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| Thread ID: 53993 | 2005-02-01 11:33:00 | PC has trouble booting | balraj (5747) | Press F1 |
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| 320487 | 2005-02-01 11:33:00 | I've got an Athlon XP2400+ CPU on an Asus A7S333 motherboard which has developed a booting problem since the last few days. The system runs XP Professional on SP2. When the power button is pressed, one of several things usually happens: [a] drives and CD-ROMs power on, power lights come on, but no beep and no boot screen [b] as in [a] above, but there is a constant long beeping sound for about half a second and then it repeats constantly [c] drives and CD-ROMs power on, power lights come on, there is a single beep and the boot screen appears as normal. In [c] above, the PC boots as normal. However, since the problem developed, I am getting [a] and [b] 90plus percent of the time. I keep on powering off and then on and eventually it will boot normally and run for hours on end without any problem. I am writing this message from the PC in question. Right now, I have no idea, but I am leaning towards it being a power supply problem. Why you ask? Well, several weeks ago, I noticed that my optical mouse [which has the thumb wheel lit up by a blue light when powered on] had the blue light on when the PC was off. It was connected to a 4 port USB Hub which has an external 240V power adapter. When the adapter was taken off the wall socket, this blue light went off. I concluded that there was a problem with the USB Hub and left it running without the external power [this is fine and the devices draw their power from the PCs supply instead of from the external supply]. But now, in light of this problem, I guess that it could be a power supply problem. The thought did cross my mind that the supply was being overloaded, but this I expect will result in the PC experiencing more problems than what I observe now especially since once it boots normally, that it runs well. Then again, it could be totally unrelated and isolated to the USB Hub itself. Anybody with any ideas is most welcome to give me some suggestions as to where to start. Kind regards, Balraj Dhaliwal Melbourne, Australia (formerly from Wellington, NZ) |
balraj (5747) | ||
| 320488 | 2005-02-01 11:53:00 | Hi balraj, a and b sound fairly similar to this thread forums.pcworld.co.nz Might be worth clearing the cmos. Wont hurt to try. If wont cause any harm if it doesnt fix it. Let us know how you go. Cheers. |
*Sparky* (311) | ||
| 320489 | 2005-02-02 04:10:00 | The symptoms sound familiar! That alarm you hear is the motherboard warning of you of bad power. To eliminate one possibility, look closely at the electrolytic capacitors on your motherboard. Their tops should be dead flat with no crud on or under them. Look at the site below - symptoms look very much as you described them. http://www.motherboardrepair.com/ Lets know how you go. Cheers, Lindsay. |
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