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today I got up and my computer won't start but I noticed a noise and all the turns are turning on and spinning a second then off again.

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Nothing on screen probably?

 

Try clearing CMOS and maybe even with a single stick of ram.

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Take out your RAM and try the sticks one and one, And when you have done that try the same but on the other RAM slots.

Do you have any speaker plugged into the motherboard for troubleshooting?

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one stick of ram in it will make it turn on but it won't post and it turned back off in a few seconds

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Take out your RAM and try the sticks one and one, And when you have done that try the same but on the other RAM slots.

okay I tried a new ram slot and its seemed to work and why does it do this? is there a problem with my ram?

Do you have any speaker plugged into the motherboard for troubleshooting?

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http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/40334-read-before-asking-for-help/page-2#entry4804948

Do us all a favor, and post specs.

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Is there any metal contacting any computer parts? How many sticks of RAM do you have?

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Is there any metal contacting any computer parts? How many sticks of RAM do you have?

just two my specs are on my page

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Could there have been a power surge or something during the night?

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Could there have been a power surge or something during the night?

Yeah I don't know, I shut it down last night and woke up and heard a weird noise I then found out it was my PC. I opened it and looked at it and all the fans on everything was turning on for a split second then it would spin to a stop and repeat. I also tried the power button - nothing, unplugged it - stopped then right when I plugged it in started were it left off. But I switched RAM slots around and it starting working and it seems to be fine for now. It did scare me because I never seen anything like that before.

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Yeah I don't know, I shut it down last night and woke up and heard a weird noise I then found out it was my PC. I opened it and looked at it and all the fans on everything was turning on for a split second then it would spin to a stop and repeat. I also tried the power button - nothing, unplugged it - stopped then right when I plugged it in started were it left off. But I switched RAM slots around and it starting working and it seems to be fine for now. It did scare me because I never seen anything like that before.

That's good if its working now

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