JC05
May 7 2006, 03:38 PM
| | I was on my computer a couple nights ago. Chatting with some friends and email what have you. And all of a sudden, It froze. I was like, Oh great. So i shut down the computer using the button. And then i flipped it on. Nothing happend, it sounded like it turned on but the power light that stays on all the time. Wasn't on. I tryed to shut down a couple more times with no succese. I thought to my self, Oh my gosh! the mother of all virus's. I got one! I tryed one last time, but i unpluged the power cord and then plugged it back in. It worked! Thank you! If you ever have this problem, Just calmly shut down the computer, Unplug the power cord, plug it back in, and pray it works. If not......Then you can panic. |
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Inspiron
May 7 2006, 03:45 PM
Oh yes, it's better than the mother of all viruses. Probably it's just a lose power cable of the one connecting to your CPU or your monitor. You might have kicked those cables or a lizard went passed it..  Unplugging them and replugging shows that it works with a tighter power cable connection. Nice troubleshoot answered..
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brandice
May 7 2006, 04:12 PM
unplugging and replugging in is always my first answer at any sign of trouble. A couple of days ago, I lost my internet connection and I was calmy unplugging the modem when I looked behind me and my mom was on the phone with tech support. They gave the same solution.
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shadowx
May 7 2006, 04:47 PM
My laptop went funny once and i had to take the batery out and then it worked afterwards. Maybe it something to do with the RAM not clearing properly or something to do with circuitry, or just a dodgey lead 
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matto
May 8 2006, 05:49 AM
maybe it was overheated, and in the time it took for you to unplug and replug in it cooled down enough to be completely operational again. just maybe. 
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Reaper
May 8 2006, 10:36 AM
That sounds like it could be the loose cable story from what you said but it could also be a dodgy power supply i have had that a few times. It seems that a dodgy power supply will either overheat and after that will not let you restart the machine till it cools down, or sometimes it would just do what ever it wants if it is not working 100% correctly. But if it has not happened again after that then you can safely say that it is a loose cable that cuased the problem.
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unicornrose
May 9 2006, 08:24 AM
I have found that sometimes a computer will freeze for a number of reasons. If you have too many windows going sometimes the computer gets overwhelmed with all the stuff going on. Once in a while my computer temporarily freezes. So usually I just give it a couple of minutes before I try the reboot thing. Sometimes it does freeze because its overheated. Usually that happens when I have had the computer on for a very long time. Also loose cables will also cause a computer to freeze. After all when we walk around and when noises happen they cause vibrations that can slowly loosen the cables and eventually cause problems. I does not hurt once in a while to check your cables for loosness.
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KABANG
May 9 2006, 04:36 PM
i once had this problem..................... had to call a computer expert to look @ it..... turned out that my mother-board was burned.... then i had to get a new mother-board.......... believe it or not, after 2 days, the new one also burnt down....... i must be the only person here to use up 3 mother boards in 3 days...
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JC05
May 11 2006, 07:16 PM
Well, I hate to tell you guys and gals, It is still happening to me. My power cord is just fine, nothing in the computer is burnt, lol, and I can't figure out what the problem is. I will just be sitting at my computer, not doing anything, I stop for a second, turn away, look back, and what do you know, it is frozen. I look down at the power light on the tower and it is off. The computer is still running but the light it off and the computer is frozen. SO, like i did before i hold the power botton to shut down, unplug and re plug the power cord, boot up and it's like nothing ever happend. What?? I just do not understand this at all.
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Inspiron
May 12 2006, 05:52 AM
QUOTE(JC05 @ May 12 2006, 03:16 AM) 
Well, I hate to tell you guys and gals, It is still happening to me. My power cord is just fine, nothing in the computer is burnt, lol, and I can't figure out what the problem is. I will just be sitting at my computer, not doing anything, I stop for a second, turn away, look back, and what do you know, it is frozen. I look down at the power light on the tower and it is off. The computer is still running but the light it off and the computer is frozen. SO, like i did before i hold the power botton to shut down, unplug and re plug the power cord, boot up and it's like nothing ever happend. What?? I just do not understand this at all.
You said the power light is off when the computer freezes? I'm suspecting that you've not got enough power for your system. Check your power supply and upgrade it if needed. You may need to calculate the total watts needed for all the devices in your computer. You may need an electronic engineer for help in detail.
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jopak134
Apr 9 2008, 05:28 PM
powersupply problem i think, clean your cpu
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hitmanblood
May 18 2007, 08:17 PM
Hello it might be like that if you have upgraded your hardware any time soon that you have forgotten to check whether it is your hole system gaining enough power so I butter calculate how much power your system is gaining and whther your power supply can come up with it.
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harshcpu
May 17 2007, 02:58 PM
There are usually two main causes to this kind of a problem. One would be something simple as a loose cable and two it could mean that your power supply is on it way out / defective. It you have this problem more than a couple time it is most likely the power supply. Oh and one word of advise , when you have a problem with a computer dont panic , take it easy. Usually it is something simple and many people go crazy with a problem such as a loose cable or you hit the power button by accident.
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the_aggie10
Oct 1 2006, 03:41 AM
QUOTE(Inspiron @ May 12 2006, 05:52 AM)
You said the power light is off when the computer freezes? I'm suspecting that you've not got enough power for your system. Check your power supply and upgrade it if needed. You may need to calculate the total watts needed for all the devices in your computer. You may need an electronic engineer for help in detail.
well. this happend to me....i thought it was the power cable to my hard drive...so i just opened up the computer jiggled it around and it worked after that.....if none of these people help you try www.techsupportforums.com they are very good with problems.....hope this helps!
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JC05
May 26 2006, 06:19 PM
Why would that fix it though? Did it erase everthing on there or something? I think i have had enough with the old technology of this computer. I'm getting a new one. As far as the problem with the power supply goes, i'm not sure what is going on there.
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