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jeffy3
My desktop at home, is 3 yrs-old and runs XP. I have internet through
Comcast high speed cable. Although I usually just leave the computer
on, I noticed several months ago that on the few occasions when I would
turn it off, I would have trouble getting it back on. I would hit the
power button and there would be up to a minute delay before the light
would go on and I would hear the fans start to whirr. I figured there
was maybe a loose wire in the power source or something and that I
could live with it since the computer is usually left on anyway. Then a
couple of months ago the computer started to shut down and restart on
its own. As of yesterday, it has gotten really bad as I cannot even get
it to load windows, it goes through the disc checking and when it gets
up in the 90% area it suddenly shuts down and restarts again. I tried
skipping the disc check and managed to log onto windows and was just
beginning to look something up on the web when it did it again. I did
open it up and verify both fans are running as someone told me it could
be an over-heating problem. I wonder if it's a power-source problem
(since the on button stopped working instantaneously like it used to),
or if its an XP loading problem. How do I diagnose the problem. Do I
start it in safe mode and then run virus scan? Then what? Any ideas?
Thanks.
Comcast high speed cable. Although I usually just leave the computer
on, I noticed several months ago that on the few occasions when I would
turn it off, I would have trouble getting it back on. I would hit the
power button and there would be up to a minute delay before the light
would go on and I would hear the fans start to whirr. I figured there
was maybe a loose wire in the power source or something and that I
could live with it since the computer is usually left on anyway. Then a
couple of months ago the computer started to shut down and restart on
its own. As of yesterday, it has gotten really bad as I cannot even get
it to load windows, it goes through the disc checking and when it gets
up in the 90% area it suddenly shuts down and restarts again. I tried
skipping the disc check and managed to log onto windows and was just
beginning to look something up on the web when it did it again. I did
open it up and verify both fans are running as someone told me it could
be an over-heating problem. I wonder if it's a power-source problem
(since the on button stopped working instantaneously like it used to),
or if its an XP loading problem. How do I diagnose the problem. Do I
start it in safe mode and then run virus scan? Then what? Any ideas?
Thanks.