-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Start Up problems
- From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:23:25 -0400
Patti,
Frequent drive corruption is a sign of several things, but the fact that
it's happened over more than one computer points to a possible power issue.
In a typical home, all of the outlets and built-in electrical devices
are routed from a single circuit breaker in the main power box. This means
that everything in the room is sharing the same source of power. Take a
quick inventory of all of the powered devices in the room where your
computer is. Is there an air conditioner and/or a refrigerator in that
room? Running your computer alongside either one of those is an absolute
no-no because their compressors cause rather large spikes through the power
lines every time they turn on & off. They can affect your computer's power
no matter where they are in the house, but if they're in the same room, it's
much worse.
If you're running a lot of other things at the same time (TV, lights,
fans, stereo), the net effect is that there's simply not enough power
available to run everything, so each items gets less than it needs. It's
not a problem for lights which will just burn a little less bright than
usual. But a computer will suffer tremendously as it tries to figure out
whether each bit flying by is a 1 or a 0 with less 'headroom' than it needs.
Peace,
Gman
"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patti or Ken" <patken@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 5:32 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Start Up problems
> Good morning
> my PC with XP has given up on me again! I've only had this new one for a
> few months and already it has had WinXP fully re-installed 3 times. Each
> time after a week or so it starts mis-behaving again! It's been hiccupping
> all week, sometimes no bother with loading up and other times it does a
> chkdsk and "fixes" the problem.
> Today I can't start up at all, I can get into the set-up, but that's no
> good to me as I don't know what to do!
> I can't get into safe mode, I've tried many times with F8 when I switched
> on but it doesn't work!
> After the first screen and before the welcome screen the screen goes
> blank....not blue just blank black!
> The hard drive is not working.
>
> I goggled (on the laptop) start-up problems with XP but, because I can't
> get safe mode I can't go any further.
>
> I am waiting to get hold of my SIL to see if he can talk me through a
> solution, but I thought I would ask here too.
> He tells me each time that it is me downloading "rubbish" but I don't
> believe that..
> I do download from game sites (Big Fish and Shockwave) and audios from
> MP3Rocket, but these are trusted sites that I've used for many years
> without all the trouble I'm having now. I scan the downloaded files.
>
>
> Patti
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