PC will not boot up

[Mom]

OK you clever lot, why wont my PC start? Was functioning as well as it normally does last night. Get up this morning and it is a no go. It was not turned off by us, but managed to turn itself off anyway. This morning it turns on, power is on, the fan is running and it is making a series of humming clicks and that is all.

I have a clients laptop home at the moment so have taken the liberty of plugging my modem into it so I can ask the question. So, come on one of you clever things, what is going on? If it is not a simple fix, we will be sans a PC for a while to come.

[The Everlasting]

Can you see anything on the screen?

I once had my RAM go bad,nothing would come up on the screen,then once my harddrive broke,would start up,but then stop as soon as it tried to read the drive...if your motherboard is gone,nothing will happen too.

[Mom]

Can you see anything on the screen?

I once had my RAM go bad,nothing would come up on the screen,then once my harddrive broke,would start up,but then stop as soon as it tried to read the drive...if your motherboard is gone,nothing will happen too.

No, nothing to see, it is efffectively turned off. All is quiet, sreen is blank. It seems it just does not want to start up is all.

[The Everlasting]

Oh it's possible your Power supply unit is gone then,but I'm just taking a guess.

[hayd3n]

unplug everything and plug it all back in somtimes it can be a driver update which has caused a issue

[riffer]

The clicking noise is most likely the power supply gone bung.

[vindy500]

Is It plugged in?

[Scotty595]

Try kick it. Im being totally serious here. I know quite a bit bout computers but when i get stuck I just kick it, not like over the top hole in the side kick, but enough force. 5/10 times this fixes it.

[The Everlasting]

Try kick it. Im being totally serious here. I know quite a bit bout computers but when i get stuck I just kick it, not like over the top hole in the side kick, but enough force. 5/10 times this fixes it.

Haha I used to kick my old computer,it ended up with fucked Ram and motherboard..

[Gareth123]

I know what happened! I am 100% sure that your computer has broken! Are you sure your screen is on?

[Slyer]

I used to work at Tailormade Computers in Warkworth but thankfully I grew well out of that place.
Did it make any beeping sounds when you turn it on?
Humming and clicks means your harddrive is kaput usually, there are very few moving parts in a computer - only fans, hard drives and your DVD drive.
Switch the PC off, open the case and unplug the power to the hard drive, then boot the PC and see if it makes the noise still and if you can see things on the screen.

Edit: Reading your later post, do you mean that at first it did turn on but now does not at all?

[Scotty595]

Haha I used to kick my old computer,it ended up with fucked Ram and motherboard..

I been kicking my computer for about 6 years and its still all good. But then again i do know how to replace parts if i need to.

[BoristheBiter]

sounds like the hard drive has gone.

ours did this a few years ago and i sent it to Computer specs in glenfield.
they saved about 3/4 of the drive and it worked for about a year before it died.

[Mom]

The clicking noise is most likely the power supply gone bung.

Second time this has happened. Very frustrating. I am picking that is what is wrong, but bum, bum, poohs and wees! The problem is I have little faith in the IT services available in this town.

I used to work at Tailormade Computers in Warkworth but thankfully I grew well out of that place.
Did it make any beeping sounds when you turn it on?
Humming and clicks means your harddrive is kaput usually, there are very few moving parts in a computer - only fans, hard drives and your DVD drive.
Switch the PC off, open the case and unplug the power to the hard drive, then boot the PC and see if it makes the noise still and if you can see things on the screen.

Edit: Reading your later post, do you mean that at first it did turn on but now does not at all?

I am not taking my PC to bits for anyone. I am happy to pay someone to fix it for me. Tailormade, OK so you can relate to my issues with IT in this town then

sounds like the hard drive has gone

ours did this a few years ago and i sent it to Computer specs in glenfield.
they saved about 3/4 of the drive and it worked for about a year before it died.

How can the hard drive fail while it is sitting there doing nothing?

[SPman]

Try kick it. Im being totally serious here. .

I threw mine out the door onto the lawn, once............seemed to do something - for me, anyway. It was very satisfying.
Mind you , I still had to fix it!

Try all the connections - particularly the ram modules - my old one went funny a month or 2 ago after it turned itself on, due to a power surge, then sat, idling away in the barn, for a week - sitting there, not booting up - checked all the connections and away it went, again. Mind you it was beeping...yours is clicking...as others said - prob. hard drive!