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Wren57 · 11-03-2004, 01:29 PM

It has been randomly shutting power off without warning at random intervals for some time now. Now I can't get it to turn back on. If I flip the little red switch in the back to 230 from 115, it turns on, but my monitor doesn't display anything. Any ideas? Is it my power source that is faulty?

ebpda9 · 11-03-2004, 02:25 PM

damn, i think your computer turned democrat on you

on a serious note now: i think you have a faulty drive there that's sucking more power than it should or something overheats and causes the computer to shut down. also i would look if you didn;t get any chip creep from the heat inside the computer.

drdingo21 · 11-03-2004, 03:57 PM

Its not really turning on. 230 is for foregin countrys, keep it on 115.

Things that will randomly cause a computer to reboot are the Powers supply or the memory. How does it "not turn on"? Does it start just a blank screen? or does absoulty nothing happen?

If its nothing then unplug the power cord for 20 seconds and plug it back in.

GT40FIED · 11-03-2004, 05:13 PM

Like J.J. said...230v is a European power source. I wouldn't use that...it could fuck your shit up for good (if it's not already). I'd try using a cheap power strip that you know is good and seeing if everything works. If it does, time for a new power supply. If not...who knows? Have there been any surges in your house lately?

11-03-2004, 01:29 PM	#1
Wren57 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Age: 39 Posts: 2,856	computer power problem... It has been randomly shutting power off without warning at random intervals for some time now. Now I can't get it to turn back on. If I flip the little red switch in the back to 230 from 115, it turns on, but my monitor doesn't display anything. Any ideas? Is it my power source that is faulty? __________________ yeah, its that big

11-03-2004, 02:25 PM	#2
ebpda9 Repost Wagon Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: over here Age: 43 Posts: 17,266	damn, i think your computer turned democrat on you on a serious note now: i think you have a faulty drive there that's sucking more power than it should or something overheats and causes the computer to shut down. also i would look if you didn;t get any chip creep from the heat inside the computer. __________________

11-03-2004, 05:13 PM	#4
GT40FIED Best...mod...ever Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: At the end of the longest line Age: 42 Posts: 7,451	Like J.J. said...230v is a European power source. I wouldn't use that...it could fuck your shit up for good (if it's not already). I'd try using a cheap power strip that you know is good and seeing if everything works. If it does, time for a new power supply. If not...who knows? Have there been any surges in your house lately? __________________ 1984 1/2 Mustang GT350 #842, Faster than you...nuff said Anna Fan Club President/Dictator Someday, in the event that mankind actually figures out what it is that this world actually revoles around, thousands of people are going to be shocked and perplexed that it was not them. Sometimes this includes me. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell Welcome to the new Amerika

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11-03-2004, 03:57 PM	#3
drdingo21 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Elkhart, IN Age: 41 Posts: 1,642	Its not really turning on. 230 is for foregin countrys, keep it on 115. Things that will randomly cause a computer to reboot are the Powers supply or the memory. How does it "not turn on"? Does it start just a blank screen? or does absoulty nothing happen? If its nothing then unplug the power cord for 20 seconds and plug it back in.