Help! My Computer Went Brain dead!
Well, I hope you guys are good with computers.
I normally put it on standby when I'm not using it.
Well, I don't remember what happened exactly, but now it is totally non-responsive.
If I turn on the monitor, the LED on it will turn green (normal working color) then switch to yellow (standby or no-input from computer color, from what I understand).
If I unplug everything, the LED goes out on the actual computer, but when I plug it in, the LED turns on without me pushing it. Also, once it is on, the computer can't be turned off, even by the power switch. It is totally non-responsive.Here is a video of me checking and pushing buttons showing that it is dead.
I show the "standby" button on the keyboard that is lit up, a crescent shape, like a moon. I push it ad it doesn't do anything.
Please help, I have a bunch of music on there, and plan to make it my music center, for recording stuff from my guitar.
C'mon geeks, I know you're out there ;D
Update! It's dead; the motherboard and a memory thing were fried.
The situation: I have a Windows 2000 or NT(?) that is in my room. I use it for playing music on my stereo (it is plugged in by the auxiliary port on the stereo), and to do basic drawings in Inkscape.I normally put it on standby when I'm not using it.
Well, I don't remember what happened exactly, but now it is totally non-responsive.
If I turn on the monitor, the LED on it will turn green (normal working color) then switch to yellow (standby or no-input from computer color, from what I understand).
If I unplug everything, the LED goes out on the actual computer, but when I plug it in, the LED turns on without me pushing it. Also, once it is on, the computer can't be turned off, even by the power switch. It is totally non-responsive.Here is a video of me checking and pushing buttons showing that it is dead.
I show the "standby" button on the keyboard that is lit up, a crescent shape, like a moon. I push it ad it doesn't do anything.
Please help, I have a bunch of music on there, and plan to make it my music center, for recording stuff from my guitar.
C'mon geeks, I know you're out there ;D
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If you say what you need (everything) and your computer specs. I should be able to find one for you. ;)
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportMachinesDesktopsCompaq
check to see if your computer's model is listed under there. if it is not, check this page for individual components:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport
try this
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xC5uEe5OzNQ
If the worst comes to the worst you can just stick the hard drive into another computer (as a secondary HDD) and recover all your music. :)
If that is the Power LED, then no, you probably have a bad power supply inside the monitor...ie new monitor needed.
Well, I actually copied my music there from another computer, so there isn't anything on the dead one that I don't already have somewhere else.
your computer may turn itself on when it is plugged in (mine does this) so that could explain that.
That sounds about right. I only put it on standby, so I wouldn't know for sure.
ummm when it boots up, do the other lights on the keyboard flash? the num lock, caps lock, and scroll lock? does the "loading" led light up while it is booting?
It doesn't boot up, the light just comes on on the actual computer, and the fans come on. The moniter acts like it isn't getting any input. Come to think of it, there is only one light that comes on, on the keyboard, and that is the standby button, and if you push it, there is no response.