tigris671
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02.07.12_UPDATE:
So I got my story wrong a bit. When the table bumped, it didn't shut off. But the monitor lost any sort of connection to the PC. So the PC was still running and on, but the monitor lost connection. On top of that, the fan for the graphics card started sounding like it had asthma.
We took the graphics card out of computer and used it on another friends' PC and it didn't work, so we then got a new graphics card but when placed into the computer, it still has no signal.
The RAM is secure, the Hard Drives work (we tested them on other computers). We tried a different monitor with the PC and still no go, so its something inside.
My friend still thinks something in the motherboard broke. Either that or the processor chip broke? but he said thats unlikely.
02.07.12
Hi guys,
I have a question about a computer sort of shorting out.
I was in a friends room squatting on the ground. When I stood up, my shoulder hit their table where the computer Tower was sitting on. The Computer turned off almost immediately after thumping the table. (the table didn't rock or anything, it just sort of thumped, no different from if it was in a car trunk being transported or maybe even less than that)
Now the computer hasn't been turning on since then, they tried different monitors, checked the power cables, even bought a new graphics card which we also placed in another CPU just to make sure it worked. Nada. Now they're thinking buying a new mother board because we think that is fried..?
I can't imagine that slight thump fried something in their computer, but since I'm not tech savvy, I'm just not quite sure what it is.
Could anyone help to let me know whats wrong or how responsible I am for the problem? I feel guilty and of course I feel bad she doesn't have a working computer. But I'm not sure if I am to blame..
Thanks.
So I got my story wrong a bit. When the table bumped, it didn't shut off. But the monitor lost any sort of connection to the PC. So the PC was still running and on, but the monitor lost connection. On top of that, the fan for the graphics card started sounding like it had asthma.
We took the graphics card out of computer and used it on another friends' PC and it didn't work, so we then got a new graphics card but when placed into the computer, it still has no signal.
The RAM is secure, the Hard Drives work (we tested them on other computers). We tried a different monitor with the PC and still no go, so its something inside.
My friend still thinks something in the motherboard broke. Either that or the processor chip broke? but he said thats unlikely.
02.07.12
Hi guys,
I have a question about a computer sort of shorting out.
I was in a friends room squatting on the ground. When I stood up, my shoulder hit their table where the computer Tower was sitting on. The Computer turned off almost immediately after thumping the table. (the table didn't rock or anything, it just sort of thumped, no different from if it was in a car trunk being transported or maybe even less than that)
Now the computer hasn't been turning on since then, they tried different monitors, checked the power cables, even bought a new graphics card which we also placed in another CPU just to make sure it worked. Nada. Now they're thinking buying a new mother board because we think that is fried..?
I can't imagine that slight thump fried something in their computer, but since I'm not tech savvy, I'm just not quite sure what it is.
Could anyone help to let me know whats wrong or how responsible I am for the problem? I feel guilty and of course I feel bad she doesn't have a working computer. But I'm not sure if I am to blame..
Thanks.
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