On 21 Jan 99, at 13:42, Shmuel Meyer wrote:

> I have a strange problem. I push the power button, the drive lights
> go on, I think that I hear the hard disk spin and then nothing.
> Nothing on the screen, no beeps, just nothing.
>
> Out of pure fustration after trying a dozen times, I hit the reset
> button, and lo and behold, the computer boots normally.
>
> This is now how I have to turn on the computer: power button, wait,
> reset button.
>
> Anyone have any ideas what's the problem?

  When a machine fails to cold boot, but will warm boot, the usual
suspect is the supply of power to the system.  In the simplest
scenario, the power supply itself may not be providing quite enough
"juice" to kickstart the hard drives and still power up the rest of the
system.


David G

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