Gaming PC

[proffrink]

Are you actually booting from the USB? Go into your BIOS when you start up (depends on the manufacturer, but can be F9, F10, F11 or F12) and make sure the boot order is set to boot from your USB (if you're installing Windows), hard drive (if you're swapping from an old PC) or the disc drive.

 

[Sacarathe]

It turns on fine, it shows up a load of binary settings etc. then it goes to start it up, by pressing through numerous options. And never goes onto the desktop screen.

I've tried, unscrewing the case and swapping the positions of ram. And making sure PSU cables are secure, motherboard is screwed up, the graphics card has its fan spinning round. I came to the conclusion that it was my operating system that was broken, (the OS was actually an illegal one) we tried swapping the OS for a non broken one, with discs and USB sticks, no luck.

I gave up. Lol, I have a laptop, so I'm not doomed.

When you say it never goes to the desktop screen, does it actually do anything else unusual ? Furthermore, does it do anything differently with the hard disk drive disconnected (don't do this if there is more than one disk drive).

(obviously this would not be my advice if I could access the bios myself.)

Broken hard drive is more likely than "broken" OS, all hard drives break. If the hard drive is worn out, they're only £30 to replace.

The OS being unlicensed is unlikely to have anything to do with anything.

That you have a 2nd computer can make this all the more easier to fix, as you can read about the motherboard while at the computer. When you say you tried installing a new OS, how far did you get? Could the advice in the post above help?

As for "not" doomed, you're going to toss a computer because one of the cheapest parts appears to not work?