Darn! The 'puter died, screen went completely black, no sign of any program whatsoever. DH thinks it might have been a 911 virus. Has anybody else had this problem? Thank goodness he bought an external drive to back up our stuff (my patterns!) But now we're back to the old puter and moving a lot slower. Hopefully we'll be back to normal soon......

I imagine that your husband has tried this already but just in case he hasn't the first thing I always do when a 'puter stops working is open it up and make sure there is no dust in there especially in the ram. I pull those out (making sure I am earthed on the computer case) then I give them a dust and put them back in. I can't tell you how many times I have resurrected a dead computer with a simple dusting.
Alice.

As I'm working at the IT-departement; I can say that we have 3 important remarks here: 1) check the powersupply/adaptor. 2) remove the battery and click it in again. Sometimes it is just a matter of bad contact. 3) BACKUP IMPORTANT DATA !!!! I can't repeat this enough, but users just don't do it. BUT IMPORTANT TOO = BACKUP MORE THAN ONE TIME !! "law of murphy" the first backup can get damaged/corrupt too !!

Ok, as silly as it sounds, is it plugged in to a working outlet? I had a problem with my laptop once, wouldn't turn on, no sound, nothin', and I was in a huge panic because I can't afford another computer, and I was really beside myself for a whole day wondering what to do. That evening, I went to turn on the light, and that sucker didn't work either! What now? Since both were plugged into the same surge protector power strip, I made sure the strip was in the wall socket. Well, this was a surge strip DH bought, with a rocker switch to turn it on and off, and one of those darn CATS had stepped on the rocker and turned it off. When I turned it on, the computer and everything was fine. Eesh, but sometimes those furballs give me a panic attack for nothing! Hope you get it fixed soon, and that it's something simple. Big hugs for your troubles, Marji

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by zoefzoef 14 Sep 2011

good tip !

by mysugarfootswife 14 Sep 2011

Been there, done that. It makes you feel so silly. Then so happy that was all it was!

Oh no, that is just awful!! At least you have someone who knows what to do (hopefully) I would be totally bereft and VERY DEPRESSED!!!!

Mine did something like that a couple years ago and I had to add a memory board - whew - I thought it was toast and I didn't have an external hard drive at the time, but I do now and it is set to run every couple hrs.
Couple weeks ago, I had a similar problem, but I knew it was something diff. as it acted a little diff. - the fan quit. I got told to get a new pc. I took it home - opened it up - cleaned all the dust thoroughly from the inside and the build up on the fan itself and then hooked everything back up, kept my fingers crosses and hit the power button and walah! it's still working - I'm on it right now!
So maybe you will come up with a cheap solution to your problem and be able to get it up and running again.
(Oh, and because it was the fan everything shut down and no humming as - of course - the fans not going.)

You can never back up too much. I usually back up my downloads every day and haven't been doing it the last few days. Think it's time to get back to the habit. Sounds like the power box to me. That's easy to fix and not very expensive. Had one put in for $60. Good luck.

What a terrible thing to happen. I feel so sorry for you. What a blessing you have your embroidery backed up. Sarah.

ja so war das bei mir gestern abend plötzlich alles schwarz beim öffnen von einer email

I hope that everyone out there in Embroidery Land sees your post and BACKS UP THEIR COMPUTER while there is still time. You NEVER know when, all of the sudden, everything will be gone.
I hope that you find a little glitch that gets fixed and your computer returns to a normal state of function. Is your computer even trying to run or is it just dead? There might be a few "fixes" for you, depending on the state of your system. Good luck!

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by bikermomfl 14 Sep 2011

just dead, no operating system at all. Hubby can't go into safe mode to reboot since there is absolutely nothing there. No way to access anything.

by justonlyme 14 Sep 2011

If all else fails, you can pull out the hard drive and put it in a working computer as a secondary drive. That way, you haven't lost all of your data. Unless of course that it is the hard drive that went out.

Feeling for you Karen, nothing so bad as when your pc suddenly dies. Was is a pc or laptop?

My laptop screen went black and I was all in a panic, only to be told that sometimes the battery lock comes undone and all you need do is remove and re-insert the battery and make sure the lock is in place. Worked like a charm!

But last night I couldn't shut down the laptop, a fair indication of it having a virus though nothing is showing up with Norton's or Malwarebytes.
HMMMM???

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by bikermomfl 14 Sep 2011

this is the main 'puter, not a laptop, hubby teaches computer and has built and fixed many things but he can't fix anything since he can't access anything, it just sits, doesn't even hum, nuttin, dead, done. Drat!

by meganne 14 Sep 2011

do puters still have those little fuses to make them run?

by bikermomfl 14 Sep 2011

I have no idea *giggle*

by zoefzoef 14 Sep 2011

good tip about the battery !

THATS SOOOOOOOOOOO SADDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!HUGS FOR YOU AS YOU NEED A BIGGGGGGGGGG ONE:):) CAROLYN

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