[resolved]My Computer Just Died

Haz567 · 05-30-2007, 01:15 PM

okay i fell asleep watching a movie on my computer, and in the middle of the night i heard a beeping sound and the computer restarted. it gave me the ever trusty "please insert system disc message" meaning it could not find my primary hard drive, so i fiddled around with my SATA cables because i have had troubles with them being loose in the past.

The computer then rebooted, and Win XP partially loaded and i was happy. After this it restarted again and wouldn't load. First of all it recognised the primary hard drive as been there it saying "please insert system disc" nonetheless, then after that it rebooted asking for a non-existant floppy drive without booting up to the motherboard screen as it usually does when it begins. I rebooted it a couple of times, same message, then the computer died. I am posting on my old Pentium 1 i jus set up

, any idea what happened?

I had several suspicions of a faulty PSU, is what happened typical of a power supply on it's last legs? I made a post about the issues i was having a few months ago which several users felt could of been to do with my PSU, could anyone confirm if they came to a head or if it could be something different. I never replaced it.

The post can be found at this link for reference - Can You Identify What Type of Problem This Is?

Also is it possible i could have damaged my motherboard, will replacing the PSU do any good? Cheers.

dai · 05-30-2007, 01:32 PM

see if you can borrow a psu to try in it,it needs to be more powerful than the one that is in there now
if it works post back to this thread and we can move onto the next step of working out what wattage you need

Haz567 · 05-30-2007, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dai

see if you can borrow a psu to try in it,it needs to be more powerful than the one that is in there now
if it works post back to this thread and we can move onto the next step of working out what wattage you need

sure thing cheers

Haz567 · 05-30-2007, 07:08 PM

okay i swapped the power supply over for a 500 w i borrowed off a friend

the computer now runs without hesitation :D

dai · 05-30-2007, 07:11 PM

ok just drum up a replacement for yours
put your specs into here
http://www.extreme.outervision.com/p...ulatorlite.jsp
based on a quality psu and add 30% to the end result and that's the min. you need

Haz567 · 05-30-2007, 09:36 PM

sweet, i ended up getting an Antec Earthwatts 500 Watt it's doing nicely

dai · 05-31-2007, 09:11 AM

good i will mark it resolved

05-30-2007, 01:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
Haz567 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 62 OS: XP	[resolved]My Computer Just Died okay i fell asleep watching a movie on my computer, and in the middle of the night i heard a beeping sound and the computer restarted. it gave me the ever trusty "please insert system disc message" meaning it could not find my primary hard drive, so i fiddled around with my SATA cables because i have had troubles with them being loose in the past. The computer then rebooted, and Win XP partially loaded and i was happy. After this it restarted again and wouldn't load. First of all it recognised the primary hard drive as been there it saying "please insert system disc" nonetheless, then after that it rebooted asking for a non-existant floppy drive without booting up to the motherboard screen as it usually does when it begins. I rebooted it a couple of times, same message, then the computer died. I am posting on my old Pentium 1 i jus set up , any idea what happened? I had several suspicions of a faulty PSU, is what happened typical of a power supply on it's last legs? I made a post about the issues i was having a few months ago which several users felt could of been to do with my PSU, could anyone confirm if they came to a head or if it could be something different. I never replaced it. The post can be found at this link for reference - Can You Identify What Type of Problem This Is? Also is it possible i could have damaged my motherboard, will replacing the PSU do any good? Cheers. Last edited by Haz567; 05-30-2007 at 01:17 PM.

05-30-2007, 01:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,555 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: My Computer Just Died see if you can borrow a psu to try in it,it needs to be more powerful than the one that is in there now if it works post back to this thread and we can move onto the next step of working out what wattage you need __________________

05-30-2007, 07:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
Haz567 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 62 OS: XP	Re: My Computer Just Died okay i swapped the power supply over for a 500 w i borrowed off a friend the computer now runs without hesitation :D

05-30-2007, 07:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,555 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: My Computer Just Died ok just drum up a replacement for yours put your specs into here http://www.extreme.outervision.com/p...ulatorlite.jsp based on a quality psu and add 30% to the end result and that's the min. you need __________________

05-30-2007, 09:36 PM	#6 (permalink)
Haz567 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 62 OS: XP	Re: My Computer Just Died sweet, i ended up getting an Antec Earthwatts 500 Watt it's doing nicely

05-31-2007, 09:11 AM	#7 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,555 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: [resolved]My Computer Just Died good i will mark it resolved __________________