It had been getting a tad slow after extended use lately and then yesterday wouldn't turn on. I gave up, and about thirty minutes later it magically comes on. (It shuts down perfectly fine.) Today I tried turning it on. Got nothing. Tried a few times; still nothing. Tried a few times an hour or so later, then I gave up again. Six hours later it came on of its own accord.
Specs:
CPU: AMD 2800+
Video card: Radeon 7200. (Ouch!)
Ram: 512MB.
OS: Windows XP.
No idea about the motherboard and the PSU. Which is probably what's relevant here.
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robio (5m)
noooo not at all, seriously!
Besides, his current system isn't that far from a 486 anyway.
I've got a 486 lying around somewhere that probably runs better.
I think there's a warranty sticker taped over the switch lol, but if it was off then the computer wouldn't be able to turn on and run would it? Like I said it comes on randomly at times and when it's on it's pretty normal apart from being temporarily slow at times.
I did some more detective work. While I don't think there's a switch on the back (the thing beneath the sticker is something else, and I'm not entirely sure what
), there is a light which glows green to presumably tell you that the PSU is picking up power and turned on. When I try to turn the computer on the light turns off. Off I turn off the power point or unplug the computer and plug it back in then the light comes back on, but the same things happen if I try to turn the computer on again.
Bad PSU.
This same thing happened to me all day yesterday. Then at 18:30 last night it decided to turn on.
So, that's weird.
Change your PSUs.
Would if I could. Tracking down a replacement PSU for this 10 year old Sony isn;t going to be easy where I am at.
I think I am going to roll the dice and wait for a replacement laptop.
Perhaps it's contagious.