My parents have a Compaq computer they got in 2003. They only use it for some internet stuff and email. It just shut down one day and it normally won't start up at all. I looked at it for a while today and I got it going and was on the internet for about 5 minutes and it just shut down. The power light is on but nothing works. I need to hold the power button for about 5 seconds and then the power light shuts off. Then I can try to restart it but normally it runs for a couple seconds then shuts off again. I never got a warning about temp being too high or anything. It just shut down. Any ideas what the problem could be?
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Trouble with an older computer
- Thread starter GoldBug
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Hard to say what is wrong. It might be the power supply. Take it out and do the paper clip test on it.
Or it can be a sign to build a new computer
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Or it can be a sign to build a new computer
.King Icewind
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It could be the PSU. Also, when was the last time you cleaned it out? If it hasn't been cleaned since 2003 its going to be extremely dusty in there.
I fixed a computer once, that was doing the same thing. The prob was, so much dust had gotten caked on the cpu's heatsink fan that it wouldn't spin anymore. So I had to buy a new fan for the heatsink for the computer.
I fixed a computer once, that was doing the same thing. The prob was, so much dust had gotten caked on the cpu's heatsink fan that it wouldn't spin anymore. So I had to buy a new fan for the heatsink for the computer.