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Good ideas. Also, pop the case when you boot up and see
if the fans are running. Sometimes it takes a few tries
to get dusty old fans spinning and until they do the
the system will shut down to avoid over heating.
BW
>From: Ron Augustine <RonAug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>CC: crooked-man@xxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: PC weirdness
>Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 16:03:28 -1000
>
>As strange as this sounds, many times this will fix this type of problem --
>
>Power-down the system, then take the cover off the PC box. Re-seat all the
>peripheral cards in all of the slots by loosening the fastening screw and
>rocking (back-and-forth) the cards in each slot.
>
>Likewise, rock each connector on the mother-board back-and-forth (gently),
>as well as the opposite end of each connector where it enters the Hard
>Drive(s), Floppy Drive, CD-Drive, etc.
>
>Various connectors sometimes lose their ability to make 100% contact that
>is needed to remain fully operational. This type of "fix" cleans the
>contacts for all the cards and connectors.
>_______________________________________
>At 07:50 PM 01/24/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Lee Goldberg" <crooked-man@xxxxxxxx>
>>To: "Omega List" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 7:24 PM
>>Subject: OT: PC weirdness
>>
>> > Anyone ever have this problem?:
>> >
>> > Boot the pc, hd and fans start up, cd initializes, then nothing
>> > else.....monitors stay dark, boot routine ceases, but fans and hd keep
>> > running.
>> >
>> > Then hit reset button once, twice, maybe three times, and the reboot
>>works
>> > perfectly. I get my desktop and everything is good.
>> >
>> > Thanks and regards to all.
>> >
>> >
>
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