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Computer died and wont turn on !!!
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| sterilis |
i was on my computer this morning and it was working fine so i shut it down, went out for a bite to eat and came back, tried turning it on and it didnt work i tried hooking it up to another computer i have but it still wouldnt work. it was on all night so i thought it might have over heated so i vacuumed it out and sprayed compressed air into it to see if that helped when i plugged the power cable in it sparked so i pulled it out and havent touched it since.
im really worried about losing all my tracks and vst's as i havent backed up in about 4 months. anyone any suggestions?
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| Eldritch |
| Sounds like the PSU is dead. |
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| Eric J |
| quote: | Originally posted by Eldritch
Sounds like the PSU is dead. |
Sounds about right, especially if it sparked when you plugged it in. You should be able to buy another for $30-$50 depending on the wattage. It shouldn't affect the data on your hard disk unless the PSU fried the drive electronics which is exceedingly rare. |
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| wotyzoid |
| wtf u my pc is always on and that never happened.?!? |
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| sterilis |
| first time this happened. hopefully it is the power supply as im in the process of getting 1 of my tracks signed and i need the wav files etc. is there anyway i can check to see if it is the psu? |
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| Eric J |
| Either salvage one from another computer for go buy a new one, that's the only way to check. |
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| Bidor |
| just in case your gonna change anything in the pc, pull out the cables from your hard drive. |
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by Eric J
Sounds about right, especially if it sparked when you plugged it in. You should be able to buy another for $30-$50 depending on the wattage. It shouldn't affect the data on your hard disk unless the PSU fried the drive electronics which is exceedingly rare. |
Unless the PSU was running under-voltage for several weaks and half the data is too weak to read under normal power conditions.
/bitter
OP: If you're worried about your data, then just put your hard drives in a different PC or in an external enclosure and back them up.
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| sterilis |
can you fcuk the hard drive up by taking it out and putting into another computer? just need to know the risks before i try something liek that.
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by sterilis
can you fcuk the hard drive up by taking it out and putting into another computer? just need to know the risks before i try something liek that. |
Not unless you do it with the power still on... or you drop it in transit. |
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| sterilis |
| nice one ill give that a shot tomorrow. |
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| sterilis |
cheers for all the help everyone i got it fixed. changed the psu and got it going again.
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