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Question posted by grumpy34 on October 24th, 2016

Computer Will Not Start

When press the on button the light flash's and the fan starts run's for the count of 2 then stops and after the count of 3 sta's all over again until I unplug power cord

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Answer #1: Posted by waelsaidani1 on October 24th, 2016 7:36 PM
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Your hard drive is faulty.

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