Re: PC Problem on boot up

nick.a.scott@xxxxxxxxx wrote in
news:1153192583.838685.152800@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

Ok here is my very strange problem

I installed Fedora Core 3 a while ago on a computer and it started
having problems...then I moved, so it has been awhile. Here is what
happens now.

When I boot up the pc, the computer sounds like it is firing up but
the monitor stays blank except a small cursor in the upper left. The
monitor does work though. Then after powering up the computer again,
then the screen is blank but with orange light on the monitor. A few
times of this and same thing.

Eventually when I power it up the gateway splash screen comes up then
fedora starts to boot up. Then something just gives up and the pc
locks up. When this happens there is a noise coming from inside the
case. When the case is open I cannot figure out if the noise is
coming from the motherboard, the power supply or somewhere else. I
kind of think it is coming from near the processor, but I really can't
tell. It is kind of a whining noise and it stops after a few seconds.
The monitor is locked at wherever the boot sequence was and the
computer and fans are all running fine.

Each time I boot up, it seems to progress further in the boot sequence
and sometimes in the past it will actually get the OS fully running
before it eventually quits. Today though I could not get the os fully
running.

I get the feeling this is not a Fedora or Linux issue, but the
computer did not have these problems when it ran Windows ME. Please
can anyone help me?


Try a power drain - sometimes happens on name brand consumer computers -
low power power supplies *just* big enough to power it up - mostly.

shut the computer off, unplug it, hold in the power button on the
front for 30 seconds - use a watch it matters, release button, plug
back in and hit button to start. If this doesn't do it either replace
the power supply or better yet - call Gateway tech support - that's
what they're for.

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