Dell Dimension 4700
Pentium 4 CPU 3.00 Ghz
Seagate Barracude 7200 500GB
Long story short, I think this computer is finished. I will post the details, hopefully someone can identify the exact problem in case it's possible to replace one more part in the short term, or to find a short-term fix. I was hoping to keep it going at least until the summer, but that seems unlikely now.
Have had a number of problems over the past couple of years, and replaced the hard drive, RAM and monitor. A few months back the CPU fan stopped working, I cleaned it out (full of dust) and that seemed to resolve the issue. However, it has continued to be a rather loud computer for a while now.
I thought that it may be a faulty power supply, and also was hoping to get back into some PC gaming, so I recently ordered a Corsair PSU (430W) and a Radeon HD 7750 video card (previous one was an X300). However, the day before I was going to install them, the computer started taking a looooong time to boot up, like 10-15 minutes (as compared to 2-3 minutes before). I installed both, but this problem was still there. Also, the sound card appears to have stopped working. I attempted to clean up the registry with CCleaner and AVG PC Tune-Up.
Last night, the computer once again started booting up in 2-3 minutes, and I thought the issue might be fixed. However, it has started not booting up at all. When attempting to boot, it gets fairly loud, and the light on the front is yellow rather than green. Also a couple of times (not always), a 3-4 second beep that goes up and down in tone. I had to try booting it up 4 or 5 times to get it to work now. But it is working perfectly fine right now.
The CPU fan has seemed fine the last couple of months, but is it possible it just needs a new fan? Or is the culprit more likely to be the motherboard or CPU? Or something else?
Any assistance would be appreciated.
Pentium 4 CPU 3.00 Ghz
Seagate Barracude 7200 500GB
Long story short, I think this computer is finished. I will post the details, hopefully someone can identify the exact problem in case it's possible to replace one more part in the short term, or to find a short-term fix. I was hoping to keep it going at least until the summer, but that seems unlikely now.
Have had a number of problems over the past couple of years, and replaced the hard drive, RAM and monitor. A few months back the CPU fan stopped working, I cleaned it out (full of dust) and that seemed to resolve the issue. However, it has continued to be a rather loud computer for a while now.
I thought that it may be a faulty power supply, and also was hoping to get back into some PC gaming, so I recently ordered a Corsair PSU (430W) and a Radeon HD 7750 video card (previous one was an X300). However, the day before I was going to install them, the computer started taking a looooong time to boot up, like 10-15 minutes (as compared to 2-3 minutes before). I installed both, but this problem was still there. Also, the sound card appears to have stopped working. I attempted to clean up the registry with CCleaner and AVG PC Tune-Up.
Last night, the computer once again started booting up in 2-3 minutes, and I thought the issue might be fixed. However, it has started not booting up at all. When attempting to boot, it gets fairly loud, and the light on the front is yellow rather than green. Also a couple of times (not always), a 3-4 second beep that goes up and down in tone. I had to try booting it up 4 or 5 times to get it to work now. But it is working perfectly fine right now.
The CPU fan has seemed fine the last couple of months, but is it possible it just needs a new fan? Or is the culprit more likely to be the motherboard or CPU? Or something else?
Any assistance would be appreciated.
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