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Don O
| | Posted on Monday, October 4, 2004 - 7:10 am: | |
I'm having problems with my wife's computer. W2000, p4 2.0, 512 SDRAM. It will only boot myabe 1 time out of 20. I swapped memory, uplugged drives, and
reseated the chip, it still happens. I'm thinking it may be the motherboard, but when it does boot it runs fine. It appears to boot after I make a change, take out memory, reseat chip, etc. But it's random and difficult to reproduce. When it does not boot, I get no post messages and it hangs on the CDROM. I did take the CDROM out and it then hangs on the Hard Drive. Any ideas?? |
Moderator (Es)
Username: Es
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Monday, October 4, 2004 - 7:31 am: | |
Failing power supplys can cause intermittent P.O.S.T. Have it tested or get an inexpensive replacement. |
Don O
| | Posted on Monday, October 4, 2004 - 11:14 am: | |
I did buy a new power supply a few months ago. I'll replace the old one and let you know. Thanks for the info. |
Don O
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 6, 2004 - 10:10 am: | |
I replaced the Power Supply and still the same thing. I'm thinking there may be a csg on the motherboard. I ordered a new one and it'll be here tomorrow. Thanks |
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