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Computer won't start- weird noises

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I have a 5 year old Dell Dimension 4500. When I power up the computer, there is this weird whirring sound and the lights on the DVD and CD player blink. They make a weird noise as well. The monitor or the keyboard never come on. Any ideas?

Thank you in advance.
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Re: Computer won't start- weird noises

the whrring noise is probably comming from your hard drive...the lights on the cd/dvd blink because they are looking for another boot option...I think its time for a new hard drive
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