Power issues

[Alphabear 13]

hey guys i have my new computer now and im in the process of setting everything up. However when i moved my old PC and set it up to network i havent been able to get it to turn on. Long story short whenever i turn it on at the wall socket the light on the rear of the pc flashes and you can hear a ticking sound. Anyone have any advice as to what this means before i get profesional help. To make matters worse my BF2 disk is still in my old PC so i cant load it again.

[Luk3us 63]

Lights on the back flashing is usually a sign of something wrong. You should consult your manual or whatever, to see what the lights mean...

[Alphabear 13]

yeah did that. theres nothing on the light in the manual. at least i have my new pc now. im just hoping that i dont lose my hard drive because i have some important documents on there that i was stupid enough not to backup

[TheBlackOut 7]

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[Alphabear 13]

nah doesn't matter now i took it in anyway.

[Guest Rabbit]

It's a motherboard problem. I'm almost sure of it.

 

Same thing happened to me about 2 months ago.

[Luk3us 63]

im just hoping that i dont lose my hard drive because i have some important documents on there that i was stupid enough not to backup

 

You know you can just rip out that hard drive and stick it in you're new one, grab you're data, then stick it back in the old computer.

 

Well you could have, I should say.