On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 10:43:28 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Jay Salzman) wrote:
> On Fri 01 Sep 06, 7:39 AM, Bob Scofield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > My wife says she's having a problem starting her computer. She > > says that when she pushes the start button she hears the sound of > > the computer starting, but then the computer does not turn on when > > she releases the button. She has to try pushing the button a few > > more times before she can get the computer to come on. > > > > Sounds like a mechanical problem -- maybe the swtich is dying. The > first thing to go in any electro-mechanical device, like a computer, > is most often the mechanical part. I have a computer with what sounds like the same problem -- I have to push the power button several times in quick succession before it will "catch". But it's not, as Peter is suggesting, a mechanical problem -- at least not in my case. First, the pushbutton is momentary, not push-on-push-off. A latching button would conflict with a soft power system; only my very old computers have "hard" on-off switches (um, just one of those left, I think). Second, it does actually cause something to happen, momentarily, when I push it. Which is supposed to be enough for a soft-switch power supply. So I suspect it's a deteriorating power supply or power-supply-related component. Now, I do have a system that requires you to push the power button hard enough to force it to the limit of its throw -- which IS a hardware problem. But once it makes contact the computer boots right up. _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
