Okay, so are these my options?: 1) wait and let it fail (presumably even if first unplug all the devices) 2) buy a new power supply 3) buy a new computer?
And is the CMOS battery now an irrelevant issue to this problem, as I think you are suggesting? Thanks, Randall On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 12:02 PM, db <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Replacing the battery wouldn't hurt since you have it. The important aspect > is the system does not have enough power to service all the devices now but > it did before. > > Getting a USB hub will only fix the symptom not the cause. > > This symptom will probably be progressive. At some point the system won't > start up at all no matter what you do to compensate. > > db > > > Tony B wrote: > >> If it's not hard to get to the battery for replacement, I'd go ahead >> and do it. Reason being, it'll go bad anyway just sitting in a drawer. >> >> But, as I predicted on day 1, it likely has nothing to do with your >> problem. You may not even need to replace the power supply if you >> don't want. Just get an external powered USB hub (which isn't a bad >> idea these days anyway). >> >> No, low volume is likely an amplifier issue and amps are usually built >> into the speakers. Try headphones to see if the output level is >> normal. >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Ranbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> When I unplug most of the USB devices computer starts up normally. If >>> not, >>> I keep getting the low system voltage message, though now usually when I >>> hit >>> F1 (as it says; to continue) it starts up. Have repeated this experiment >>> 4 >>> or 5 times now. Still haven't replaced the battery. Should I still >>> replace >>> it with the Dell replacement I've got or does this mean it is the power >>> supply? Also, volume for speakers has been low for about a month. Would >>> this be a related problem? >>> >>> >> >> >> ************************************************************************* >> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >> ************************************************************************* >> >> >> > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
