[Raymondo]

Hi there,

I have had a recent problem with my home PC.

It just stopped booting up, it seems like it loops but never gets to the boot up stage.

It is also making a clicking noise but I'm not sure if it is the HD. It sounded like the Cd Drive. I unplugged it, and the clicking stopped, however the computer still wouldn't boot up.

Any suggestions.

Cheers,
Ray

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what is the last thing that you see before it restarts? do you see the Windows screen with the bar moving across the bottom?
did you add any devices or a new hardware recently? it could be a faulty hardware or a conflict.

[samiko]

what is the last thing that you see before it restarts? do you see the Windows screen with the bar moving across the bottom?
did you add any devices or a new hardware recently? it could be a faulty hardware or a conflict.

[Raymondo]

it doesn't even get to that stage, nothing appears on the monitor at all.

I hadn't used the PC for a while as I use my notebook mostly. So I hadn't installed anything.

The PC has had this issue before but would always boot up eventually after a few retry's but now it's given up the ghost???

[samiko]

Do you hear any beeps when it first boots?

[Raymondo]

No beeps, just the clicking noise on a loop. And the power light doesn't seem to come on. But the light on the CD and DVD drives are on and flashing during attempted boot up?

[gerryf]

If I were a betting man, I'd say your power supply has gone....a power supply has three "rails" 12volt, 5 volt, and 3.3 volt

One, two or all three can go.

It sounds like your 12volt is still functioning, which is why the cdrom and harddrives and fans spin up.

The 5 volt is working, too, as the power switch is working

The 3.3volt runs the videocard, cpu and the memory.

I have seen this happen multiple times--including it occuring infrequently, and eventually booting, and then completely giving up the ghost.

[Raymondo]

Thanks for that, I'll get another one and see if that works. :-)