Just went through the exact same thing on my computer.  The only
difference was that it would occasionally stay on for about 4-5
minutes.  I replaced the power supply with a 400W unit (future upgrade
to P4 is planned) and that cured it.  Three days later, the monitor went
out doing essentially the same thing.

Art Cassel


----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Ecclestone <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 2:11 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] dead computer


> Plug in the computer it fires up for about 2 seconds then dies.  If
you
> try to re-start it won't.  Even if you unplug the computer, it won't
fire
> up again for awhile.  It was working fine at last use.  It was then
> unplugged immediately after being used (and properly shut down) so it
is
> not a lightening spike.  You can hear the hard drive fire up briefly.
>
> Not that this should matter but it is a HP 6545C Pavilion.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> Regards,
> Paul Ecclestone

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