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Nikkol
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 Posted - 20 November 2003 : 20:10:42
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So it's gotta be a hardware problem right? The computer will cycle through several boot sequences, sometimes actually booting to Windows, sometimes not. A few days ago, when if finally did boot successfully, I could just leave it on and it would be fine. But now, if it boots successfully, I can work on it for a few minutes and it shuts down again.
I've pretty much eliminated the memory, hard drive, cd/dvd rom drives, zip drive, usb, agp, and other cards (I think at least).
Anyone have suggestions for what I should look into? Maybe a BIOS setting I'm overlooking or something? I'll be sending it back to the manufacturer on Monday, but I'd like to get my data off of it before then.
(As a side note, I got a nifty new Dell laptop with a wide screen. Anyone know what I have to do to make the icons not look distorted in IE?) |
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ruirib
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Nikkol
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Gremlin
General Help Moderator
New Zealand
7528 Posts |
Posted - 20 November 2003 : 21:21:44
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| I'd bet money on the PSU as well. Other possibility is thermals, make sure the CPU Fan etc is working. |
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redbrad0
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USA
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Nikkol
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HuwR
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 21 November 2003 : 10:50:25
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Nikkol
Forum Moderator
USA
6907 Posts |
Posted - 21 November 2003 : 17:17:06
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| well it wasn't the power supply either. I at a loss at the moment. I'm hoping the manufacturer will just let me send it back without the hard drive. |
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Gremlin
General Help Moderator
New Zealand
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Posted - 22 November 2003 : 04:16:36
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| Snap .. just got a new Dell D600 laptop the other day with 11g included, so had to go out and buy an Access Point yesterday too :) ... been bluetooth wireless already but "real" wireless seems to be a bit more reliable than my bluetooth setup. |
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