Startup problems

mpj88 · 18 Dec 2009 at 18:17

Hi, my girlfriends parents pc has had some problems. Its a fairly old pc but still just works! Basically when you start it up some times it just stops at the first boot screen. After turning it off and back on a couple of times it starts up. Any thoughts? I'm maybe leaning towards the psu but i'm not sure and dont want to have to try replcing too much stuff as they might aswell just get a new one if they do that!

Biz.Kid09 · 18 Dec 2009 at 18:28

Is it dusty inside? if so that may be causing problems... Got another psu you can try?

mpj88 · 18 Dec 2009 at 18:41

Only the Be Quiet in my system

!!! It is a little dusty will clean it out!

Biz.Kid09 · 18 Dec 2009 at 18:42

Also if possible try your BE Quiet! and see if you still get problems!!

mpj88 · 18 Dec 2009 at 20:10

Have messed around in bios, set back to optimized defaults and stop some things that arn't needed sata/floppys etc. set memory timings right and pulled a couple of things from the mobo, extra usb slots, tv outputs. All seems good now! If anything else happens i think im going to suggest they buy a new one! They thought a computer would cost "thousands of pounds", i told them i could build one for 300!

Thanks anyway