First suspect would be weak or overloaded power supply.  The initial power
on requires a surge of power to start hard drives spinning and any other
spin-up devices along with charging up the capacitors on all the installed
boards.

I have in past used an analog voltmeter attached to the power supply cables
and monitored as I started up the system. If it takes a long time for the
voltage to come up and stabilize, a weak power supply is probable.

At 04:42 PM 1/21/99 , Shmuel Meyer wrote:
>
>I have a strange problem. I push the power button, the drive lights go on, I
>think that I hear the hard disk spin and then nothing. Nothing on the
>screen, no beeps, just nothing.
>
>Out of pure fustration after trying a dozen times, I hit the reset button,
>and lo and behold, the computer boots normally.

Doug Simmons

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