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computer not switching on

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  • jessmist
    jessmist Posts: 728 Forumite
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    Hi the computer is packard bell IMED 1402
    The computer has not been moved recently.
    Thanks
  • jackthenipper
    jackthenipper Posts: 344 Forumite
    Have you upgraded any of the components recently?
    You can't be lost if you don't know where you're going.
  • Awec
    Awec Posts: 261 Forumite
    Happened to my computer a while back, I finally diagnosed it as a motherboard failure.

    Disconnect everything from the motherboard, except cpu and ram. See if it works. If it does, plug things in one by one until it stops.

    You can also try removing individual sticks of ram, to see if any of them are faulty.

    If you have a spare graphics card, try it too.
  • JamesJamz
    JamesJamz Posts: 106 Forumite
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    Sounds to me like a dodgy graphics card/cable...

    The same happend to me, and i found it to be a dodgy cable (cat chewed it)
    James
  • DatabaseError
    DatabaseError Posts: 4,161 Forumite
    JamesJamz wrote: »
    ... i found it to be a dodgy cable (cat chewed it)

    catastrophic failure, eh?

    :p
    Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant.
  • PZH
    PZH Posts: 1,599 Forumite
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    DatabaseError wrote: »
    catastrophic failure, eh?

    :p

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    “That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.”
  • jessmist
    jessmist Posts: 728 Forumite
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    JamesJamz wrote: »
    Sounds to me like a dodgy graphics card/cable...

    The same happend to me, and i found it to be a dodgy cable (cat chewed it)

    I can may be rule out the cable as i don't have a cat.
  • jessmist
    jessmist Posts: 728 Forumite
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    jackthenipper wrote: »
    Have you upgraded any of the
    components recently?

    I have not upgraded the computer.
  • jessmist
    jessmist Posts: 728 Forumite
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    Hi
    I have connected my sons laptop to the monitor and it worked ok,so the monitor and cable must be ok.
  • DatabaseError
    DatabaseError Posts: 4,161 Forumite
    that rules out the monitor then :(

    If does the PC have a seperate video card (the part you plug the monitor into) or is it onboard...likely to be right next to the usb ports etc...
    If seperate card, remove and refit the card and try again...swop it out with a known good card (if possible)
    Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant.
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