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SEASIDE2020

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Evening gents,

I don't suppose there is anybody out there who could advise me a problem I'm having with a computer ?

I came back to my computer and it had a message along the lines of "Hardware Malfuction - Please call your support".

I immediately went for the old off and on but now my computer will not boot and struggling to get into other modes that the various help sites and/or YouTube recommend.

Would be grateful for any advice.


Thank you
 
Keep reading about those but when I switch the power on, there are power lights and it's trying to come on but none of the suggestions got into reboot in any mode and I just get a blank screen and a noise.

I have turned it off for now as one of many pieces of advice suggesting overheating.
 
SEASIDE2020 said:
Evening gents,

I don't suppose there is anybody out there who could advise me a problem I'm having with a computer ?

I came back to my computer and it had a message along the lines of "Hardware Malfuction - Please call your support".

I immediately went for the old off and on but now my computer will not boot and struggling to get into other modes that the various help sites and/or YouTube recommend.

Would be grateful for any advice.


Thank you
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Can't quite remember exactly but I had an issue after just turning my laptop off. When I tried to boot it up the next day it just kept going round in circles but the fix I eventually found for it was to remove the ram & reinsert it then power back up. I didn't do it as it was under warranty. I too thought it was a HDD failure. Don't know if your fault is the same.
 
Thanks lads.

I am a demic not an expert, it won't be down to me to fix but I have work that needs doing.

Thanks anyway.
 
Sooty59 said:
Can't quite remember exactly but I had an issue after just turning my laptop off. When I tried to boot it up the next day it just kept going round in circles but the fix I eventually found for it was to remove the ram & reinsert it then power back up. I didn't do it as it was under warranty. I too thought it was a HDD failure. Don't know if your fault is the same.
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Thanks Sooty, really appreciate your advice but I don't know what I'm doing and not my computer so I'll refer to the powers that be.

Many thanks.
 
It could just be a heat problem, check that all you fans are running especially the one on the CPU heatsink. While you have your computer open reseat the ram and give the inside a good clean using a vacuum cleaner nozzle. Not saying this will work but you have try something and this is a few simple steps. Unfortunately you can't fix hardware with software. If this doesn't work then try and find a repair shop, not many about these days however. Best of luck.
 
Mr Tangerine Man said:
It could just be a heat problem, check that all you fans are running especially the one on the CPU heatsink. While you have your computer open reseat the ram and give the inside a good clean using a vacuum cleaner nozzle. Not saying this will work but you have try something and this is a few simple steps. Unfortunately you can't fix hardware with software. If this doesn't work then try and find a repair shop, not many about these days however. Best of luck.
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Thanks Tangerine.

Your advice is very similar to what I've read on online and you obviously know your onions.

I'm an IT demic and it's not my computer so I can't be opening up.

I appreciate your help.
 
SEASIDE2020 said:
Thanks Tangerine.

Your advice is very similar to what I've read on online and you obviously know your onions.

I'm an IT demic and it's not my computer so I can't be opening up.

I appreciate your help.
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I had an overheating problem with my laptop. After leaving it for a half hour or so it would "unlock" itself and then run for days but would happen again. I eventually took it a local guy (recommended) and he checked it out and he said there was an inherent fault that had been there since manufacture. He did what he could but said its days were numbered. It was an HP pavilion.
 
Thanks guys but not my computer and going to leave it to the experts.

I believe somebody is going to try and save it.
 
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