aging computers? this thing is 1 year old!
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> From: Anthony J. Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [SURVPC] first thing in the morning
> Date: Thursday, September 30, 1999 10:50 PM
>
> Dear Stephen Lloyd,
>
> Not all that strange, actually. As was mentioned in some of the
> other posts, heat-related mechanical problems are the worst
> culprit. The expansion cards or socketed chips inside can work
> themselves loose with the changes in temperature inside the case,
> and some connection between components may only get made
> when the interior is warm enough.
>
> As others did, I recommend reseating all the expansion cards, and
> checking the seating of the chips. Anyone who's worked inside a
> PC can do this in about twenty minutes.
>
> However, under certain conditions, failing semiconductors can also
> cause this problem. It may be that some part of the computer may
> need to be replaced. This occurs mostly with aging computers.
> More commonly, this manifests as a problem in which the
> computer restarts after having been on for an hour or two, the
> opposite problem of what you report; however, I have seen it work
> both ways. My experience with this is that it's most commonly the
> power supply, or the memory, that has heat-related problems.
> Power supplies are about $75 to replace, including labor. Memory
> could be anywhere from $50 to $100 including labor, depending on
> how much memory you have in your computer.
>
> Most likely, though, something is loose, and reseating everything
> will fix the problem.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Anthony J. Albert
>
>
>
> On 30 Sep 99, at 8:48, Stephen Lloyd wrote:
>
> >This is a really strange problem, and please, no jokes about tired
> >computers etc, those messages just use up bandwidth and aren't helpfull
to
> >anybody.
> >Over night when I go to bed I keep my computer switched off. When I
wake
> >up the next morning I switch my computer on, and windows95 starts to
load,
> >but then suddenly it stops, and then the system reboots itself, then
> >windows95 enters safe mode.
> >I have found that the only way to stop this is to boot the computer
> >straight in to dos mode, and leave it switched on for an hour or two.
I'll
> >then switch it off, wait for a few seconds and then switch it on again.
> >Surprise surprise, the computer loads up windows95 with no trouble. Can
> >anybody tell me why this would be happening?
> >it's as if my computer has to warm up first before windows is able to
run.
> >Please are you able to help me with this baffling problem?
> >
>
>
>
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> Anthony J. Albert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Computer Services - University of Maine, Presque Isle
>
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