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06-06-2013, 02:13 PM
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I know this is kind of a shot in the dark
my PC developed a problem yesterday.
I was on the computer for a bit, and it suddenly shut off on me. I started it back up, everything was fine. I went back into the room 20 mins later and it was off again. I booted it up, and as it got to the welcome screen it shut off once again. I pulled the side off to blow the dust out, and now it wont even boot. I power it up fans kick on, but the light surrounding the power button doesn't turn on.
The computer is a HP M8000 Media Center. Ive had it for several years, never a problem.
Im not techie at all, so any info would be greatly appreciated
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06-06-2013, 02:20 PM
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might be power supply  | |
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06-06-2013, 02:32 PM
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I just plugged it in, the fans and everything are all running, and there's a green light on the back that stays on but nothing else works. When I hold the power button the computer doesn't shut down, it needs to be unplugged
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06-06-2013, 09:41 PM
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I think you may need a new motherboard. It may not be worthwhile fixing.
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06-07-2013, 12:25 AM
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mobo's fucked.
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06-07-2013, 03:52 AM
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Yeah, I tried a bunch of thing I read online. Pulling the RAM, and booting, computer did nothing. It will not turn on/off with the power button, only if I plug/unplug it. With how cheap towers are these days, it's not worth fixing at all. Was a damn good issue free computer for nearly 5 years though.
My next question, if I pull the hard drives out, could they just be plugged into another computer to pull all my stuff?
Or is there another way.
TIA
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06-07-2013, 04:07 AM
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Yeah, just plug it into another computer as a secondary drive or into a USB enclosure. You'll be able to pull everything off the hard drive assuming there was no damage to it.
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