They said that the machine was running real slow and a friend said that they needed more memory. He put in another stick of memory and at some point noticed that the heat sink was real hot and that the fan wasn't turning. He replaced the fan but the machine has never booted up again. When the owner brought me the machine, I turned it on and the power supply came on but the cpu fan would not come on and it wouldn't boot. I removed the cpu fan/heatsink, removed the cpu and wiped the heat compound off and reapplied. I re-installed the heatsink/cpu fan but the machine still would not boot up. I have removed the heatsink/cpu several times and this heatsink is not covering the cpu fully. There is one beep when pushing on the start button. When pushing the button again to turn off, the cpu fan starts turning for few turns as the power is turned off. Does the one short beep mean anything? How can I tell if the cpu and/or motherboard is bad?
Have checked the memory and actually replaced all memory with known working stick. Not memory problem. This is important piece of info that I put in my original problem statement, "I re-installed the heatsink/cpu fan but the machine still would not boot up. I have removed the heatsink/cpu several times and this heatsink is not covering the cpu fully." After looking at this heatsink problem again, I have noticed that it looks like the plastic frame that the heat sink sits in has gotten hot and warped. It will not allow the heat sink to go all the way down to make complete contact with the cpu for heat conduction. I suspect that the cpu has been fried.
Have checked the memory and actually replaced all memory with known working stick. Not memory problem. This is important piece of info that I put in my original problem statement, "I re-installed the heatsink/cpu fan but the machine still would not
boot up. I have removed the heatsink/cpu several times and this
heatsink is not covering the cpu fully." After looking at this heatsink problem again, I have noticed that it looks like the plastic frame that the heat sink sits in has gotten hot and warped. It will not allow the heat sink to go all the way down to make complete contact with the cpu for heat conduction. I suspect that the cpu has been fried.
Did you check the memorystick so its all the way in as it should?
That sound...and that it dosent start up from the first time sound like it is a memory failure.Sometimes a memostick who isent in the exact pissition...even if it one millimeter wrong...cause faliures like that.
I sugest you take out the memostick, put it back again, and be sure that you put in far enough..if you havent checked that alredy.
Did you check the memorystick so its all the way in as it should?
That sound...and that it dosent start up from the first time sound like it is a memory failure.Sometimes a memostick who isent in the exact pissition...even if it one millimeter wrong...cause faliures like that.
I sugest you take out the memostick, put it back again, and be sure that you put in far enough..if you havent checked that alredy.
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You may have a virus, malware, adware, a browser hijacker, or pups (potentially unwanted programs).
A. If your computer will boot and you can operate it ok...
Download and install Malwarebytes and Superantispyware (Note: If you can\'t do the download on your machine, do it on a friend\'s, put them on a thumb drive, and install them from it). Then scan your computer with each program, and quarantine anything found.
B. If your computer won\'t boot, or can\'t operate properly after boot...
Tap F8 when you are booting, select "Safe Mode With Networking". Download and install Malwarebytes and Superantispyware (Note: If you can\'t do the download on your machine, do it on a friend\'s, put them on a thumb drive, and install them from it). Then scan your computer with each program, and quarantine anything found.
C. If this process finds malware, to keep stuff like that from coming back, I recommend you get the paid version of Malwarebytes.
You may have a virus, malware, adware, a browser hijacker, or pups (potentially unwanted programs).
A. If your computer will boot and you can operate it ok...
Download and install Malwarebytes and Superantispyware (Note: If you can\'t do the download on your machine, do it on a friend\'s, put them on a thumb drive, and install them from it). Then scan your computer with each program, and quarantine anything found.
B. If your computer won\'t boot, or can\'t operate properly after boot...
Tap F8 when you are booting, select "Safe Mode With Networking". Download and install Malwarebytes and Superantispyware (Note: If you can\'t do the download on your machine, do it on a friend\'s, put them on a thumb drive, and install them from it). Then scan your computer with each program, and quarantine anything found.
C. If this process finds malware, to keep stuff like that from coming back, I recommend you get the paid version of Malwarebytes.
You may need to check to make sure Windows XP was installed properly, if the computer had crashed, you can do a repair, I am a computer technician, and I can tell you, that replacing the power supply will not do that.
hello, looks like your friend either installed the wrong module or inserted it incorrectly. A computer system runs a short hardware self-test before loading the software and if it gets stuck within the check(because of the memory module) it won't power up. Remove the memory module(see the smaller of the two covers at the machine's back, unscrew and remove the module) power up, now the system at least should boot up but will run veeery slow(due to unsufficient RAM-memory).
Did you discharge yourself of static electricity before touching the memory? Apparently static electricity can destroy memory. Also make sure the memory is correctly seated in the slot. Also check to see that everything inside the computer is properly connected. I have gone inside computers and have accidentally nudged something loose and as a result the unit would not work. Try a completely different memory stick than the ones you have now. These things are what I would investigate first.
Memory: Each memory slot can hold DDR PC2700,DDR PC3200 with a maximum of 1GB per slot. You may purchase here. This will give you the biggest speed increase.
CPU: I could not find specs for which cpus this motherboard supports. However, I had one of these same machines and succesffuly swapped out the celeron processor for a pentium 4 processor, 2.53 GHz. You should be safe finding a used processor on ebay that's a Pentium 4 2.2 GHz and it should work for you.
The laptop won’t POST after removing the memory? Sounds like the memory module (s) need to be reseated again. Removing memory will not reset the laptop. If you want to install a clean Windows XP load, you need to boot from the Windows CD and format the hard drive. Fell free to contact me if you need futher assistance. Your responses are intended to improve the level of service provided. Please rate this solution. Thank You.
Have checked the memory and actually replaced all memory with known working stick. Not memory problem. This is important piece of info that I put in my original problem statement, "I re-installed the heatsink/cpu fan but the machine still would not
boot up. I have removed the heatsink/cpu several times and this
heatsink is not covering the cpu fully." After looking at this heatsink problem again, I have noticed that it looks like the plastic frame that the heat sink sits in has gotten hot and warped. It will not allow the heat sink to go all the way down to make complete contact with the cpu for heat conduction. I suspect that the cpu has been fried.
Did you check the memorystick so its all the way in as it should?
That sound...and that it dosent start up from the first time sound like it is a memory failure.Sometimes a memostick who isent in the exact pissition...even if it one millimeter wrong...cause faliures like that.
I sugest you take out the memostick, put it back again, and be sure that you put in far enough..if you havent checked that alredy.
You suspect is probably right, then you will have to replace the cpu.
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