Right, I'll be brief so you don't get too bored reading this.
My computer isn't really well oiled - needed reformatted about a year ago and I still haven't bothered. But I don't think a format would solve this. After shutting down and restarting the system the computer no longer starts. There is no wrongful shutdown or anything that could have caused it. When I push the power button the lights light and the fan whirrs, but then it dies after about a second. And it remains totally unresponsive.
My solution, and it works every time, is to pull the power cable from the back of the unit, leave it for a few seconds, replug and go. I know I could cause more problems by pulling the cable out with the power still on but I always flick the rocker switch on the back on the unit to minimise this risk (the rocker switch overrides the power button on the front.)
So, does anyone have the same problem? And does anybody have a solution? It was suggested to me that it is a fault with the socket that the power cable goes into, in the back of the base unit, but before I took any action I thought I'd ask around.
Cheers in advance.
Jarvis
My computer isn't really well oiled - needed reformatted about a year ago and I still haven't bothered. But I don't think a format would solve this. After shutting down and restarting the system the computer no longer starts. There is no wrongful shutdown or anything that could have caused it. When I push the power button the lights light and the fan whirrs, but then it dies after about a second. And it remains totally unresponsive.
My solution, and it works every time, is to pull the power cable from the back of the unit, leave it for a few seconds, replug and go. I know I could cause more problems by pulling the cable out with the power still on but I always flick the rocker switch on the back on the unit to minimise this risk (the rocker switch overrides the power button on the front.)
So, does anyone have the same problem? And does anybody have a solution? It was suggested to me that it is a fault with the socket that the power cable goes into, in the back of the base unit, but before I took any action I thought I'd ask around.
Cheers in advance.
Jarvis