well, its company owned so not too worried about getting it replaced if it comes to that. thanks for all the input. On 12/18/11, Reginald George <adapt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > > > -- Suzanne To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes