[nfbcs] Computer Stubborn to Power Up

[Nancy Coffman]

I have heard of this. All we could do was try a different plug-in. You might try a different outlet, even though it is on the same surge protector. Sometimes an individual outlet on those will go out. Sometimes, it is a matter of holding the power button long enough, and maybe even wiggling it a bit. 

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> On Jun 15, 2016, at 7:11 PM, Nicole Torcolini via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I have not had anything like this happen, but perhaps something got damaged,
> even with the surge protector, something that, somehow, might be requiring a
> certain amount of power, and, if an outlet cannot deliver that much energy,
> the computer will not start.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Peter Donahue via
> nfbcs
> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 4:54 PM
> To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'
> Cc: Peter Donahue
> 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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