If your computer dies can it come back?

Question

Okay, so I never turned my big XP desktop off and never had problems other than the occasional laggy-ness. But today I went down to get on and D/L some songs when the monitor comes back on, nothing is displayed. I move around my mouse (USB connected and brand-new) nothing happens, I go and press the keyboard, nothing happens, so I'm thinking maybe I just gotta reboot. So I do...and it doesn't leave the HP welcome screen. (like the blue one with start-up options). SO I'm thinking "Okay, super lag, lovely" and I restart it again. I do this about three times...untill it just doesn't leave. My dad comes over and starts playing around with it, messing with the keyboard and he switches three different keyboards around and then when they don't work he unplugs all the stuff plugged into my computer and takes out my CD I had in there and tries it about three more times. We finally just gave up, him assuming that either the CPU is fried or the hard-drive is. My theory is that it's just burnt out for a while because I never turn it off.

So here's my question.

If I leave it off for a few days do you think it might come back on? (sorry for the lengthy story, but I need a real nerd -obviously- to answer this)

Answer 1

Leaving your computer off for a week won't help. You need to solve the problem.

Assuming the fan and some lights come on - but absolutely nothing on the screen - it may be a fried video card. So if you have another video card, try changing that out. If nothing at all comes on - dead silence - then the power supply needs replacing.

But I troubleshoot by quickly booting a Live CD of Linux. If Linux does the same thing, it's hardware. If Linux works (which it almost always does), it's Windows - again - but I then know what part to fix - like in your case, the video driver.

To get a Live CD ISO of PCLOS (full version):

http://getpclinuxos.com/KDE/

Free software to burn an ISO file:

ImgBurn [CD/DVD checking and ISO burning]:

http://imgburn.com

Lastly, leaving your computer on 24/7 - so long as it has cool ventilation - is a better idea than turning it off and on. How many light bulbs have you seen "pop" when you power up the light? How many just go out when they're on? 100 - 1?

Good luck!

Answer 2

Most likely this will not work.

To troubleshoot. First unplugg everything from computer except the power cord, and monitor. Yes, even Keyboard/Mouse. Then try to boot. If it boots properly then plug things 1 at a time and restart to determine what's causing the issue.  If it does Click F9 to go into boot menu and make sure your HD is set to boot first. If that is already selected. It could be your HD crashed.

Answer 3

Never turning your computer off is very very bad..try unplugging your power supply or just get a new one, also try plugging the computer into a different outlet (preferably in another room, you could have fried the outlet). There's hundreds of different reasons why this could be happening though, anywhere from a virus to fried hardware. Honestly, this type of problem is hard to resolve on the internet, try having a professional look at it.  

Answer 4

Uh, no, things don't just magically repair themselves.  And computer parts especially don't "burn out for a while."

It's not even computer stuff, it's common sense.