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Old 07-06-2009   #1
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Unhappy Startup Fails after Power On

My system restarts fine but the last two times I have fully powered it OFF, powering it on has failed. It seems to be in a loop probing the floppy and DVD drive for something bootable. I don't think I even hear the POST beep and I don't see any of the BIOS startup info.

While in this loop pushing the reset button or holding down the power button has no effect. I have to disconnect it from the wall power. It started up normally both times after disconnecting and reconnecting the wall power.

This is pretty scary because I don't know if this will get worse.

I'm wondering what I should be looking for?

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Old 07-07-2009   #2
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Hi sounds like a power supply issue to me they are fairly cheap and easy to replace. This would be the first thing to try
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