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Re: Loosing control and doEvents

• Posted by "Hayden McKay" <hmck1 at dodo.com.au> Jan 04, 2004
• 395 views

Sounds like some sort of BIOS corruption.

When your problem happends and you cannot turn the computer back on;

 Before attempting the following you may want to check your current BIOS
setup, to besure
 you know how it is setup, if you did not set it up origionaly yourself.

 1) Unplug the computer,
 2) Open (remove) the 'clear CMOS' jumper located on the mainboard for about
a minute or more to drain the CMOS battery
 3) Then close (put back) the clear CMOS jumper,
 4) Plug the computer back in and turn the computer on.
 5) Open your BIOS setup and 'load defaults' and reset any custom
configurations, 'save and exit'.

See what happens, If computer boots normaly then there was CMOS curruption,
wich has now been fixed.

* You may want to check and clean ur CPU fan(s) while the lid is off.

If the above fixes your problem I have some suggestions on how to fix it.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elliott Sales de Andrade" <quantum_analyst at hotmail.com>
To: <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 6:05 PM
Subject: RE: Loosing control and doEvents


>
>
> >From: Allen Robnett <alrobnett at alumni.princeton.edu>
> >Reply-To: EUforum at topica.com
> >To: EUforum at topica.com
> >Subject: Loosing control and doEvents
> >Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2004 17:34:23 -0600
> >
> >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
>
>
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