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What could be wrong with my 'puter?
PCtech:
--- Quote from: leapinlew on May 08, 2006, 05:10:55 pm ---The way I found out was I kept throwing parts at it till it finally worked. Hate to say that, but thats what it took...
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I agree....this is always the quickest / easiest / best way to troubleshoot which part is bad (if spare parts are easily available)....IMHO...
Power supply would be my guess too, but if the keyboarad lights were on after the "quick" shutdown, then it didn't really "cold boot"....can't help but wonder if it was somehow in "sleep" or "standby" mode...I've had more than one PC that wouldn't "wake up" >:(, and I had to "yank the plug" for awhile
I had never heard RandyT's idea holding the power button to "accelerate" the process, but it makes sense....gonna have to try that.. :cheers:
Also, you may want to do a backup (if you haven't already), just in case there is more to it, and it dies for good.... :banghead:
Dizzle:
Yeah,
I've decided to start taking steps to back up both of my computers after going through this little excercise. The one that was giving me problems really doesn't have anything on it that I don't already have on CD or DVD, but my other computer is almost 6 years old now, so I'm guessing it's just a matter of time.
What's the easiest way (whether it be software or hardware) to back up systems?
divemaster127:
just use a spare power supply & test it, it takes 10 minutes to change & then you can eliminate it being that prob
dm
PCtech:
--- Quote from: Dizzle on May 09, 2006, 05:27:51 pm ---Yeah,
I've decided to start taking steps to back up both of my computers after going through this little excercise. The one that was giving me problems really doesn't have anything on it that I don't already have on CD or DVD, but my other computer is almost 6 years old now, so I'm guessing it's just a matter of time.
What's the easiest way (whether it be software or hardware) to back up systems?
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Simplest way I use is Windows backup (backup everything)...it's free and built in.
I've used Symantec/Norton Ghost in the past (about 5 years ago) and had good luck with that too.
darthbane2k:
I once had the same problems - yes it was a bad power supply - well, no so much bad, but not powerful enough