>Another thought concerning "cold" boot - I have known power supplies to be
>very hot to the touch when the computer was apparently "off". I assume it
>was due to settings in the bios which made the machine ready to boot from
>an outside signal such as "Boot from LAN", "Boot from modem", etc. I
>believe that caused the power supply to be in a status whereby the
>computer could respond instantly to an outside stimulus, yet the power
>supply fan was not running, giving the appearance of being "off".  In that
>case, a "cold" boot could become a "warmer than normal" boot. After the
>machine was running for a while, the power supply was much cooler to the
>touch because the cooling fan was running. Years ago we could look at the
>position of a switch and tell if a component was on or off. That doesn't
>work any more. You could test for something of this nature by pulling the
>plug overnight and then trying a "cold" boot.


>
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "meanshoes" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 3:18 AM
>Subject: [PCBUILD] when it's warm it runs
>
>
>I very rarely turn my system off at all, so when I shut it down overnight
>"not sure what made me do it" I remembered why I never turn it off. for some
>reason when my system is cold it takes many , many attempts to boot up or
>just until it is good and warm.......has anyone ever experienced this
>before. I always was under the impression they would operate better if they
>could be kept on the cool side of things.