This is so odd

[Wirehead]

Good day gentlemen.

Apparently some of you were unhappy with the brevity of my response last night. Sorry, But I was as drunk as a lord, and could barely type.

My reasoning behind advising a p/s change, is that around 4 years ago, we sold around 300 'puters to a local government department. We began receiving calls frequently regarding machines that wouldn't boot. I soon noticed that each of the troublesome machines had printers attached. When powered on, they would not responding and I could hear a low humming noise coming from the P/S. Remove the printer, and it worked fine. Turned out to be a glitch in a batch of P/S the manufacturer used.

PCSolutions, this may not solve your problem, but it was the one thing that popped into my sotted head

[BigFred]

Hi PC & Wirehead
Thanks wirehead, that does add another factor, perhaps PC if you have a spare power supply you could try it in there. I would be most interested if it did work.

However wirehead I wish the "Around the oak was a posibility, of course with seven virgins"
Cheers BF

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[PCSolutions]

Thanks for extrapolating on that wirehead!
I thought about the idea before. It DOES have a low humming noise coming from the power supply. Very faint, but it is there.
One never knows when someone is going to come up with a good idea. Thats the purpose of this forum.
Computers are logical. There is always a reason
Us humans however sometimes cant see the forrest for the trees & sometimes go OHH DUH when we figure it out!
I just happen to have a power supply around here that will fit in it.
If she can be without it for a day I will do just that. It has to be power somehow
Good idea. Thank you!

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Everything works,in theory

[Wirehead]

No sweat guys.

Sorry if I seemed a bit abrupt in my original post. Hope it helps.

BTW BigFred, only seven?....

[PCSolutions]

Thanks man, I appreciate it
The thought did cross my mind & it makes sense.
There is always a reason


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[Wirehead]

NP PCS,

Let me know if it helped. Remember, Bill Gates i behind you ALL the way...

[BigFred]

Hi Wirehead
Yes, seven would be plenty, but there would be only six on the way back. Well perhaps five
Cheers BF

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[This message has been edited by BigFred (edited 07-15-2000).]

[Paleo Pete]

Think I'll keep watching this one...interesting...I was thinking the plug might be shorting against the chassis...And thinking wirehead was crazy there for a minute, till I saw the explanation...And how the &*^$ did you get the two smilies doing the happy??? (Has to be HTML, but I'm barely literate with it)

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[PCSolutions]

Wirehead
I wanted to let you know that you are dead on with this.
I called lexmark for a client about something totally different than this & asked the tech about it.
He said that he hasnt seen this for at least 2 years but its a known issue. He also said that they used to ship a bypass cable to fix it but they dont have it anymore.
Suggested fix: replace the power supply with 230w or greater. Anything less causes the issue.
Thanks man!

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[Wirehead]

PCSolutions,

Happy to help. I'll tell ya, It's a good thing that it came out ok, as I could have started off my posts here looking like a right knob. No more beer and computers for me (well, not at the same time...

Cheers mate!

Paleo Pete,

Frankly I know bugger-all about HTML, but I did get this luvverly little web site from another UBB I'm a member of - just cut and paste

~http://www.geocities.com/him_voxdei/smile.htm

[HKEd]

Nice call Wirehead! I've been following this thread from the beginning.

Paleo Pete, there's no HTML allowed on this forum. Have a look at the UBB code section at the FAQ link, top-right of page.

You need to upload images to a server first - www.zing.com is the one I use. Just open a free account, upload your images and then use the [img] [/img] tags to call them.

Example:

[img] http://www.zing.com/picture/pb73234a...0.gif.orig.gif [/img]

Spaces intentional to show the source. Without the spaces, you get



HTH

Ed

[Mad_Mike]

Boot PC with cover removed, if nothing happens :-

1, Verify System Voltages with multimeter

2, Verfiy physical integrity of mainboard in the immediate locality of the Parallel port (no track breaks, scratches, loose solder joints e.t.c.)

3, Obtain LPT port pinout and verify correct voltages at printer end of parallel cable when plugged into PC (with no printer connected of course).

Failing this, temporarily (permanently if this is the problem) replace mobo + boot up.

...or (if viable) replace every individual component succesively until problem disappears, and restore all but defective component(s).

[Paleo Pete]

Good call wirehead! I was thinking it was a short somewhere.
Thanks for the info wirehead & HK. I'll take a look later

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