That sounds like a major blue screen, which it should not be doing. Other than making sure you have the latest drivers for everything I would be making Dell replace it. -----Original Message----- From: Suzanne Carleton Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2011 1:54 PM To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [real-eyes] Re: quirk uh, dunno. its a dell. where do i find that? powering off with the button doesnt work when this happens. have to pull out the power cord. very strange On 12/18/11, Glenn <GlennErvin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > What is the make and model of the PC? > Do you have any other audio sounds coming from it? > I sometimes press windows + M and go to the desktop, and do something that > will not normally do anything, like alt + A, and if the audio is working, > I > will get a thunk sound, that is if you have windows sounds enabled. > Then, if the audio is working, but Jaws won't come up, you can try > Narrator, > with Windows + U. > If the audio is not working, hold the power button down for about 5 > seconds, > and it should shut off, then re-boot. > It may do a scan from doing a hard shut down, so give it a lot of time to > restart. > HTH. > Glenn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Suzanne Carleton" <secarleton269@xxxxxxxxx> > To: "real-eyes" <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2011 1:02 PM > Subject: [real-eyes] quirk > > > i have a new window 7 work pc. when it comes out of screen saver the > fan revs up and stays that way. seems to be locked. i dont hear jaws > anyway. if i power off with the button the fan still stays revved up > and it doesnt power off. only thing i can seem to do is unplug power > cord from back. weird thing, when i put the power cord back in the fan > revs for a second or two, but havent powered it on yet. realy strange. > i woke up in the middle of the night to the fan revved up. not sure > what is happening. > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, > go > to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes > > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, > go > to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes > > > -- Suzanne To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes