When I turn my PC on for the first time in the morning (or after it hasnt been on for a while) it seems to be booting up - the lights are on and there is whirring but the screen remains on standby. I have to leave the PC for about 15 minutes before forcing shutdown and trying again - after this point, the PC boots normally with no problems.
Has anybody got any advice - I have been told that it could be the PSU that is not powerfull enough but want to check if anybody has any ideas before I fork out for a new PSU
PS> the PC is a DELL with different parts in it - 2 hard drives, a geforce 6600, DVD Drive, dvd writer 1 GB ram.. if that helps - and I'v just installed a fresh copy of XP on it.
2007-05-13 23:49:58 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
The new version of XP was installed last night and the problem has been happening for 6 months - this is not the problem
2007-05-14 00:13:29 · update #1
Hi farie
Ignore the OS suggestion above - there is no way that this is software and in any case it is notebooks that come with those complete installation disks not desktop PCs and this is a desktop from the sounds of things.
I'm thinking here "what is the difference between a pc that is switched off and one that has been switched on (but not fully booted) for 15 minutes."
The only answer that I can come up with is heat soooo I reckon we have a loose connection here that when the metal expands with the heat it connects itself. If I am right then it would be a hairline crack, probably on a pcb so this may be the mainboard but it could be anywhere including in the power supply, graphics card, etc.
I think finding and fixing this could be expensive and would involve swapping parts in and out of the machine until you find what is faulty. Unless you have access to lots of components then it could be expensive so I guess you would have to take it into your friendly local computer store or not switch the computer off or put up with it.
Sorry that this is a negative answer
AJ
2007-05-14 00:15:21 · answer #1 · answered by AJ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All you will get once you attempt to start the computing gadget with out RAM is a beep code signifying no RAM put in. No RAM - no boot. an identical is genuine while attempting besides without a tricky force. It relies upon on the working equipment you attempt to load as to if a working laptop or computing gadget will boot on minimum RAM standards. as an occasion: the greater present day the working equipment - the greater RAM required. you may boot living house windows ninety 8 on 32 MB of RAM - will run gradual - besides the incontrovertible fact that it is going to boot.
2016-12-11 08:54:44 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would try this
start up options
go to start at bottom of screen in blue bar (task bar)
go to control panel
choose power options
choose never to all listed there
choose apply then choose ok
then choose hibernate
click advanced choose hibernate
then click hibernate
click enable hibernate
make sure you click apply and ok to everything
then you can push power button
windows will close
push button again and you are where you was again
if you want to use shut down option do that
i use hibernate is not as hard on computer
as when it has to reload everything
2007-05-14 06:29:38 · answer #3 · answered by Q&A Answer Mans Retired 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This sounds like a dicky contact somewhere, favourite is RAM. Whip your RAM out (with the usual precautions), clean the contacts gently with an eraser and reseat it.
Hope that helps.
2007-05-14 00:00:42 · answer #4 · answered by champer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Open the case... Make sure that ALL wires are plugged in correctly (aka Pushed in correctly).
Make sure all the power cords are all plugged in. Take the RAM stick out and switch the SLOT.
2007-05-14 01:42:57 · answer #5 · answered by pcbynate 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"I'v just installed a fresh copy of XP on it" is the problem.
You must use the DELL Recovery CD that came with your PC.
You should start over and do it correctly.
2007-05-13 23:58:54 · answer #6 · answered by ELfaGeek 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You need the DELL recovery disk, the recovery disk contains all the drivers to activate all the motherboard peripherals, including the IDE or SATA controllers for the drives.
Check you hard drives, scandisk to check for errors.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265
2007-05-16 03:46:34 · answer #7 · answered by joey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check your bios power setting>if its set to last status>change in to >stay off.
2nd option is to check your processor
try to installed it to an other board if problem is preset there also
then it conform that the processor is faulty.
3rd option is to check your ram also
same method installed in other pc
OK i think no other reason.
jawad ahmad
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Pakistan gujranala
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2007-05-14 00:28:47 · answer #8 · answered by ctx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋