[nfbcs] Computer Stubborn to Power Up

[Bryan Schulz]

Hi,

Sorry, jumbled the facts in my head.
After reading again, the first common sense thing is to check another
socket/get a new power strip.
That's much cheaper than a service call!
Bryan

-----Original Message-----
From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jude DaShiell via
nfbcs
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 8:44 PM
To: Peter Donahue via nfbcs
Cc: Jude DaShiell
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Computer Stubborn to Power Up

Please move one of those working devices on the surge protector into the 
outlet you originally used for the computer.  What happens?  I suspect 
that device will not work any longer.  Now move the test device back to 
its original outlet on the surge protector and try running it what 
happens?  You could have a blown outlet on that surge protector but that 
blown outlet does not prevent remaining outlets from working.

On Wed, 15 Jun 2016, Peter Donahue via nfbcs wrote:

> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 19:54:24
> From: Peter Donahue via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Peter Donahue <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com>
> Subject: [nfbcs] Computer Stubborn to Power Up
> 
> Good evening everyone,
>
>
>
>                I need to clarify the subject a little more so folks can
> better understand what's going on here. About a month ago we had a power
> outage that caused my wife's computer to shut down. This computer was
> plugged into a surge protector at the time. When the power came back on I
> could not get my wife's computer to turn on initially. Unplugging the
> computer from the surge protector and plugging it back in again did not
> cause the computer to come on. The only way I could make this machine
power
> up was to plug it directly into a wall outlet. The computer came on and
> bootted up without incident and worked trouble-free. We had several power
> outages since that time and the computer came on without trouble.
>
>
>
>                This afternoon our maintenance came to repair an outlet
that
> blew out about a week ago. To replace the outlet they told me they would
> need to turn off the circuit breaker and suggested that I turn off all
> electronic devices. So far so good. However when the breakers were turned
> back on and I tried turning on this computer the same thing happened.
> Initially it would not power up. After switching the computer to a
different
> outlet it powered on without trouble. The surge protector does not appear
to
> be the problem. We have other devices plugged into it that are all working
> as usual. Now that this computer is up and running it's behaving like its
> normal self.
>
>
>
>                We want to know if others have had a situation like this
> occur and how did you fix it? I looked for a "Reset" switch to reset the
> machine to hopefully make it power up whenever it's turned on and
> reguardless of whether the machine is plugged into a surge protector or a
> wall outlet. We're hoping to have a tech investigate this behavior to see
> what may be causing the computer not to power up without having to apply
the
> brass knuckles to make it do so. All the best.
>
>
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
>
>
>
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