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computer probably dead
Saturday, August 1, 2009 at 10:17 am
Posted by ernie
(191 messages posted)
my wife's old IBM desktop (perhaps 8 to 10 or so yrs old) was working fine until
thurs nite. everything is plugged in ok, nothing was moved, etc. when i press the
button on the pc to try to get it going, there's a tiny noise - and nothing. many
additional attempts have proved fruitless. anything else i can try, or just chalk
it up to the computer died and its time to get a new one? There were storms in the
area Thurs and maybe that did it - although another computer (also old but not as
old) in the house was left on and is fine - both have surge protectors. Thanks.
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re: computer probably dead
Saturday, August 1, 2009 at 8:29 pm
Posted by Steve
(23810 messages posted)
Probably not worth fixing, unless you can for free.
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re: computer probably dead
Saturday, August 15, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Posted by DEX
(11847 messages posted)
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Hi ernie
It's time to replace it :(
The HD is dead,but it can be many things,a new HD is cheap about 40 to 50 bucks but
it's software that will drive you nuts ( IBM software ) you can find it on eBay for
about 20.oo bucks but you will end up with a 10 year old computer ,find a good use
one on eBay for 50.oo bucks or less and use the old one for parts,battery,etc.
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On Saturday, August 1, 2009 at 10:17 am, ernie wrote:
>my wife's old IBM desktop (perhaps 8 to 10 or so yrs old) was working fine until
>thurs nite. everything is plugged in ok, nothing was moved, etc. when i press
the
>button on the pc to try to get it going, there's a tiny noise - and nothing. many
>additional attempts have proved fruitless. anything else i can try, or just chalk
>it up to the computer died and its time to get a new one? There were storms in
the
>area Thurs and maybe that did it - although another computer (also old but not as
>old) in the house was left on and is fine - both have surge protectors. Thanks.
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re: computer probably dead
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Posted by Adam Bradley
(8787 messages posted)
Might be the power supply, recently had to replace one on our HP that is almost that
old, it was on a surge protector as well. If it uses a standard ATX power supply
you can get one for a very minimal price, if it an IBM proprietary one the cost is
likely going to be more than it is worth.
On Saturday, August 1, 2009 at 10:17 am, ernie wrote:
>my wife's old IBM desktop (perhaps 8 to 10 or so yrs old) was working fine until
>thurs nite. everything is plugged in ok, nothing was moved, etc. when i press
the
>button on the pc to try to get it going, there's a tiny noise - and nothing. many
>additional attempts have proved fruitless. anything else i can try, or just chalk
>it up to the computer died and its time to get a new one? There were storms in
the
>area Thurs and maybe that did it - although another computer (also old but not as
>old) in the house was left on and is fine - both have surge protectors. Thanks.
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