> > More of a discussion. > > > > My sister is still having trouble with computer. They had a > > problem two weeks ago and replaced the power strip, thinking > > that was a source. It was actually because of too many of > > those hidden programs were running, or at least that fixed > > it. But it failed again last night, and the resources were at > > 85%. Her office computer guy said it may be the wall outlet. > > How exactly would a faulty power supply effect system resources? > *boggle* > > (I'm not a hardware guy, I just play one on TV) > > > But now I'm thinking: America may not have the best power in > > the world, but I'd bet we have better power than other > > computer using countries like China or India. So are their > > computers failing all the time because of poor power? > > I've had power supplies burn out, but only 2 or 3 times over hundreds of > computers I've used or admin'd. > > -j-
It had to do with diagnosing the problem. Sister sent e-mail, went to cooking dinner, came back and found computer locked up. So hit reset and the computer wouldn't fire up at all, and the monitor wouldn't come on. She called me on phone and after offering suggestions she unplugged computer from power strip and it fired up from a different outlet, but wouldn't get past Win98 cloud screen. Hauled to work and techie fixed it, couldn't say why computer locked up so hard, but found resources were way down because of junk programs. That's the only thing he found. So now two weeks later, different power strip but same outlet, computer again stops running. She can do safe mode but nothing else. That's why techie said maybe wall outlet. Kevin T.
