David,

I had this happen to my mother-in-law's computer some months back.
The problem started out like your's. It deteriated to the point where
you could power it on, but it just wouldn't boot--Tried everything, it just
woudn'tboot.
It also was crashing alot, if I could get it to boot. I first thought it was
the CPU, so I took it to a local repair shop and they checked it out for
me at no extra cost--it worked normally.

I finally narrowed down the problem to it being a bad motherboard.  Luckily,
the board (An Abit) was still in warranty, so I went online and got an RMA
and sent the board off; they sent back a referbished board.  No more
problems
after that.

Hope this helps :).

Patrick Black

> -----Original Message-----
> From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of David Teitelbaum
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 8:18 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] comp not restarting properly
>
>
> I get nothing. I see my HD light and cdrom light go on, than the cd light
> goes off. and i get nothing, my screen is blank!
>
> this problem happens every time. i must leave the computer off for 20 secs
> and than it will startup. sometime its will go on up till i can choose my
> OS and it will than crash. I never have a problem with the computer
> crashing once it starts.
>
> David
>
>
> At 09:20 AM 6/10/2003, you wrote:
> >To try to narrow this down a bit, as it starts up, is it recogising the
> >drives ok? Or is it saying that there are no drives present.
> >This might help someone to answer the question more easily.
> >Just restart and have a close look at the display on the screen (if any),
> >and make a note of what it says.
> >I'm sure someone will be able to help you from there.
> >Michele Sayer
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "David Teitelbaum" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 6:00 PM
> >Subject: [PCBUILD] comp not restarting properly
> >
> >
> > > I had posted a problem recently that my computer was not
> restarting unless
> > > i turned off the power and let it sit for a while.
> > > i was told by many that this might mean a problem with my
> power supply.
> > >   I now checked out my PS with a voltmeter and it seems to be ok.
> > > Can someone lead me to the next idea as to what might be causing this
> >problem?
>

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