I'm having trouble turning on my pc. I press the power button but it seems to not power up correctly, It remains on but the HDD light flashes and seems to not load up. also the monitor stays on but the power button just flashes.
Any help would be appreciated.
hi hunter260859,
more info please. can you get to the windows desktop? a HD light flashing would seem a normal activity to me as data is being read/written to it. any beeping sounds during the boot up process? not sure what to make of a flashing power led, may be of diagnostic value, maybe not. whats the make/model of your computer.
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Well i can sometimes get the windows but most of the time it end up turning off mid start up there is beeping also by looks of it, it just keeps starting up and shuting down and repeating
ok so sometimes it makes it to the desktop, but other times it just reboots itself. if it makes it to the desktop try this: start>settings>control panel>system>advanced tab>startup and recovery>settings. uncheck under system failure "automatically restart"
can you recognize anything about the beeps during startup. like 1 short beep, 2 beeps, any pattern to it?
have you installed any new hardware or (updated)drivers lately. i dont suspect a driver though since these usually cough up a BSOD. can you hear fans spinning in the case?
the bad news is a rebooting computer could be the result of many things from overheating to hardware gone bad and can be hard to pin down via a forum. are you comfortable with opening the case to check some items? also a good idea to check the mauf. website for FAQ/troubleshooting sections.
