OT: My computer died!

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Had a similar isue a while ago

My computer failed to boot up one morning after being fine the night before. It gave all the symptoms of mother board being the problem. However put a new bios battery in and it worked. SO I wonder how many failures are really only the battery going flat?

Regards
Wayne
 
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My computer sometimes will not turn on after the initial boot up screen. Screen goes black and nothing happens. Then when I reboot it comes on again as if nothing was wrong ! Just wondering when it will never turn on !😱

Another problem is when the screen suddenly goes black and often nothing seems to happen but at times I see an enlarged pointer somewhere on the screen which does not respond to anything. Then after a couple of minutes or so it will reboot on it's own ! ( Bios battery is new!)

So before it really drops dead I have a new computer coming up. All important data has already been saved to an external HDD. I was told that WD appears to be more reliable than Seagate. I don't know but I switched from Seagate after several drive crashes. Don't have enough WD's to comment on their reliability.
Maybe I should make the boot drive a SSD on the new computer ?

Maybe this thread should be moved to ' equipment and tools' or 'everything else' ?
 
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WayneK said:
My computer failed to boot up one morning after being fine the night before. It gave all the symptoms of mother board being the problem. However put a new bios battery in and it worked. SO I wonder how many failures are really only the battery going flat?

Regards
Wayne
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Actually checking the battery first is a good way to start the troubleshooting process.
 
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ashok said:
My computer sometimes will not turn on after the initial boot up screen. Screen goes black and nothing happens. Then when I reboot it comes on again as if nothing was wrong ! Just wondering when it will never turn on !😱

Another problem is when the screen suddenly goes black and often nothing seems to happen but at times I see an enlarged pointer somewhere on the screen which does not respond to anything. Then after a couple of minutes or so it will reboot on it's own ! ( Bios battery is new!)

So before it really drops dead I have a new computer coming up. All important data has already been saved to an external HDD. I was told that WD appears to be more reliable than Seagate. I don't know but I switched from Seagate after several drive crashes. Don't have enough WD's to comment on their reliability.
Maybe I should make the boot drive a SSD on the new computer ?

Maybe this thread should be moved to ' equipment and tools' or 'everything else' ?
Click to expand...
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I have an equal number of dead Seagates and WDs. I think they are equal in quality.
 
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