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 The NOSPIN Group Promotions is now offering Mandrake Linux or Red Hat Linux CD sets along with our NOSPIN Power Linux CD... at a great price!!! http://freepctech.com/goodies/promotions.shtml