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5/07/2008 4:03:20 PM

thomas

Submited 792 day(s) ago

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can someone tell me whats wrong
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My pc recently fell about 20 cm onto the floor after falling off my computer desk.

After picking it back up, it wouldnt do anything well the the fans would start though
But it wouldnt beep or anything or load a screen
after a bit of cable moving it started to beep (beep told told me there was a video error)
After giving up for a few days i got it to stop beeping but again it did nothing to start up
I changed the power supply and it worked for a day

Then today it said windows cant load seclect safe mode etc
Anyway i got out the isntall cd in and it unexpectedly error'ed the 1st time.
Then something made a horrible grinding sound like someone was rubbing a rock over metal.
The second time onwards it ran it but froze when it said starting windows.
Since my computer has 2 hard drives in it,
I changed over to the one that didnt have windows on it.
My computer said it wasnt connected.
Then after a reboot the video died again.

my computer is a

Pentium D 2.6ghz
asus p5v800-mx
1gig of ddr 3200 400mhz
120 gig samsung
250 gig western digital
256MB Sapphire Radeon 9550 i think
windows xp pro sp2

6/07/2008 12:24:03 AM

Deci

Submited 791 day(s) ago

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Thomas,

It is a possibility that you HDD’s have now bad block because of the impact.

6/07/2008 12:39:24 AM

thomas

Submited 791 day(s) ago

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Some people have said the hard drives are the problem
I just dont understand why the computer doesnt load the bios screen or beep or any of the other things that it should if its just them that are broken though

6/07/2008 1:34:32 AM

kris

Submited 791 day(s) ago

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Hi Thomas,

I would get a new HDD for the System.

Disconnect / remove everything from the computer (RAM, HDD’s, video..., except for the CPU) and clear the BIOS.
Power up the computer with noting in it (except for the CPU, you can live that in the computer)

After you did that insert the video card, one good memory stick and your new HDD. Check if the system is booting up and working, and then slowly add other components to your computer. (If after inserting a component you computer is unstable then remove and replace with a new one)

12/07/2008 11:06:51 AM

thomas

Submited 785 day(s) ago

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clearing the bios is is that taking out the mb battery for a few seconds ? or am i thinking of something else ?

12/07/2008 11:36:59 AM

kris

Submited 785 day(s) ago

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To reset the bios, best to follow your mother board instructions...

In general, remove the battery and change the clear bios pins from 1-2 to 2-3 for few seconds then change the pins back and insert the battery

15/08/2008 10:26:41 PM

thomas

Submited 751 day(s) ago

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hi i didnt see any clear bois pins but i did take the battery out. then everything out after i put it the battery back in and turned it on then off re installed ram hard drive video card etc and turned it on and it booted from the hard drives fine thanks from your help :)

 

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