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My home PC shut off and will not come back on.?
I was on my PC and it just went dead. I have an HP Pavilion not more than 3 years old. There is a small green light on the back of the PC that is flashing, but when I press the power button nothing happens.

There was a thunder and lightning storm in my area when I was using the PC. I have the PC and all other equipment plugged into a surge protector. Everything else that is plugged into the surge protector is working but the PC is not. I unplugged the PC from the surge protector and plugged it directly into the wall outlet but it still doesn’t work.
What is that little green flashing light in the back?
Is there ANYTHING I can do to get my PC running again?

Pleeeease help.

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Hi guys

When i first had my pc 4 years ago almost i purchased Roxio CD Creator version 5.1.3 soon after and lately it makes my pc crash whilst copying a cd or copying files onto a CD-R disc in the drive. My Roxio program comes from Freecom Technologies.

Does anyone know why i afew tracks into copying my pc stops with a stop error? Whenever my pc comes back on after restarting it says your computer has recovered from a serious error and the techincal information given for the problem is something like sys data and mini_dmp.

I clicked on the send error support and all it states as a reason for stopping is that a driver caused the problem to occur. I have a pc running Windows XP Home edition

For those PC geniuses out there, do any of you know what may be causing my pc to suddenly crash and if so do you know what can be done to rectify this problem. It has happened 30 times or so now when copying files onto a CD-R disc using Roxio V5.1.3.

Any ideas guys?

Dave, UK

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Hello! I’ve been aware for sometime now that my cpu runs warmer than I like it to. I was told from a PC tech that AMD64 chip sets run warmer than Pent. 4’s do.
My Specs: -2gig ram 3200speed, -AMD 64 3400+ 2.4ghz, -400watt power supply, -200gb hard drive, -ATI x1300 512mb PCI card (has it own heat sink and fan), -2 fans. CPU fan and System fan, -Mother board sound (built in), -DVD Rom RW drive 48x, -Windows XP home ed. I’ve been keeping log of my cpu temps and for the past 5 months average bios idle speed is around 47-52c. Even when I play online games after a 2hr. period I rarely see it hit above 52c. I have owned this system since 2005. I have the bios running at it’s defaults and nothing is over clocked in the system. Lately, my AMD 64 3400+ 2.4ghz has been running really warm. Its been at 59C on bios idle. The rpm of the fans have been constant and haven’t changed in rpm since I started a log of my pc temps. The CPU fan speed is 3174rpm and the System fan is 1680rpm. I know the weather has been in the upper 80’s and they humidity is horrible. Could this have a impact on my PC temps? I don’t have AC in my apartment either. The pc is elevated off the ground and the PC Tower receives proper ventilation as well. When the PC is not in use, the tower and monitor gets shut off and a plastic tarp is put over the PC and monitor it to help it keep it clean. I keep the inside of the PC clean (heat sinks, mother board, chip heat sink, etc.) and blow out the fans and PC insides with compressed air every 3-5 months. I also take out the ATI card and clean it’s heat sink and fan along with each inside cleaning. I just recently cleaned the insides about 2 weeks ago. It is normal for my AMD 64 3400+ 2.4ghz to run this warm? Or am I just being a worry wart over nothing?

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