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Old 12-21-2008   #6 (permalink)
Richie Hardwick


 
 

Re: monitor going to sleep

Malke <malke@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>emanddd wrote:
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>>
>> thanks for the replies. it does power up, there are two fans that run
>> and a few LED's on the back that light up. the power button on the front
>> did light up but not anymore. It will shut down if i hold the power
>> button down for a few seconds and then i push the power button i can
>> hear the fans turn on but no beep.
>
>You have hardware failure. Failing components could be the power supply, the
>hard drive, the motherboard. There's no way for anyone who can't see the
>machine to tell. If the machine is still under warranty, contact HP's tech
>support for repair/replacement. Otherwise take it to a qualified computer
>professional. I don't recommend using a BigComputerStore/GeekSquad type of
>place.
To "emanddd": it's not your hard drive. Your system isn't even
entering the POST and a dead hard drive woudln't cause that.

It could be the power supply, the CPU or the motherboard.

Richie Hardwick
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