PC froze up and won't power down

G

Guest

This afternoon, my PC froze up and won't power down (with no screen display).

The scenario:

This morning, I'd boot again, then during the Win load, it started to
re-boot then froze again in the process. Couldn't CTL, ALT, DEL (twice) to
re-boot. Then I held down the ON/OFF button for 10 seconds to shut down. Then
re-booted again. Then during the Win load, it started re-booting again then
froze up. Tried unplugging the desktop, powered up, then during the Win load,
it re-booted again then froze up.

Presently I have no screen display. I can't power down whether I hold down
ON/OFF button for 10 seconds or unpluggling the desktop then plugging back in
(even after 30 seconds or an hour). It's still running with the processor
light still on, showing no processing. Of course, I can "turn" off power by
disconnecting the power cord but after replugging in, my PC still won't power
down (with no screen display).

Last night I loaded Canon MP830 software on my 1.4 GHz PC with 256mb RAM
using Win XP.

HELP???
 
G

Guest

I waved a wand over it yesterday & whammo ... it now works. I think loading
the Canon MP830 software did it in temporarily.

Don't know how it finally shut down and powered up. Later in the day, I
re-plugged the PC, saw the CPU "processing light" was off, then I restarted
in Safe Mode, then did a Restore to a previous point, then reloaded the
Canon software, then it began working properly.

Seems hardware was not the issue.

Thanks for your reply.
 

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