Computer Problems
I found out why my computer would not turn on correctly:
The image you see is a burned out chip on the circuit board of a hard drive, notice burn at center of large chip along pins. I was using the old 20GB hard drive as a memory page file for image editing so I did not use my regular C drive and could have a very large page file.
I went to start my computer and would get through part of bios, those lines of text about your computer when you first press the power button, and it would go to a blank screen with the blinking cursor. This blank screen with blinking cursor means the computer will not bootup completely for some reason or that it is booting up but you are not getting any video. In my case I was not booting up because this drive was causing the system to not go to the other drive for the Windows startup.
I started with basic troubleshooting and eliminated items in the computer one by one to make sure they were not causing me problems and this was one of the first to try. Once I disconnected the drive it would start up just fine and a quick inspection of the drive showed the burned out chip on the drives backside.
I do remember smelling something odd, that hot electronics smell, the other day but dismissed it when everything ran fine that day, but not the next. Now I know what I was smelling and everything is fine once again with my work computer.
Lesson learned: don't ignore that smell and when you troubleshoot a computer, disconnect everything not required for bootup to start with basics and work from there.
The image you see is a burned out chip on the circuit board of a hard drive, notice burn at center of large chip along pins. I was using the old 20GB hard drive as a memory page file for image editing so I did not use my regular C drive and could have a very large page file.
I went to start my computer and would get through part of bios, those lines of text about your computer when you first press the power button, and it would go to a blank screen with the blinking cursor. This blank screen with blinking cursor means the computer will not bootup completely for some reason or that it is booting up but you are not getting any video. In my case I was not booting up because this drive was causing the system to not go to the other drive for the Windows startup.
I started with basic troubleshooting and eliminated items in the computer one by one to make sure they were not causing me problems and this was one of the first to try. Once I disconnected the drive it would start up just fine and a quick inspection of the drive showed the burned out chip on the drives backside.
I do remember smelling something odd, that hot electronics smell, the other day but dismissed it when everything ran fine that day, but not the next. Now I know what I was smelling and everything is fine once again with my work computer.
Lesson learned: don't ignore that smell and when you troubleshoot a computer, disconnect everything not required for bootup to start with basics and work from there.
posted by Jeff Gedgaud @ 10:33 AM
1 Comments:
At January 1, 2009 at 10:50 PM ,
The Manager said...
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