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**louge1953** · 06-20-2009, 05:31 PM

usually the ticking is the sound of a harddrive going bad....back up all your data files on an external drive and install a brand new harddrive and reload windows xp and all your drivers and programs....

06-20-2009, 05:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
louge1953 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: texas Posts: 757 OS: xp	Re: computer makes ticking noise in CPU and doesnt turn on usually the ticking is the sound of a harddrive going bad....back up all your data files on an external drive and install a brand new harddrive and reload windows xp and all your drivers and programs....