I would also try booting with all peripherals and cards removed. I have seen a shorted hard drive cause a similar problem.
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 11:19 PM, Marvin Kosmal <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > How many RAM sticks do you have... > > A dead stick could do that.. > > Pull them both out and see if any thing happens.. > > Good luck > HTH > > > > > On 4/11/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > When I got up this morning and went to check my e-mail, I moved the mouse > to > > wake up the screen, but nothing happened. The fan on my desktop machine > was > > still running, but the machine otherwise appeared dead. I tried holding > the > > power button in, but nothing changed -- the fan kept running. I pulled > the > > power cord from the back of the machine and the fan stopped (of course). > > After several seconds, I plugged the power cord back in and tried holding > in > > the power button. Nothing happened. > > > > Obviously, something about the hardware has failed. I'll open the box > later > > and look inside, but I doubt that will enlighten me very much. Any ideas > on > > what to poke at? > > > > TIA. > > > > Regards, > > > > Dick Steffens > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > -- > Marvin J. Kosmal > > Disclaimer: This email is not intended to provide medical advice, > diagnosis or treatment. Views expressed here do not necessarily > reflect those of Farmer Marvin or any of the hens. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- -Paul _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
