Some help please

[Brutus82]

Hello
just after some idea of what's gone wrong.

I was playing Warcraft, got up from desk then heard a weird noise ( by weird almost like a fizzy whooshy kinda thing, lol sorry )
the pc went off and appeared to start up but with no display, the keyboard won't work and the keyboard backlight flickers like mad, plus the power button will not switch it off when pressed down...

Power is there, lights and fans on processor n graphics are on, DVD drive lights on, 2 on the back are on (unsure what they for), all seems ok but can't see a display, tested keyboard n monitor on ps3 all ok

with it being various bits could it be motherboard ?

Not fussed bout pc though, just want to make sure it doesn't sound like hardrive, photos n stuff, sods law I didn't back up on Saturday as normal !!

Thanks

 

[tom982]

Yes, it could be part of the power distribution on the motherboard. Or a wire may have come loose inside your computer.

Because it sounds as if it is a physical problem, I would recommend that you should take it to a professional so they can dismantle it and examine the state of your computer.

You should also get them to remove the hard drive and if they have the appropriate cables, you should get them to back up the hard drive to ensure that you dont lose any documents.

Alternatively you could back up the data yourself by (if your harddrive is SATA) by purchasing a sata to usb cable and connecting the HDD to another computer. These cable can be bought on ebay for a few quid.

 

[Brutus82]

Ok thanks for that, I'll take it to local shop , and look at these cables.

Cheers

 

[tom982]

No problem, its what i'm here for. Its a shame i wasn't able to help you any more.

 

[Brutus82]

Have another question :-)

providing my harddrive is ok (can test tomorrow) can I put it into a new computer ?

The one that broke I had custom built at Cougar Extreme Index and they now do upgrade kits, so If I order new kit the only thing I need to use is my hardrive n graphics card / DVD drive
would this be quite straight forward or a pain in the ... ?

Cheers

 

[theog]

First backup your data as you may loose all data doing any type of repair.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88236-repair-install-vista.html?ltr=R

 

[tom982]

Do you mean to replace the old ones? It shouldn't be too hard to fit them if you know what your doing