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RE: Loosing control and doEvents

• Posted by "Elliott S. de Andrade" <quantum_analyst at hotmail.com> Jan 04, 2004
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>From: Allen Robnett <alrobnett at alumni.princeton.edu>
>Subject: Loosing control and doEvents
>
>My own ability to investigate the problem further is hampered both by my 
>lack of knowledge, and by the fact that my computer has developed the 
>enraging habit of having the power switch become inactive so that it must 
>be unplugged. Then, on startup it freezes in the BIOS activation, 
>immediately after the NVidia graphics card is recognized.
>
>It remains unusable for several hours, but responds "almost" properly after 
>a night of being off. I say almost because, on boot up the next morning, 
>the screen has a jumbled appearance and the computer must be turned off and 
>back on. At this point, the power switch works just fine.
>
>The symptoms suggest:
>    temperature effect
>    capacitor discharge time
>    static electricity discharge
>    volatile memory effect
>I suppose temperature is the most likely cause and replacement of the 
>computer is the most likely solution. Anyone ever seen a similar case?
>

  These sound like symptoms of a faulty power supply.

>I would appreciate comments on either the coding problem or the hardware 
>problem.
>
>Allen