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Article #331Re: a Click, then no power... Faulty power supply??
From: Lil' Dave
Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 12:19
Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 12:19
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Am hesitant to provide assessment as don't know if you're getting your info second-hand, or are actually seeing the symptoms. IE are there more symptoms... A "dead" PC, that will turn on again sometime, may be due to power or heat. A HD that makes more noise than usual is symptomatic of both. The key factor in determining which is the problem is consistency and how long after the computer is on does this happen. -- Stinky Feet No e-mail "OzzyFrank" <ozzyfrank@goconnect.net.au> wrote in message news:a3le9p$ebv$1@perki.connect.com.au... > A friend is having what I presume is a power supply problem. While working > on the PC, she hears a click then the PC goes dead. Since she is always > online, she rang her ISP who told her it was the hard drive. I know faulty > hard drives can make clicking noises, but usually more than one, and at > boot, and it usually means you can't use the drive any more, or much longer > if it is intermittent. And they usually don't shut the power off on the > whole PC. > > Am i right in assuming it is the power supply? > > > -- > > OzzyFrank > > �������������������������������� > Want Registry Tips and Cool Tweaks? > �������������������������������� > http://ozzyfrank.150m.com/C-Frank.htm > ���������������������������������������� > Some METAL each day keeps the Demons at bay! > ���������������������������������������� > >
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