Power on the tower and it sometimes makes it to the blue boot up screen and then just shuts off. Both fans are working fine. I've tried hitting F9, F11 etc. but then it just shuts off. At times it won't even get that far just turns on for a second or two then stops.

PC won't stay on, doesn't make it past the boot up menu

Power on the tower and it sometimes makes it to the blue boot up screen and then just shuts off. Both fans are working fine. I've tried hitting F9, F11 etc. but then it just shuts off. At times it won't even get that far just turns on for a second or two then stops.

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The fan on the CPU working? Try a different power supply the one you have might be faulty

Anonymous Nov 18, 2012

Thanks Robert. I opened up the tower and saw that both fans were working except one was "loose". There was a tiny plast piece that broke off that was helping to clamp down. So I unscrewed the entire thing and superglued the plast piece back and WA-LA the fan is now in place and I just booted up in safe mode. :) whew!
Anonymous Nov 18, 2012

yep CPU was overheating, so the thermal protection was shutting it off but its usually the fan not working. in this case it seems the heatsink wasnt firmly on the cpu. Glad I could help.

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SOURCE: Computer froze, I had to turn it off. 4 options

Well its seems like some system files are corrupted due to which earlier your system froze and now its unable to load

Restart the system and press F8 to go into advanced boot option

Highlight the option of Last know good configuration with the arrow key and press enter...if it load successfully it fine

Else repeat the procedure and go in to Safe Boot with command prompt option

Then on the black scree where you will get the cursor blinking (command prompt)

Type the following command.

%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe

.it would bring the system restore option

Selected the restore date back to a date when you system was working fine...it would restart the system automatically and your problem would be solved

Matthew deSilva

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Posted on May 06, 2011

SOURCE: none of the keys work

Hi,

are you using a usb keyboard? A lot of systems require a ps/2 (purple round connector) keyboard to access the bios settings and anything on the startup screen unless you have set usb on boot in the bios settings. I would try connecting a ps/2 keyboard and see if it helps.

Vincent G

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Posted on Jul 28, 2011

SOURCE: My tower will not power "on" I shut-down the

Remove the power cord.
Locate the 120V / 240 V ac selector switch. (within 4 inch from the power inlet)
Move it back and forth few time.
Make use it's set to the correct voltage selection.
Reconnect power cord and power up.
===== This AC selector switch can get shifted and set to different position.

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