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From: rdu@cbnewsk.att.com (ranjan.dutta)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Mom's PC Died
Message-ID: <1990Jul2.152841.27127@cbnewsk.att.com>
Date: 2 Jul 90 15:28:41 GMT
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In article <44260@brunix.UUCP> djp@cs.brown.edu (Abdullah The Butcher) writes:
>Hey folks. . .
>everything hung.  The computer has had sporadic problems on startup -
>sometimes it just wouldn't boot until it was switched off and back on.
>Once everything hung, mom gave up and turned it off.  Since then, it
>will not boot.  Period.  From floppy or hard disk.  When it is turned
>
>Dave Pawson



Dave,

  Power Supply looks like the best bet.
Before booting, PC checks for the stability
of the power supply. If the power supply is
flaky, it just might lay dormant.


  Hope it helps,




Ranjan