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computer sometimes won't post
Name: rgn22 Date: April 20, 2003 at 04:24:59 Pacific OS: Windows 2k CPU/Ram: Athlon AMD 733/512 MB RAM
Comment:
About a month ago I installed a new power supply and now occasionally the machine won't post. The fan turns on and all the peripherals light up but it won't post and boot up. All I have to do is hit the restart button and it always posts on this second try.
This only seems to happen when the computer has been shut down for more than a couple hours. If I shut down and start up again, it posts on the first try.
Name: NIck Date: April 20, 2003 at 06:23:45 Pacific
Reply:
this is just a speculation, I have no deffinite answer, but perhaps you could try replacing that little watch battery on the motherboard.
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Response Number 2
Name: Andy Supernova Date: April 20, 2003 at 08:15:06 Pacific
Reply:
The same is happening all of sudden to my computer, which hasn't had a change in months. I suspect it's precisely the power supply, which is about 7 years old :). I still have to get another one to try it.
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