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What’s wrong with my computer?

You can use a full size keyboard on a laptop. Same for just about any monitor. I have a 17” high end Lenovo laptop that I have a standard keyboard plugged into it and it shares my 30” Apple monitor with my Apple computer using a switch. That way I have portability if I want it.
 
Get a new one …..there not made to last
Simple
 
PaulR said:
Get a new one …..there not made to last
Simple
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That’s what I ended up doing.

Best Buy was having a July 4th sale so I got a good price on a HP all-in-one, similar to what died on me. It has a better chip and more storage so that will be good.

He says it’ll cost $100 to transfer my data off my hard drive. I didn’t have the heart to tell him my computer doesn’t turn on and the Geek Squad will have to figure that out.

Prices on computers have risen quite a bit, the sales guy was saying part of the increase is the price of memory chips.
Due to AI demands they’ve gone up 3x-4x what they were a few years ago.

Oh well, I had better uses for the money but what can I do?
 
I got a Beelink NUC a couple years ago and am very glad for the lack of fan noise.
It has one, but rarely comes on at a whisper unless it's computing it's little heart out at top rate.
My 80's Fridgidare gave up last month and now I don't have that going off all the time either.
The new fridges are quiet now too.
Sweet silence ... ah
 
greenmonster said:
That’s what I ended up doing.

Best Buy was having a July 4th sale so I got a good price on a HP all-in-one, similar to what died on me. It has a better chip and more storage so that will be good.

He says it’ll cost $100 to transfer my data off my hard drive. I didn’t have the heart to tell him my computer doesn’t turn on and the Geek Squad will have to figure that out.

Prices on computers have risen quite a bit, the sales guy was saying part of the increase is the price of memory chips.
Due to AI demands they’ve gone up 3x-4x what they were a few years ago.

Oh well, I had better uses for the money but what can I do?
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Sounds like you skipped people's advice that is was a bad power supply. Those can usually be swapped out for a relatively low amount. If you bought another similar device, pulling your own hard drive to retrieve your own data is typically very simple on Windows machines.
 
Eldritch said:
Sounds like you skipped people's advice that is was a bad power supply. Those can usually be swapped out for a relatively low amount. If you bought another similar device, pulling your own hard drive to retrieve your own data is typically very simple on Windows machines.
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No, check out post #17.

The repair guy I went to said the power supply is integrated with the motherboard on my computer and he couldn’t guarantee not breaking the screen if he tried to replace it.
It’s not modular.

I think that’s a flaw with AIO’s but I’m no computer guy.

I’m a cheapskate at heart so believe me, if there was a way to repair the old one I would have done it.

I don’t pick up the new computer until Wednesday so I can still back out but fixing my old computer looks like a lost cause at this point.
 
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I would be pretty surprised if the PSU wasn't somewhat easily replaceable in you dead computer. I suspect the repair guy is just being lazy. What's the model number of your machine? Should be a label on it somewhere.
 
greenmonster said:
Prices on computers have risen quite a bit, the sales guy was saying part of the increase is the price of memory chips.
Due to AI demands they’ve gone up 3x-4x what they were a few years ago.
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Yea, memory has exploded right now. When you mentioned you would have to replace the computer, my heart went out -- it's a crummy time to buy a new computer.

The guys at Best Buy may not be able to transfer your data over. If they can't get power to the board, they won't be able to extract the data. If the drive is removable (and there's a 50/50 chance on that with you all-in-one), then they ideally should be able to pull it off. If they're clever and have a bench supply and some clips, they might be able to power the board up without the power supply. I just don't know how good the BB guys are. (My singular experience with them installing a TV and receiver was a positive experience, I've not used them for computer stuff.)

But just be prepared that it may not be practical.
 
Abacinator said:
I would be pretty surprised if the PSU wasn't somewhat easily replaceable in you dead computer. I suspect the repair guy is just being lazy. What's the model number of your machine? Should be a label on it somewhere.
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Just a sec.

And thanks
 
berth said:
Yea, memory has exploded right now. When you mentioned you would have to replace the computer, my heart went out -- it's a crummy time to buy a new computer.

The guys at Best Buy may not be able to transfer your data over. If they can't get power to the board, they won't be able to extract the data. If the drive is removable (and there's a 50/50 chance on that with you all-in-one), then they ideally should be able to pull it off. If they're clever and have a bench supply and some clips, they might be able to power the board up without the power supply. I just don't know how good the BB guys are. (My singular experience with them installing a TV and receiver was a positive experience, I've not used them for computer stuff.)

But just be prepared that it may not be practical.
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When I told my son about the data transfer from the hard drive he said “don’t you have it saved to the cloud?”

I probably should think about that.
 
Abacinator said:
I would be pretty surprised if the PSU wasn't somewhat easily replaceable in you dead computer. I suspect the repair guy is just being lazy. What's the model number of your machine? Should be a label on it somewhere.
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Here you go.

Thanks!!!
 
Did you confirm that it wasn't your power supply (that converts 120 down to 19.5 that shit the bed?
They tend to go out after a couple years.
I'm not sure I'd trust geek squad, they're in the business of extracting money from you.
 
greenmonster said:
I probably should think about that.
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Well, I can't speak to Windows machines.

On our Macs, we use Time Machine to back up to local USB drives. Which, while imperfect, is painless to start and Just Works(tm) (until it, you know, fails).

So, anyway its cheap and easy piece of mind with just a local USB drive.

That said, I also have subscribed to BackBlaze.

They're $100/yr right now, "set and forget" and backs up the data on my machine (but not my wife's laptop) to The Cloud(tm).

This is mostly for the "fire raging through the house" off site back up.

I have never used it for recovery, I hope it works if I need it (knock on wood).

I know Apple has an offisite backup solution (for a fee), notably for phones and iPads. I assume MS does as well. I have no experience with either, while we have Macs, we don't really use iCloud.
 
Climber said:
Did you confirm that it wasn't your power supply (that converts 120 down to 19.5 that shit the bed?
They tend to go out after a couple years.
I'm not sure I'd trust geek squad, they're in the business of extracting money from you.
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The guy in my local computer repair shop plugged in my computer, tried turning it on a few times and concluded the power supply is toast.
No other tests were done.

It was working fine last Friday when I heard a click and the screen went black so it makes sense.

I dunno for sure but that seems to be the case.
 
According to search results, that model uses an external power brick, like this

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greenmonster said:
The guy in my local computer repair shop plugged in my computer, tried turning it on a few times and concluded the power supply is toast.
No other tests were done.

It was working fine last Friday when I heard a click and the screen went black so it makes sense.

I dunno for sure but that seems to be the case.
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Did he use your power supply or another one?
I'm still confused, from what I could see, 120 votes don't go into the computer, there is a power supply that steps it down to 19.5 volts.
The greatest odds of failure would be your power supply.
Perhaps I'm not understanding your posts.
 
If you can install your old hard drive into your new computer, or simply hook it up with a cable, DO NOT install any software or operating system or upgrades with the old hard drive connected to the new computer in any way. All software installations need to be done with only your main HD installed. Otherwise you risk having a computer that will not boot without having that old drive installed which is a pain in the ass.
 
Climber said:
Did he use your power supply or another one?
I'm still confused, from what I could see, 120 votes don't go into the computer, there is a power supply that steps it down to 19.5 volts.
The greatest odds of failure would be your power supply.
Perhaps I'm not understanding your posts.
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he said the power supply is part of the mother board
 
ST Guy said:
he said the power supply is part of the mother board
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In his 3rd posted picture, it says 19.5v DC input.
That usually means that it's been stepped down and turned into DC before it goes into the computer.
 
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