[TriLUG] computer boot problems

[Joseph Tate]

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Some bioses beep when they fail, those beep codes are invaluable in 
determining the problem.  Check your MB manual.

Chris Bullock wrote:

| 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.
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| Douglas Kojetin wrote:
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|> 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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