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| Author: | DizietSma [ Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | PC won't shut down and sometimes won't boot |
Hi all, A client's AMD XP workstation has issues on starting up and shutting down. Not every time - if I'm there, for example, it usually works. Sometimes it won't start up in the morning, and he has to take the power cable out of the PSU, wait a bit, plug it in, then retry and it mostly works then. Sometimes it won't shut down. It blanks the screen after XP logs out, but the machine never powers off - it just sits there, no disk activity, no image on the screen. A 5 second power button forces it off. I've already swapped out the PSU, so it's not that. What's the next thing to look at? MBoard? And how on earth do I diagnose that? (No testing equipment) Thanks, D |
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| Author: | saspro [ Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: PC won't shut down and sometimes won't boot |
Try updating the BIOS. I had a similar issue with a board that wouldn't reboot |
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| Author: | big_D [ Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: PC won't shut down and sometimes won't boot |
If it is an AMD Athlon XP, it is getting a bit long in the tooth, it could be a failing power supply as well... We've just had a couple go here... |
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| Author: | DizietSma [ Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: PC won't shut down and sometimes won't boot |
It's an AMD but not an XP - it's about 18 months old, running an XP box. I'll try updating the BIOS. If it is a problem with the mboard, can anyone recommend any testing software? Thanks for your suggestions. |
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