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November 20th, 2002 04:00
Machine won't stay powered up.
When I press the power button, the power light (in the button) and the HDD light blink on, then go out. The drives and the fans in the power supply, the CPU and video card "bump" (turn on, then off again quickly) , but the box does not stay on. No LEDs light up on the back (the system status LEDs) but the LED on the motherboard stays on. The only way I can get the thing to come up is to repeatedly and very rapidly hit the power button until the hard drives sound like they've almost completely spun up, then I can stop with the "crazy finger" routine ("hammer on/pull off" for you guitar players) and the machine might stay running (about 50% chance). Please don't ask how I figured this out... Anyone have any ideas about what the problem might be? I have A*L*R*E*A*D*Y changed out the motherboard and the CPU! Tech support insists it's not the power supply!
Specs for my Dimension XPS B866r (try not to laugh at the OLD hardware)
128MB PC600 RDRAM (1 Stick + 1 C-RIMM)
Storage: 80GB (pri) + 20GB (sec) HDDs + standard floppy, NEC DV5700A DVD and LG CED8080B CD-RW
Expansion: CineMaster Hardware DVD Decoder, Firewire Card with Dazzle DV Bridge hung on it, SB Live! Sound, Adaptec AHA2940 SCSI 2 Adapter with an HP 5P scanner and Zip drive attached, USB game pad, Linksys NIC, NVIDIA GE Force256 Video Card. Modem has been removed.
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Posted November 21st, 2002 02:00
Problem has just started. No new hardware. Device Mangler sez all devicer are "operating normally". Running Win98 2nd ed.
BTW, tech support thinks its the front control panel so they are threatening to send out a tech to replace it, since it's "so hard to get to". I didn't have the heart to tell them I've already had that little circuit board in my lap and I have already verified operation of the switches and LEDs - there's nothing wrong with it. I think they just want a tech to see my machine because this is a freaky problem. I have also take voltage reading on boot-up and while "running normally" and all readings are well with tolerances.
Still at a loss here!
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Posted November 22nd, 2002 13:00
Have you tried swapping out the memory or trying a different slot? Bad memory caused this for me once.295
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Posted November 23rd, 2002 00:00
There are only 2 banks (slots) and I have 3 RIMMS and 1 C-RIMM and I ran through as many permutations as I could come up with but the problem remains. My machine likes all off the memory - once it's up and running. Thanks for the tip! Yes, the RAM was definitely on my list of things to check
Ziwpiz
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Posted November 20th, 2002 14:00
Has this problem started recently, after installing a new piece of hardware. Hard Drive or USB device.
Have you checked in Device manager for any conflicts?
Also what operating system are you using?
P.S. Your system is nothing to laugh at!!
WINDOWS XP (Home Edition) SP-1
256 MB DDR SDRAM 266MHz
80 GB 7200RPM Ultra ATA/100
64 MB GEFORCE4 Video card with TV out
Soundblaster Live 1024 Voices Sound Card
16X DVD-ROM (LITEON LTD 163)
Pacific Digital 32 X 12 X 48 CD Burner
Nero 5.5.9.9 - InCd 3.18.0
100MB internal NEC ATAPI Zip Drive
10/100 PCI Fast Ethernet NIC
56K PCI Telephony Modem
Altec Lansing ACS33 ( 2 + Subwoofer (Front))
Harmon Kardon Speakers HK-206 (Rear)
17" E772 Monitor (Dell)
Visioneer 5800 One Touch Scanner
HP Photosmart 100 Printer/Card Reader
Epson Color 740 Printer
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Dimension L933r Pentium lll
384 MB SDRAM (PC 133)
20 GB HD 5400RPM (Ultra ATA)
Windows ME
LITEON LTR - 24102B (24X 10X 40X) CD-RW
CTX 17" Flat View Monitor
Panasonic KX-P2023 Dot Matrix printer
Brother IC 100 Sheet Feed Scanner
Philips Video Camera
Sony 3.7GB Tape Drive
100MB internal NEC ATAPI Zip Drive
SanDisk Smartmedia Reader
Microsoft Optical (PS2) IntelliPoint Mouse
Newpoint 4 Port USB Hub
Telex M40 Microphone
AR Multimedia (2 + Subwoofer) Speaker