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K-Dog

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Wellp' my HP Pavilion died this evening.

System board failure. The ON button was blinking and beeping five times. I am pretty bummed about this. All my stuff is on there.

Is there something I can do short of a whole new computer?
I am NOT computer savvy.
 
K-Dog said:
Wellp' my HP Pavilion died this evening.

System board failure. The ON button was blinking and beeping five times. I am pretty bummed about this. All my stuff is on there.

Is there something I can do short of a whole new computer?
I am NOT computer savvy.
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From memory, that's either RAM or motherboard problem.
If you're not comfortable doing it, find someone to try and reset RAM modules.
At least your hard drive should be intact and data can be copied off it.
 
allblackraven said:
From memory, that's either RAM or motherboard problem.
If you're not comfortable doing it, find someone to try and reset RAM modules.
At least your hard drive should be intact and data can be copied off it.
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I have a lot of experience with computers I agree with what he has said in all honesty I’d remove the hard drive or and get your files and move on
 
You'll still have all of your files; you just need to take out the hard drive and get a SATA-to-USB cable to plug it into another computer to transfer the files.
 
For future reference I keep a backup of all my files on an external hard drive I’d recommend just going big and getting a 2TB unless you do video or photo editing you should never run out of room on it and I’d just save your important files to that they’re super easy to setup!
 
RavensFan419 said:
For future reference I keep a backup of all my files on an external hard drive I’d recommend just going big and getting a 2TB unless you do video or photo editing you should never run out of room on it and I’d just save your important files to that they’re super easy to setup!
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Without a doubt. I have a time capsule backup on my Mac

Having that backup is always a good thing, hard drives do have a tendency to corrupt once in a while. Always better to be safe than sorry,
 
K-Dog said:
Not positive, but at least five years old. Probably more like eight.
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Yeah, I would just remove the hard drive and copy the data onto your new computer. If you aren't comfortable doing that I'm sure it wouldn't be that expensive. Also, unless you are gaming or using huge data bases or spreadsheets I wouldn't spend any more than $400 or $500 on a new PC or laptop.
 
Tank said:
Yeah, I would just remove the hard drive and copy the data onto your new computer. If you aren't comfortable doing that I'm sure it wouldn't be that expensive. Also, unless you are gaming or using huge data bases or spreadsheets I wouldn't spend any more than $400 or $500 on a new PC or laptop.
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Yeah what he said especially if you’re just browsing the internet and not using it for anything but that I’d say you could go cheaper
 
Yeah not a gamer. It is mostly internet. Some photo storage and editing and some music storage. Not much else.
 
K-Dog said:
Yeah not a gamer. It is mostly internet. Some photo storage and editing and some music storage. Not much else.
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Just be sure to get enough RAM(6gb or 8gb)to keep things moving, and maybe a solid state hard drive that will help too. You should be able to stay under $500 if you get a desk top. And you can get a huge external HD for under $100 to back up your photos and music.
 
Tank said:
Just be sure to get enough RAM(6gb or 8gb)to keep things moving, and maybe a solid state hard drive that will help too. You should be able to stay under $500 if you get a desk top. And you can get a huge external HD for under $100 to back up your photos and music.
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Awesome.
Yeah I just need the unit itself. I have a keyboard and mouse I really like and a big Vizio for a monitor.
I got a buddy helping me out tomorrow.
 
K-Dog said:
Wellp' my HP Pavilion died this evening.

System board failure. The ON button was blinking and beeping five times. I am pretty bummed about this. All my stuff is on there.

Is there something I can do short of a whole new computer?
I am NOT computer savvy.
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You too, huh? Mine died a few days before Christmas unfortunately. I agree with the others who said it's important to have your files backed up on an external hard drive. The "funny" thing with me is that a few days before it died, I switched the settings to where my files would get backed up on an hourly basis once I connected my external hard drive to my laptop. Totally recommend that.
 
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