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badchad
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Computer startup
#8120175 - 03/08/08 03:12 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Evertyime my computer is manually shutoff (e.g. it's unplugged, or I press the power button), I can't seem to restart.
The hardrive will whir for about a half a second, the LED's will light (as if it's going to start), then everything stops. This process will loop continuously,and sometimes I can get it to start. I can "shut down" and restart just fine.
My guess is its some sort of short, or an issue with the power supply. Any ideas?
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ShroomNinja
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Re: Computer startup [Re: badchad]
#8120335 - 03/08/08 04:13 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Have you recently installed any new hardware?
it could possibly be that the powersupply isn't strong enough to start the computer up. I used to have to leave mine of for a while then it would finally start. All sorted when i got a new PSU though.
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badchad
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Nope. I haven't installed anything new.
The computer is completely dead because the power just went off. But often, in a day or so, it will start "cycling" again with about a half second "startup", and then the HD immediately winds down. Usually at this point, I can hit the power button and it starts normally.
I think it might have been some type of physical trauma, as it happened right after I moved. I've already opened the case though and pushed and pulled all connections to make sure they are secure.
It's a very curious problem.
-------------------- ...the whole experience is (and is as) a profound piece of knowledge. It is an indellible experience; it is forever known. I have known myself in a way I doubt I would have ever occurred except as it did. Smith, P. Bull. Menninger Clinic (1959) 23:20-27; p. 27. ...most subjects find the experience valuable, some find it frightening, and many say that is it uniquely lovely. Osmond, H. Annals, NY Acad Science (1957) 66:418-434; p.436
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