Phil Barnett wrote: > Andrew O'Brien wrote: >> Please excuse the non-radio question... >> >> We have a PC that just stopped working, looking for some possible >> ideas. The PC (a desk top) was knocked over by a frustrated teenager >> , when plugged back in the power light comes back on but nothing is >> seen by the monitor , no Windows attempting to boot or anything, no >> beep codes. The fans are going, I do not see the HD LED light up, >> and after a few seconds at boot-up, I hear a slight click like the HD >> is trying without success. If the HD has gone kaput, would I not get >> some indication from the PC rather than just nothing at all ? >> >> Andy K3UK >> > Not necessarily. I'd suspect the hard drive at this point. Try to boot > on a linux bootable CD and see if that works. > Might also try reseating all of the internal cards, cables, and memory. Even if the hard drive is toast, you would normally still see the BIOS screen before it tries to boot from the hard drive. Like Andy says, try booting off of a botable Linux (or even Windows) CD.
Frank KE5MJZ
