Tower/Monitor Question

[Mikeob1]

Well my computer used to be perfect, as I'm sure most were. Then we got a new office desk that had a special slot in it for the computer tower about 6 months ago. Our Dell XPS Gen 2 (Maybe gen 3 I don't know) has a MASSIVE tower, that barely fit into the area. Anyway about 2 months ago the fan started to get super loud and I thought it might be overheating, so I pulled it out of the hole and it now is just on the floor, and the fan did get quieter, but it's starting to get loud again. But now if the tower is bumped even the slightest bit, or if a cord is hit then the monitor will go in what seems like a standby mode, because the normally green light becomes orange, and if I hit the power button it turns off, and when I switch it on again, it turns green and becomes orange. I believe it says it goes into standby mode, but I'm not sure because I've stopped doing this a while ago. Anyway in order to get the monitor to work again I have to turn of power to the computer, unpluge the monitor adapter thing that goes into the tower, plug it back in, restore power to the computer and turn the comptuer on right after that for if I wait too long it won't work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also I'm on a laptop currently and I had a friend reformat it a while back, but now the battery doesn't work at all. It needs to be pluged in for it to run. Is there any quick fix for this, or do I need a new battery? It's a Dell Latitude btw.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks.

[Rhys]

I'm guessing the monitor problem may be a faulty lead that's been damaged in small space. Tried plugging it into a different computer to check? The fan could be dust, a lead or failure. Make sure there are no leads touching the fan and clean it up a bit, if that doesn't fix it, consider getting a new one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The laptop problem, does the battery get any charge at all and run flat very quickly? If so, just charge the battery as much as possible, let it go flat, charge again, let it run down, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This method usually works if the battery can be charged but loses its charge quickly. If it won't charge at all, I think a new battery is in order. :wink: