Thread: HP Desktop with Vista - Should I just blow it up?

If the lghts and fan are coming on, the power supply is OK.
I suspect the hard disc has died. Have you tried booting with a recovery disc?
Have you removed the battery completely,waited , then reinserted it, without being plugged into the charger.

Regards Philip A

kill it.... kill it with fire, then get something with win7 or OSX lion

It sounds as if it the BIOS doesn't pass the POST (power On Startup Test). That means get a new 1

Originally Posted by PhilipA

If the lghts and fan are coming on, the power supply is OK.
I suspect the hard disc has died. Have you tried booting with a recovery disc?
Have you removed the battery completely,waited , then reinserted it, without being plugged into the charger.

Regards Philip A

Hi there

yes, removed battery, also reset jumper on motherboard for CMOS: nothing

Don't think it's the hard disk as there is no power-up beyond lights and fans spinning

Originally Posted by Banjo_pluker

It sounds as if it the BIOS doesn't pass the POST (power I. Startup test. That means get a new 1

This sounds right - does this mean it's cactus or can it be repaired?

Originally Posted by poleonpom

This sounds right - does this mean it's cactus or can it be repaired?

Depends on the motherboard and weather you can access the bios, I am shuming you can as you can reset the CMOS,

After rereading your original post which fan comes on, is it the power supply fan or both the computer fan and power fan power should be ok. It does not sound like power failure of the computer would have shut down and not just frozen

When I googled your model, support pages were not available for that model so it may be discontinued.

At the cost of computers these days, especially if you can build your own (if you can reinstall ram you have the skills, it is that easy these days) they are so cheap it may not be worth trying to fix

Hi poleonpom - I'm in Aspendale Gardens if thats not too far your welcome to bring it down and i'll take a look for you. I got some time at home at the moment.