>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. > > >----- 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.