Re: PC hardware problems

On Aug 19, 3:37 pm, Malakei <fantasyknightma...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I replaced the Battery - once ive pressed the power on button it boots
then auto shuts off then it wont turn back on again when i press the
power on button until i have cleared the BIOS settings

My car will not start. So I changed the oil and vacuumed out the
trunk. It still will not start. That is what you have done. But a
3.5 digit multimeter and 10 seconds would have made obvious the
battery was not defecive. Welcome to the world of shotgunning where
we replace parts until something only appears to work.

Two minutes with the same 3.5 digit meter (so complicated as to be
sold even in K-mart) would either identify the failure immediately OR
attract useful replies from better informed posters. Why so few
useful replies? Because your replies will only be as useful as facts
provided. That means numbers.

Get the meter. Power up sysetm. Important in your case are four
measurements on one of each orange, red, puple, and yellow wires
between power supply and motherboard. Or you can keep replacing
parts until something appears to work. Better is to obtain numbers
for those wires as described in "When your computer dies without
warning....." starting 6 Feb 2007 in the newsgroup alt.windows-xp
at:
http://tinyurl.com/yvf9vh

It will take longer to open the case and longer to boot the
computer. Get those numbers especially when computer is performing
more complex graphics such as watching a movie. Post those numbers
here. Obtain replies that are not speculation.

Let's assume you get a new supply. Is it sufficiently sized? Some
500 watt supplies are really only 350 watts - sometimes less. But an
undersized (defective) supply may still boot a computer. Same four
wire measurements are necessary to confirm the new supply can provide
sufficient power. There is no other way to make that confirmation
other than to wait for intermittent falures to reappear in two
months. Get numbers using a meter. Stop wasting time by shotgunning
a battery, thermal cream, power cord, and so many other 'yet to be
posted' suggestions.

.

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