

 

Clean every slot of your Motherboard, maybe video card or other card. Try it using Alcohol or a rubber pencil.

 

I'll try that too

[daredevil]

Clean every slot of your Motherboard, maybe video card or other card. Try it using Alcohol or a rubber pencil.

 

LOL don't do that U can damage u pins.

[gunsling3r]

LOL don't do that U can damage u pins.

 

o.0 I didnt xD

 

but anyways his computer seems to be running fine. Idk what was wrong it wasnt starting up for 2 days.........

 

but anyways thank you for all your help.

[Papito]

wut, well was a misundertanding, clean the video cards an others cards!

[gigabyte]

Bad hardware or bad OS. Check the temperatures as well .

[=FlA=Incom!ng*]

o.0 I didnt xD

 

but anyways his computer seems to be running fine. Idk what was wrong it wasnt starting up for 2 days.........

 

but anyways thank you for all your help.

 

guys its fixed...no need to post solutions anymore

[Nugget]

Clean every slot of your Motherboard, maybe video card or other card. Try it using Alcohol or a rubber pencil.

 

Not to disagree, but if you don't have a can of air, don't go sticking anything inside your computer to clean it out, especially if it is a liquid.

 

guys its fixed...no need to post solutions anymore

 

Any idea what was wrong? If it wasn't the power supply or the motherboard, I would be surprised.