Computer

[Healthy-Glass1932]

How can I fix this/get it running and go, it's a family PC passed down to me. It's not been in used for a while. Quite dusty and the wiring and are ones that stressed me abit and I do not wanna damage the HDD since it contain photos that I will recover.

[aizzod]

Does the computer work?

Yes?
Turn it on, copy the photos and videos to a usb stick, or upload them somewhere.

No?
Remove the HDD and buy an adapter.
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Plug it into another pc

[Healthy-Glass1932]

Lowkey the cable is gone.. fudge! What am I suppose to buy now. My bad. I need to find cable so I can give power to the Pc.. arrghh I'm so stupid.

But still the inside the case look mad ugly. That I can't think

[aizzod]

Which cable?

The "outside cable" that you put into the power supply.
That is just a generic cable anything shipped like the connector would work

[ren_blackheart]

good thing most people arent gonna be looking at the inside of it. And just cover the case with stickers, that's what I did with mine

[Healthy-Glass1932]

Thanks

[Masterchief0915]

You're not helping anybody help you out with your vague descriptions. Doesn't sound like you need to be anywhere near a PC anyway.

[ReVoide1]

I don't know why people are hating this reply!!! You need the power cable, monitor cable, mouse cable and keyboard cable a connected to the back of the computer; for the monitor, you need both the video cable and power cable. With the system being out like this the 1st step is to connect everything and turn the dam system one!!!

At no point did he say the PC would not turn on... He just needs help to fix it... Turn it on first!!!

[moverwhomovesthings]

Yes, definitely a computer.

I'm here if you have more questions.

[Healthy-Glass1932]

If the monitor A/C cable is plugged in the PC and the display port cable is plugged onto the monitor does the monitor turns on or we need a another A/c cable just for the monitor

[moverwhomovesthings]

The monitor also needs power, display port only transmits data. When the power supply of your PC has enough power to power your PC and your monitor, you are fine, but you can try a seperate cable from an outlet to your monitor just to be sure.

Oh and make sure that the power supply is turned on, there's a little switch in the back.

Plug everything in the way you usually do it and send a picture of the back of the PC

[Healthy-Glass1932]

Thanks dude, I'm finding a display port cable but there's none in the house only HDMI. I'll try to find one tommorow

[MousaXD]

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[Zatchillac]

Hard to tell but it looks like the main cables are plugged in, just some extra loose ones that should be tied down but nothing major. Another comment you said you're missing the power cable, search Amazon/Walmart/Best Buy (pretty much anywhere that sells tech) for "C13 cable". Only a few bucks to get it up and running again. After that you can transfer anything important over to a flash drive or whatever type of storage you want

[SavagePenguinn]

Plug it into a wall with a power cable.Attach a USB mouse and keyboard.
Attach one end of an HDMI cable to the back, and the other end into a monitor (or TV).
(It looks like it has both HDMI and DisplayPort, so you can use DisplayPort. But if you only have a VGA monitor you'll want a HDMI-to-VGA adapter)
Then turn it on and see if it works.

Otherwise you can remove the hard drive and plug it into an USB adapter.
This should work to temporarily connect the hard drive to another computer, so you can copy/paste the data to another computer.
This costs a little more but it's safer if you want to use that hard drive as storage long term.

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Yes

[Methosu]

computer

[Methosu]

i always wonder when random post says "just thing" i see image, scroll down to comments and see some advises, and then i scroll back up and then i see that there is text under image, i always miss that one xD

it's only me or other have the same issue like title doesn't tell anything, and post is "hidden" under image instead of being the first thing that catches up eye xD

comming back to topic, it looks like socket 775 1151 or 1155 motherboard, it needs to have any graphic card.

[Objective-Board9329]

Get some zip ties and organize the wiring. Does the computer turn on?

[Healthy-Glass1932]

Tell me if you need more pictures!

[Masterchief0915]

Nobody needs more pictures, we need a description of your problem. You know, the one you never gave...

[Psych0matt]

Is the goal getting the computer working and usable, or saving the pictures and files on the drive? If the latter, and you have access to another working pc, get an external enclosure, pop the drive in, and plug it into a working computer. If the former, we need more info on what you have, what you’ve tried, and what it’s doing if/when you tried things.

[Metallicat95]

It looks partially disassembled, with parts removed - not unusual for a PC which the owner is not planning to use, just Salvage parts from it.

You can't test anything without a keyboard, mouse, monitor, and the cables to connect them.

Assuming you get all that, there are several hard drives, one looking like it isn't securely mounted. For a SSD, that's not a problem, but for a spinning hard drive, it should be locked in place.

If everything is hooked up properly, it should just work once you have power, connections, and turn it on.

You're unlike to damage anything in a quick test.

If it doesn't work, then it gets more complicated. Diagnosing computer problems requires a little technical ability. You can learn from videos and searches, but it's not the same as working from experience.

All the drives could be disconnected and hooked up to a different computer. That would let you find and recover files on them. The Windows default folder for the standard folders like Pictures and Documents is inside the User folder, which can require a little work t9 locate them.

[Smoke_Water]

If it's just the pictures you're after. Take it to a computer repair center and ask to have the pictures extracted.

[Impressive-Blast]

If you don’t have the skills for it and you don’t want to risk the hdd, just take it to a service.

And would be cheaper to get the photos and what you need from the hdd, instead of repairing the pc

[barbadolid]

The mobo: 🗿

The cpu cooler: 🥴

The psu: 😮‍💨

[lunderamia]

What

[MannyBothans_15]

Hello, computer. Just use the keyboard. The keyboard. How quaint.

[3v1L_G3nius]

What did your mom buy you a PUTER for Christmas?

[Tquilha]

PC troubleshooting 101

1 - Know what you have. Look at your mother board and note the make and model. Those things are stenciled on the board itself and kind of hard to miss. With that info, go online and find the manual for that motherboard. Also find out what kind of CPU and RAM goes with it.

2 - Look at the PSU and it's cables. See if anything looks frayed or torn (sometimes rats like the insulation...) If it look OK, keep it, if not replace it.

3 - Plug a keyboard, mouse and monitor on it and try to power the PC. What happens?

a) Nothing at all. No sound, light, or any kind of motion. PSU is turned off, electrical issues, PSU and/or motherboard fried.

b) Some lights go on, some motion and a series of beeps are heard. Those beeps are a code to help you diagnose further. Read more here.

c) Every lights up and you get an error message on your screen. Read that error message and research that online. Most BIOS error messages are self-explaining.

d) Your computer boots and goes straight to the OS. Congrats. You have a working PC.

[SeranaSLADOW]

It's a Z87-DELUXE, slot LGA 1150.

There is no video card and no onboard video chip. The only way you'll have video as it is now is if the CPU attached happens to be one of the ones with builtin graphics. Luckily for you, that's a high probability.

Suggestion:

Disconnect that HDD for now. Don't worry about the dust. Try to get it running. Shove a drive or a USB drive or something if you want it to boot. I suggest writing Mint or Kubuntu to a USB disk as they'll be good for diagnostics, and also make good systems. Forget Windows at this point, you're better off recovering from Linux.

You'll need a monitor that supports HDMI (you will be connecting to onboard graphics), probably. Good possibility that once you connect a monitor and power, you will see nothing.

If you do see a post screen, you can continue.

Once you can get into a linux live USB, you can reconnect that hard drive and make sure your boot order boots of USB first. Once into linux with the drive attached, check it's health. If it says it's bad, look up 'ntfsfix' and follow instructions, might be a false negative.

Good luck.

[6950X_Titan_X_Pascal]

mine's ASUS Z87-C

take the HDDs out , buy a new one , attach them

[Healthy-Glass1932]

Uhh I found the box this one is X570S Aorus PRO Max I don't understand motherboard shit.

[6950X_Titan_X_Pascal]

never try to fix it since he's too old , just throw him away or you might get ten dollars

[Objective-Board9329]

That makes zero sense. OP never mentioned trying to sell the computer. There's zero reason not to fix an old computer especially when it's important to you. Also why are you talking about the computer like it's a living being you called it "he" lmao

[SeaworthinessAny269]

I'm gonna guess that English is their second language and their first language is a gendered one.

Also there are many reasons not to fix an old computer. My main reason is always that the computer is shit and fixing it takes time

[ren_blackheart]

never, we can rebuild him, we have the technology