My Computer Won't Turn On!
 

UGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! Last week, I turned off my Dell desktop computer because I was going to use my laptop. I heard it making a noise every few seconds. The noice was the same half-second beep it makes when I turn it on. It was like it would start to fire up, but then shut off. It did this every 10 seconds for a few minutes. I tried to turn it on by pushing the power button, but it wouldn't turn on. So I left it unplugged for a few days and forgot about it. I tried to turn it on again this morning and nothing. It's like it's dead.

When I went on the cruise in June, I unplugged everything in my house. When I plugged the computer back in, it wouldn't turn on. I left it plugged in for about 45 minutes and tried again and it fired right up. It's been fine ever since...until now.

Any ideas??

First off, it's a Dell. That should explain a lot.
Second, is the sound coming from within the computer or in the speakers? If it's coming from inside the computer, it probably is a failing hard drive. If it isn't a bad HD, it may be a bad logic board. :dunno:

If it kept making a beep beep beep beep beep noise that means an alarm was going off.
Probably an overheated problem, but you said you turned it off yourself. So I doubt that.

Anyways on the back of the desktop there is a switch. Flip it then flip it back.

it's the result of surfing too much Pr0n michelle!! :rofl: :nanana:

Can you get into the BIOS or does it will not power on. Maybe a bad power supply.
Had a recent bad experience with Dell and their support nightmare. Never buying a Dell again.

Just a guess here, but based on your description, I would say a fan failed somewhere and caused something to overheat and burn out. My guess would be on the video card (that seems to be the most common failure in my experience).

LOL !!

BUSTED :)

The same thing happened on my laptop, it was overheating and automatically turning the computer off

yeah but Bo, I think it was a different genre of porn..

I know exactly what the problem is....

It's a Dell. :D

Good luck. Wipe off all that porn before you take to get fixed.

Juan