[nfbcs] Computer Stubborn to Power Up

[Peter Donahue]

Good morning Nancy and everyone,

     Since we need to get our printer back up and running and need help 
connecting our iDevices to our network and remote storage drives we plan 
to have a tech out here when we get paid to help us with these matters 
and to get to the bottom of our power-up issue with Mary's computer. 
It's the "Work horse" around here until I replace my desktop most likely 
with a Mac.

     In the past there were a few times when the on/off switch jammed 
but this doesn't appear to be the problem. We've done all of the things 
Nancy suggested to resolve this issue. Since I'll be going out-of-town 
for about a week next month we want to get to the bottom of this matter 
so Mary won't have trouble turning her computer back on should she need 
to power it down or power it back up once electricity is restored should 
it go out due to the weather or for some other reason. Thanks again for 
the suggestions.

Peter Donahue






Nancy Coffman via nfbcs wrote:
> 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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