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Thanks for the feedback! The computer was taken in to a very experienced pc
repairmen who ended up shipping it to gateway. He said the same thing. It
seems to me that if a machine will not even post, it has likely got some
serious mobo problems.
Thanks again,
Karen Coe
> We have about 80 of the Profile-3s on campus. The failure rate on these
has
> been higher than any other PC we have ever used. About 10% of them failed
to
> boot right out of the box. We have had numerous hard drive and MB failures
> since the original installation. I have 2 units with bad hard drives and 1
> with a bad MB in my office right now. The overall failure rate we have
> experienced on these machines is approaching 30%.
>
> Powering a PC off and back on should not cause it to self destruct.
>
> >
> This computer is one of the new hybrids. It has the pc built in back of
the
> monitor - sort of like a cross between a laptop an a PC. I wanted to
network
> a LAN with a router. I powered everything down, plugged in the router,
> connected the DSL line to the router, connected the router to the PC, and
> turned on router and DsL modem. I then tried to power on the PC. It got as
> far as the ME splash screen and then went black. Then it hung. I powered
off
> with the surge protector (no other choice), and then tried to power on
> again. Wierd things happened, but it never even got to POST after that,
> although the fan was spinning and hard drive LED came on. Unfortunately,
it
> was not my computer, so of course, the owner insists that I caused this.
Did
> I? He HAS had a similar problem with the same model - upon complete power
> down, it would not power up and had to be taken in to Gateway. Anyone else
> out there heard of this issue with the profile-3 model?
>
> Thanks,
> Karen
>
>
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