My PC has completely stopped working. I know that some of you have worked with the hardware before and I thought you might know what to do. Anyway, here's the scenario:

Someone brought an annoying game, and tried playing it. It worked for a while, then the computer suddenly restarted. So they decided to play it again. It restarted again, so their solution was simple. Re boot, and play the game AGAIN. The third time around, it just shut down, and didn't restart. I wasn't at home when this was happening, so I couldn't stop him.

Now, he had the sense to just leave everything and go away. When I tried to power on the machine , the power light went on, but nothing else happened. Nothing. No activity of any sort. I thought it might be a graphics card problem, so I shut down, and opened up the case. I took out the card and used the default one on my motherboard. It didn't make any difference at all.

I realised that that was pointless. Then I noticed that when I power on, the case fan and the CPU fan just go on for about a second and then stop running. The motherboard is still recieving power (light on the board is on) but there is still no activity. I just tried to unplug the RAM module and put it back, and still no difference.

Anyway, this is definitely not something I can fix. Does anyone have any ideas on what might be wrong?

I've not installed any new hardware. PC is a P4 2.4 with 256 MB Ram. I'm at my wits end, so any help would be appreciated. I can't think of anything other than a problem with some IDE device... I've to still check that out.

may be unrelated but..

my old K62 400 had a rescue disc.. all you needed to do was, put it into the cd/rom, and reboot.

it would wipe the PC and all was well.

my son bought a game.., cannot recall the name, but its unimportant.. the reason i mention it was this, if you left the game cd in the cd/rom it would partially reformat the comp.. not in any way that required you to verify any of it, but enuff to cause the comp to be unable to boot.. no amount of fixing would salvage the system.. you were forced to reformat ..

as i said, its prolly not related, but i need to ask, have you attempted a reformat?

have you attempted a safe-mode boot?

have you pressed the appropriate "F?" key to enter setup and set it back to "default"

these are all shots in the dark, but its a start..

hope it helps..

if its a sibling, it defeats this, cause mom and dad will buy it..

Crono, you read worse than Lep and Jeff combined... i fear, its a case of, you simply MUST argue, and it makes you blind..

? posted by Crono

No, Orph, I'm sorry they aren't all probable outcomes. And here's why: ? quote: Then I noticed that when I power on, the case fan and the CPU fan just go on for about a second and then stop running. The motherboard is still recieving power (light on the board is on) but there is still no activity.

My solution... slap the person who did this[it will make you feel better] and then fix the prob, my freinds pc broke a week ago because his friend mucked about with it too much and broke the mother board. he slaped the person who did it and he felt better