desktop won't work..just loud motor & fans ?

pennymakespounds

My dell inspiron 530 desktop ... only a few months old .. when i've turned it on today .. louder than normal whirring of motor? / fans ? .. and nothing else .. computer is not starting up .

Tried turning it off and on again with main button but same happens .

No keys on keyboard do anything .

Help !! ?

Leopard

Open it up and check that the cables to its hard drive are plugged fully in (at each end).

Check also that its RAM modules are fully pressed home in their seating.

This will cost you nothing.

slewis1972

Any lights on the front when its on?

The lights can indicate what maybe wrong?

When you say fans - I assume you mean PSU, if so, it could well its failed.

Can Dell, they are usually pretty good with do a warranty repair.

Scott

pennymakespounds

scott.. just turned machine on to find answer to your question . which is ... "just the "on " button lights up.. is the nly light there is n front ... and lo & behold this time .. machine has started ok !!

as it started up saw for a split second something on screen about there'd been a problem .

penrhyn

The lamp in the mains button glows yellow then blue when the 530 starts up.
There is normally a short period when the fans blow loudly.
When it failed did you get any loud clicks as this may indicate HDD problems.
Dell occasionally have urgent upgrades for their PC's it may be worth checking if any are available.

pennymakespounds

penryn

it had the blue light on the front.

no clicks .

it was the loud fans that just kept going .

dell upgrades .. where / how do i find out about these ?

thanks

vyseyboy

Take the case off , and clean all the visible fans (cpu / graphics card / case fan) with a fine paintbrush. Dust can stop the fans rotating, and some systems will auto-shutdown without rotating fans.

penrhyn

Click on your Dell Support Center icon, looks like a spanner in the system tray.
Then click on alerts, if there are any upgrades it should tell you.

If for some reason you haven't got it here is the download link:
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/services/en/dsc_home?c=us&l=en&s=gen