[TriLUG] computer boot problems

Chris Bullock cgbullock at cox.net
Mon Aug 4 16:43:34 EDT 2003


First thing I would do is swap monitors, then see if any lights are on 
at any switches that you may have or network lights.  I would try to see 
if the machine is coming on sounds certainly like a minitor/video prob 
to me.

Douglas Kojetin wrote:

> hi all-
>
> after having it shut down for a few weeks, i went to restart a 
> computer today and it keeps getting locked in a 'pre-boot' mode. the 
> monitor will not turn on ... the lights are 'stuck' on green and 
> orange ... the CDROM lights are stuck on ... stays like this for many 
> minutes ... never wakes the monitor to start the boot (won't even let 
> me get into bios).
>
> fans work ... and i can 'hear' that its on .. but nothing is cranking ...
>
> i've tried swapping video cards, unplugging devices and re-securing 
> RAM ... it has been turned off, but not unplugged from the surge 
> protector.  anyone experience any lighting attacks in the past week? 
> what are signs of those? i have 2 other machines hooked up to the same 
> surge protector and they work fine ...
>
> any suggestions on where to start?
>
> thanks,
> doug
>





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