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Hi beb,
It's not a Dell machine, I know this sounds dumb , but I'm not sure what it
is, I can tell you this it's a MSI P4 mainboard.
What can I do about this power supply problem?
Thanks
--
This was supposed to be FUN!
"beb" wrote:
> Seems like you are using a Dell machine. From your discription it sound like
> a power supply problem.
>
>
> "madmich" <madmich@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E409EE51-CBEE-4A6A-9398-EEC42BC54296@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks Jim,
> > Well, I'll start at the beginning, the pc dies(turns off), light goes out
> > and everything turns off,then I am unable to turn it back on again (will
> > not
> > power up) and the only way to start it again is to turn it off at the wall
> > and then turn it on again.
> > The drive in question is actually a dvd drive as well as a cd drive, which
> > I
> > probably should have mentioned.
> > I am sure these cd's are not defective as they have all worked fine before
> > this problem.
> > My pc meets all requirements for these cd's (had to have a higher graphics
> > card installed for one of them), and as I said before these games have
> > been
> > working for months perfectly before this problem.
> > Sorry to complicate matters, but the problem got worse this morning.
> > I could not turn on the pc at all, the light would go on, then straight
> > off.
> > I checked all the cords, turned it off at the wall and on again and kept
> > trying, finally it turned on, but I got no beep and nothing on screen, so
> > I
> > checked the four little lights at the back that are supposed to go
> > green(diagnostic LED's), well the top left and two bottom ones were red,
> > and
> > it just stayed like that. I checked the mainboard book and it says it will
> > hang like this if "the memory module is damaged or not installed
> > properly".
> > I'm not really sure what this means.
> > It finally started up, I don't know why, but I'm glad it did.
> > How can I stop this happening, it seems like the problems could be related
> > as they both seem to have something do with power.
> > Please help, I am afraid to turn off my pc now.
> > --
> > This was supposed to be FUN!
> >
> >
> > "Jim Macklin" wrote:
> >
> >> When you say it "loses power" does the CD stop turning
> >> (sound), does the light go out, or does the computer freeze
> >> or die?
> >>
> >> I have seen such failures when a DVD is placed in a CD
> >> drive. It is also possible that those particular CDs are
> >> defective, try them on another computer to see if the
> >> problem follows the CD.
> >>
> >> It is also possible that your computer doesn't have the
> >> required hardware to play those games, check the type of
> >> sound and graphics cards you have and compare to the game
> >> specs.
> >>
> >> Good luck.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
> >> But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
> >> some support
> >>
http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "madmich" <madmich@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >> message
> >> news:9DA8F0F4-A200-4AA3-A801-C92F4D61A3E5@microsoft.com...
> >> | OK, it loses power when I put Sim City 4, The Sims 2 and a
> >> Windows XP PC
> >> | basics disc (from a mag) in. But then it works when I put
> >> Roller Coaster
> >> | Tycoon 3 and a Netguide cd (from a mag) in. I haven't
> >> obviously tried all my
> >> | cd's as I have heaps, but I will try others if it helps.
> >> | I don't really have a spare CD drive laying around, so any
> >> other suggestions
> >> | before I start buying stuff and ripping bits out of my PC
> >> would be good.
> >> | Thanks for answering.
> >> | --
> >> | This was supposed to be FUN!
> >> |
> >> |
> >> | "Jim Macklin" wrote:
> >> |
> >> | > Or tell us exactly which "certain cd's" since that
> >> implies
> >> | > that all other cd's play normally?
> >> | >
> >> | >
> >> | > --
> >> | > The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
> >> | > But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
> >> | > some support
> >> | >
http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
> >> | >
> >> | >
> >> | >
> >> | > "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >> | > news:esBAic1tFHA.464@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> >> | > | madmich wrote:
> >> | > | > Sorry to have to post this again, but no-one seems
> >> to
> >> | > want to answer
> >> | > | > this question.
> >> | > | > Can someone please help or direct me where I can get
> >> | > some answers.
> >> | > | >
> >> | > | > Whenever I put certain cd's in my cd rom my pc
> >> loses
> >> | > all power,
> >> | > | > when I try to turn it back on , it starts up but I
> >> get a
> >> | > blank
> >> | > | > screen. I then have to turn it off at the wall and
> >> turn
> >> | > it on again.
> >> | > | > I have cleaned the fan and inside the machine. I
> >> haven't
> >> | > changed
> >> | > | > anything or installed new software, all these discs
> >> | > previously worked.
> >> | > | > Any help would be appreciated.
> >> | > |
> >> | > | No one wants to answer?
> >> | > |
> >> | > | You put in a CD and your computer loses all power.
> >> | > | Replace the CD drive with a different one - try
> >> again.. If
> >> | > it still does it,
> >> | > | then you may have a bad controller (on the
> >> motherboard) or
> >> | > a bad power
> >> | > | supply.
> >> | > |
> >> | > | --
> >> | > | Shenan Stanley
> >> | > | MS-MVP
> >> | > | --
> >> | > | How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> >> | > |
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> >> | > |
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