Hello,
My gf's comp is behaving really weird and I lost any ideas as to what might be causing it.
About two weeks ago she turned it on, it displayed the eMachines logo, froze on boot and when she turned it on again it wouldn't show anything anymore, it just hung there frozen.
I did a bunch of testing using my spare parts and narrowed it down to the mobo. So I got her a new mobo (well, used one, but it was a working one) and the comp was back working again.
At least for a few days...she turnes it on this morning, it works. She turns it off, comes back in 10 mins (net wasn't working so she thought she'd try later) and the comp does the same thing as two weeks ago - won't boot or anything. The fans are spinning, the hdd even makes that "starting to spin" sound but then nothing happens after that.
One more thing I'd like to add is that at one point while we were sitting together in the room and talking the comp just turned on by itself (the house is NOT haunted, despite what she says). And now when I turn it OFF, the green light on the cd-drive remains lit. So it kinda made me wonder if it could be the PSU, which would be weird because it appeared to be working fine for a few days and the power seems to go through it, cause everything spins. Do you think it's possible that it could be damaging the mobos somehow?
At this point I'm really out of ideas and I don't know what to do. I don't want to tell her to get another mobo, cause what if that one breaks again? And I can't even be sure what (if anything) is damagin it.
Any input is appreciated. If you've ever seen anything like that, please write.
Thanks.
Michal
PS. Her specs are the following:
Athlon XP 2600+, Radeon 8500, ASUS K7 mobo (forgot the model), integrated sound, WD 80GB HDD, 512 DDR ram, cd-rom drive.
[edit] it's out of warranty
My gf's comp is behaving really weird and I lost any ideas as to what might be causing it.
About two weeks ago she turned it on, it displayed the eMachines logo, froze on boot and when she turned it on again it wouldn't show anything anymore, it just hung there frozen.
I did a bunch of testing using my spare parts and narrowed it down to the mobo. So I got her a new mobo (well, used one, but it was a working one) and the comp was back working again.
At least for a few days...she turnes it on this morning, it works. She turns it off, comes back in 10 mins (net wasn't working so she thought she'd try later) and the comp does the same thing as two weeks ago - won't boot or anything. The fans are spinning, the hdd even makes that "starting to spin" sound but then nothing happens after that.
One more thing I'd like to add is that at one point while we were sitting together in the room and talking the comp just turned on by itself (the house is NOT haunted, despite what she says). And now when I turn it OFF, the green light on the cd-drive remains lit. So it kinda made me wonder if it could be the PSU, which would be weird because it appeared to be working fine for a few days and the power seems to go through it, cause everything spins. Do you think it's possible that it could be damaging the mobos somehow?
At this point I'm really out of ideas and I don't know what to do. I don't want to tell her to get another mobo, cause what if that one breaks again? And I can't even be sure what (if anything) is damagin it.
Any input is appreciated. If you've ever seen anything like that, please write.
Thanks.
Michal
PS. Her specs are the following:
Athlon XP 2600+, Radeon 8500, ASUS K7 mobo (forgot the model), integrated sound, WD 80GB HDD, 512 DDR ram, cd-rom drive.
[edit] it's out of warranty