Hello,
My mom recently bought a malfunctioning computer (Dell Inspiron 530) from a friend for $25 thinking I could fix it. It had freezing issues and would randomly restart. I reinstalled windows and things went well for a couple weeks. Once in a while it would restart and get stuck on the very first screen, the one that shows the Dell logo and the options to get into the BIOS. (setup, boot menu, etc) But pressing any of the indicated keys did nothing. I couldn't get to the boot menu or anywhere other than that screen. The only option was turning the computer off and back on and then it would boot properly. Today, it decided it wasn't going to boot at all anymore, even after turning it off and back on. It stays on the first screen and does nothing. I researched a little bit, took the computer apart, and did a step by step trouble shoot. I cleared the CMOS, unplugged the CD drive, the card reader, and the hard drive, took out the ram, and even the modem, and nothing worked. I'm thinking it has to be the processor, motherboard, or power supply. I would like to replace the faulty hardware without taking it to a computer repair person. Any idea what it is that's causing this problem?
My mom recently bought a malfunctioning computer (Dell Inspiron 530) from a friend for $25 thinking I could fix it. It had freezing issues and would randomly restart. I reinstalled windows and things went well for a couple weeks. Once in a while it would restart and get stuck on the very first screen, the one that shows the Dell logo and the options to get into the BIOS. (setup, boot menu, etc) But pressing any of the indicated keys did nothing. I couldn't get to the boot menu or anywhere other than that screen. The only option was turning the computer off and back on and then it would boot properly. Today, it decided it wasn't going to boot at all anymore, even after turning it off and back on. It stays on the first screen and does nothing. I researched a little bit, took the computer apart, and did a step by step trouble shoot. I cleared the CMOS, unplugged the CD drive, the card reader, and the hard drive, took out the ram, and even the modem, and nothing worked. I'm thinking it has to be the processor, motherboard, or power supply. I would like to replace the faulty hardware without taking it to a computer repair person. Any idea what it is that's causing this problem?