Carol

I do believe this is the way forward. I am now actively seeking a power
supply. Thank you for your contribution

John

> John,
> I just proved that idea wrong - that the power supply had to be good if
the
> fans are working.  My fan within my power supply was running just fine,
but
> it was making a lot of noise and I was having all sorts of computer
program
> glitches because of the bad power supply - freezing up, not turning off
even
> with 'control/alt/delete', and then not being able to start Windows again
at
> all, and ended up reformatting three times within as many weeks.  Finally,
I
> got scared that it really was a problem with the power supply and the
whole
> computer could catch fire because of it.  So, I replaced the whole unit,
fan
> and all with a new power supply.  Now all my problems are gone except the
> one I've had since the computer was new, which is where it will suddenly
> reboot itself for no apparent reason.  Thankfully, it only does it
> occasionally.
>
> Anyway, I get the feeling that a power supply can be bad in such a way
that
> it doesn't completely shut off all the power to the computer or the fan.
> Maybe it's sort of like a 'short' in a house electrical system, in that it
> only has split seconds when it's not working, and that's when it would be
> that I'd have the freezing and inability to reboot etc.  It would be as if
> the Windows OS was almost totally destroyed because of it.  It was
scanning
> itself for disk errors, telling me all sorts of things were missing, and
> insisting on going into 'safe mode', but then not allowing me to go
anywhere
> from there etc.  I spent hours trying to get booted up again, because I
> didn't want to lose all my information, but to no avail - I had to
reformat
> each time.  At least I know exactly how to do that now!  :-)  (And, how to
> burn all my files onto CDs regularly, so I never have to lose much.)
> Carol Hanson
>
>
> > Tried that, Tony. No change. Still just the fans. CPU looked in fine
> shape,
> > but I've never seen a bad one. Same goes for the motherboard, AGP card
and
> > RAM. Quite a bit of dust around the fans. A little elsewhere. Do I have
to
> > bite the bullet and try a new processor - seems logical to try that
> first -
> > saves dismantling everything.
> >
> > Went into a computer shop today and the techie said, if the fans are
> going,
> > the power supply must be OK. My conclusion too. That's right, isn't
it???
> >
> > John O'Regan
> >
>
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