Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Black Diamond, Washington
Posts: 2 
 


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When I turn on computer there is no activity (blinking lights) on keyboard or mouse, but the monitor starts to fire-up and then says power save, and shuts down, all the lights on the tower seem to indicate it is functioning OK, but hard to tell with no visual, tried other monitors, no help, had this problem a few months ago, went in and checked connections and wires and still did the same THING,unplugged computer and started looking at upgrade prices, 3 weeks later I plugged it back in for another try and everything came on as normal and worked great for 3 months, until I bought a new system, I gave the old one to a friend's little 10 year old Daughter, it was working just before I unplugged everything to take it to the friend's home but when I hooked everything up there and turned it on, now it's doing the same thing. what -up?
How old is the computer?

What is the brand and model?

Can you give  more general info - hard drive, RAM, PSU etc....


When was the last time you blew the computer out with a can of compressed AIR?

Try removing the CMOS BATTERY for about thirty minutes and then placing it back on the motherboard.
Thanks for the quick response, I have blown it out several times and I will try the battery removal tomarrow, here is what INFORMATION I had written down, It's all Greek to me, as they say!
Machine Type: AT/AT Compatable
System BIOS Verson:AMIIT - 1000
Syatem BIOS Date: 03/08/02
Processor Type: x86 Family 6 Model 6 Stepping 2
Processor Vendor: Authentic AMD
Number of Processors: 1
Physical Memory:256MB
Drive-A: 3.5" 1.44MB Flop Disc Drive Heads: 2
Cylinders:80,, Sectors per Track: 18  BYTES Per Sector: 512
Running XP-HomeThanks friend, but I resolved the problem, how, I really don't know, I tried removing the battery but that didn't work, so I just started pulling out cards and looking them over, blowing their slot out and replacing them, turned it on and it FIRED up everything, go figure!