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HELP!PC wont start up

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I really have a problem with my pc, when i try to on it, it wont boot past the hard drive, PSU fan spins. but thats it. but SOMETIMES, it ons! i really have no ideas wads wrong. Had resetted BIOs, changed RAM. still the same problem.

PLEASE HELP!

Lenovo
AMD athlon(tm) 64 Processor
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2.21GHz,1.46 of RAM
Physical Address Extension
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Re: HELP!PC wont start up

Do you mean you can't boot from your hard drive?

Try a linux live CD to test the rest of your components.
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Click to Expand / Collapse  Quote originally posted by Xlphos ...
Try a linux live CD to test the rest of your components.
I'dd add this to the list too.
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I'dd add this to the list too.
lol, thats usually my job
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Re: HELP!PC wont start up

If you can't get a hold of a live cd of linux, then just download the S.M.A.R.T. tests and put them on a CD and boot to test out your motherboard. It seems that your mobo is going bad.
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If you can't get a hold of a live cd of linux, then just download the S.M.A.R.T. tests and put them on a CD and boot to test out your motherboard. It seems that your mobo is going bad.
i may be wrong or you may be talking about some thing else but s.m.a.r.t test is for testing harddrives
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