[Lowfer] Deep Sleep PC

[Charlie , W5COV]

I had a similar issue with my old "workhorse" radio room XP machine this 
past winter. Finally ordered a new power supply. That one was in a 
perfect looking box when it came in but literally looked like it had 
been run over by a large truck inside of the box (Tiger Direct) Bought 
another one, since they were on sale and pretty cheap. Put it in and it 
has been running 24/7 since I put it in.

Didn't do a post mortem on the old supply.

Charlie, W5COV

On 2/19/2014 10:01 AM, John Andrews wrote:
> Peter,
>
> Dead battery on the PC? Also, I've seen power supplies that seem to produce all the voltages, but are not signaling the PC board that they are up and running.
>
> John, W1TAG
>
>
>
>> On Feb 19, 2014, at 10:53 AM, "Peter Barick" <pbarick at niu.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Fellas, I've been out of LowFERing for a while . . .
>>
>> Well, so I thought I'd start things up a bit but hit a pc wall; The XP box would not come up -- nothing.
>>
>> By nothing I mean no output to the monitor or sign that it has booted. (I'm a retired IT guy and used to install business configurations.)
>>
>> Did many substitutions: Monitor to laptop, works. PS puts out 12, 5, 3.3V. Changed pci video card, reset many plugins, including RAM.
>>
>> Removed the DSL and game cards
>>
>> CD and floppy drives react to opening. Floppy boot disk, no reaction on boot.
>>
>> Substituted the HD, nothing.
>>
>> The one reaction: briefly the lights on the KB flash as the HD does its usual initial buzz.
>>
>>
>> Ideas ?  . . .   offers?   ~)
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