Happy Thanksgiving to everyone reading this post

Hey folks,

I have a compaq Presario 5000. I have windows Xp on it. Last week I loaded xp and everything worked ok. I shut it down and moved it to a desk where i thought it will be more suitable, plugged in the power cord. It came on for about 3 seconds (without pressing the power button) and then it went off again. I cannot get it back on to save my life. Can anyone help me out?

cremedies

It sounds like your power supply has failed and needs to be replaced.

willdoe

thanks for you help, but that didnt work...

psi42

It is possible something has come unseated. Try reseating your RAM and video card, and remove/unplug any nonessential hardware, including hard drives and floppy drives.

Then see if there is any improvement.

Best of luck,
~psi42

willdoe

Will a bad video card cause a computer to boot up for 3 sec and then shut off? just curious.

I did what you said PSI, but to no avail............

I appreciate your words of wisdom.

psi42

I doubt it, but it's worth a try to remove it and see what happens

Don't lose hope, this kind of thing has happened to me before...

willdoe

Nope that didnt work either. I took everything out and i dont get the beeps either..

cremedies

If the issue was not the power supply, then it is either that your computer is overheating, which sounds very likely, or your version of Windows is corrupted or worse case scenario, your motherboard has gone bad.

The spectrum is wide, I know, but your description of the problem is not very clear. I am only speaking from the side of a professional troubleshooter and these are the things that I would look into first.

psi42

Try resetting the BIOS. Worth a try.

Whelkman

This is a widespread issue with the Presario 5000 line, as demonstrated:

http://www.complaints.com/july2002/c....july11.35.htm
http://www.shearologist.com/mobo.html
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/artic...15,pg,8,00.asp

I have one on the office right now with the same problem and we've had several of these machines in the past. Compaq wants $240 for a replacement motherboard. I recommend calling them up and demanding a free replacement else you'll spread the word about how terrible their computers are.