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Answer» The other morning, I went to start my computer. The CPU turned on, but it sounded kind of ODD. I didn't hear the HD working. The little orange LIGHT came on (to indicate the HD working), and then eventually went off. Thinking it was a bad HD, I bought another one, and same problem. It won't boot from the CD rom, and the cd rom doesn't even spn. And I have no power to my monitor, KEYBOARD or mouse. Can you define "kind of odd"?By kind of odd, I mean, the hard drive didn't do its clicking thing that it usually does when it boots. And it didn't check the floppy like it usually does. All I heard was the 3 fans running in there. The computer is a 3 1/2 yr old HP pavilion 774e. It has an 80 gig HD (brand new now), 512 MB RAM, Pentium 4. Thanks.Is everything plugged in right? Do the fans all spin up? Check for dust, clean the case out - could be a heat problemQuote Is everything plugged in right? Yes, all the fans are working properly. They are about all that is right now (so it seems). I did clean the dust out. It was a little dusty, but not bad.Did you change anything before it all went wrong?Quote Did you change anything before it all went wrong?Nope. I didn't change any settings, or add or remove any hardware or anything esle! And there weren't any storms or power surges. And I do have it plugged into a surge protector. Sounds like a bad PSU on the surface, based on what info you have provided. HP does not use the best components, so if you got 3 years out of it you are lucky. Some of them are also proprietary so an :off the SHELF" replacement may not be possible. What is the computer MODEL #?Quote What is the computer model #? pavilion 774e Look on the side of the power supply. It appears that model takes a 200-250w unit. Tiny by current standards, but available. If you don't need it now, you probably will soon. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=power+supply+for+pavilion+774e |
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