ZetaShade
03-31-2011, 12:52 AM
Hello everyone,
I figured this is the right place to ask this, if not, my apologies.
I currently run an HP Pavilion a6712f, spec listed below-It's essentially stock save for the graphics card:
Vista Home Premium 64-Bit
Intel Pentium E5200 Dual Core 2.5GHz
6GB DDR2 RAM
500 GB HD
PNY GeForce 8400 GS (most intensive game I own is Borderlands, as a point of reference. I know it's not a great card, but it takes the game)
Anyways, the problem started a few days ago. Sometimes after waking the computer from its sleep state, I heard a sort of grinding noise coming from the back-ish area. Usually, this stopped within 30-45 seconds or so, and the computer seemed fine afterward.
Tonight, it did the same thing again and after about 30 seconds, it stopped its noise. Since I wasn't working on anything really important, I decided to put it to sleep after that, and then wake it up to make sure it was alright.
When I attempted to wake it, it sorta froze-ish- by this I mean, the computer was acting like it was active but I saw nothing on the screen-everything was plugged in properly. I turned it off manually, then tried a reboot, and this is where it started doing its current pattern.
I attempted the reboot, and the power light and keyboard lights came on. System acted like it was going to power up, and when it reached a stage in where it would appear start-up stuff would appear on the screen, it just cut the power on the tower completely. Tower then attempts to power on again about 10 seconds later, has the same failure. This repeats until power is physically cut from the machine, be it unplugging from the tower or powering down the strip.
Now, I dunno what it could be, but I am thinking it could be early-stage power supply failure, but I am not 100% sure. I'm not the greatest at computer internals, and I'm trying to keep any spending at a minimum.
So, guys, hit me with your best ideas. I could really use a hand fixing this one up and I'm out of ideas. Thank you for all of your help!
I figured this is the right place to ask this, if not, my apologies.
I currently run an HP Pavilion a6712f, spec listed below-It's essentially stock save for the graphics card:
Vista Home Premium 64-Bit
Intel Pentium E5200 Dual Core 2.5GHz
6GB DDR2 RAM
500 GB HD
PNY GeForce 8400 GS (most intensive game I own is Borderlands, as a point of reference. I know it's not a great card, but it takes the game)
Anyways, the problem started a few days ago. Sometimes after waking the computer from its sleep state, I heard a sort of grinding noise coming from the back-ish area. Usually, this stopped within 30-45 seconds or so, and the computer seemed fine afterward.
Tonight, it did the same thing again and after about 30 seconds, it stopped its noise. Since I wasn't working on anything really important, I decided to put it to sleep after that, and then wake it up to make sure it was alright.
When I attempted to wake it, it sorta froze-ish- by this I mean, the computer was acting like it was active but I saw nothing on the screen-everything was plugged in properly. I turned it off manually, then tried a reboot, and this is where it started doing its current pattern.
I attempted the reboot, and the power light and keyboard lights came on. System acted like it was going to power up, and when it reached a stage in where it would appear start-up stuff would appear on the screen, it just cut the power on the tower completely. Tower then attempts to power on again about 10 seconds later, has the same failure. This repeats until power is physically cut from the machine, be it unplugging from the tower or powering down the strip.
Now, I dunno what it could be, but I am thinking it could be early-stage power supply failure, but I am not 100% sure. I'm not the greatest at computer internals, and I'm trying to keep any spending at a minimum.
So, guys, hit me with your best ideas. I could really use a hand fixing this one up and I'm out of ideas. Thank you for all of your help!