Posted on 11/29/2007 4:37:39 AM PST by Chickensoup
My Tiger Direct computer wont start this am. It is a stand alone used for my children's homeschooling software. The screen says that the screen is working. The computer is pinging and the green normal light is on and the red light that flashes on during start up is staying on. I dont know what to do. any ideas? Should I hock it up to the web to fix it?
Is it a Systemax? Do you need their tech support number?
Hrm. You may want to see if you can use a CD version of Ad-Aware and run it...you may have too many registry files in the registry.
If it is making a click sound every second or so, your HD is fried.
Also, turn it off and let it sit for about 5 minutes, sounds silly, but it has worked for me.
Good luck.
When you say “pinging”, do you mean it is making beeping noises during boot up? If so, those could be Post on codes, and may help diagnose the problem.
First, though, just double check your connections. Make sure your VGA cable going from the monitor to the computer is secure. I you have a slotted video card, make sure it hasn’t popped lose from the motherboard.
Then, if it is still not appearing on the monitor, check what those beeps are.
No it is a Tiger Direct.
It’s silly, but double check the connection on the cable from the monitor to the computer if you haven’t already. It sounds like everything might be fine, you might get lucky and have it be a jostled cable.
I have turned it off and on a couple of times on the clean-the-brain theory.
It is pinging, like an annoying modern alarm clock.
Have you ever run into this before?
When you say “pinging”, do you mean it is making beeping noises during boot up? If so, those could be Post on codes, and may help diagnose the problem.
No it goes ping when it starts up. this is a long sustained repetitive ping with the red light on.
First, though, just double check your connections. Make sure your VGA cable going from the monitor to the computer is secure. I you have a slotted video card, make sure it hasn’t popped lose from the motherboard.
Have checked connections. The screen says check your pc and signal cable monitor is working
You have a harware problem. The beeping noise and lights are telling you the boot sequence has been interupted.
That said, you may have a corrupted boot sector on your hard drive. If your computer is more than 5 years old and you haven’t performed any disk maintainence tasks, I’d say that’s the most likely case.
You can call TigerDirect if you have some time to kill but you’d be better off taking it to your local computer fix-it store. And if it is over 5 years old, don’t get it fixed, just get the files off it and copy them onto a new computer.
Windows XP, turn off for several minutes and turn on.
Hit F8 several times to see if it comes up in the safe mode.
Tried, no luck.
The ten year old just told me that she initially turned on the computer this am to start and that she could see the desktop. It was fuzzy and shot through with green spots. This ia an old color screen, a little bit bigger than the Queen Mary. We are trying another screen right now.
"Explanation: The system is producing constant beeping in no specific pattern, or a fast "ringing" sound.
Diagnosis: This is usually caused by a problem with the system memory, or possibly the video card. The memory is more likely--the system complains long and loud if it can't find any usable memory, as there is no way to even start the boot process when this is the case. The motherboard itself could also be the problem."
A long sustained ping, or is it repetitive? It definately sounds like hardware to me in either case.
While a hard drive crash is a possibility, it isn’t my first instinct. The BIOS should be feeding it’s start screen to the monitor before the hard drive initializes.
This sounds to me like a RAM problem, or worse, a motherboard problem.
The good news in that is it is likely you haven’t lost anything on your hard drive.
The bad news is that if it is the motherboard, it’s time for a new system.
But first, let’s check the RAM. Do you have one chip, or multiple chips of RAM? If you have more than one, remove one at a time and try to boot up. If you get a boot, the one that is out is a bad chip and needs to be replaced. If you only have one, then you will need to buy or borrow another RAM chip to test.
Is this system still in warrenty?
We used a different screen. This computer is not connected to the internet. Were able to get in up and when I hit control/alt/del the screeen was saying that the comuputer
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Got it back up!! Removed an old version of Systematec 2003. and something called digital square. Back on the old steam-powered screen. all my years at FR and the wonderful guidance I have received helped me have the courage to conquor.
Homeschooling continues!
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The memory is more likely—the system complains long and loud if it can’t find any usable memory, as there is no way to even start the boot process when this is the case. The motherboard itself could also be the problem.”
When I finally got in, the CPU memory was at 100% usage.
An old Systemtec 2003 and something called Digital Square was eating space. Both removed and even put the old CRT back on. Victory!!
Grateful thanks to all!!
Sweet! Glad you were able to fix it.
Glad to know things work for you.
Best to you and your homeschool efforts.:)
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