Hello,
This video on youtube shows the strange procedure I have to follow to boot =
up my computer lately:
https://youtu.be/oglScNl_jjw
This strange problem started occuring after I accidently put the computer i=
nto sleep mode, and re-powered the system after the power was cut but the f=
ans had not completely stopped spinning.
Did perhaps the spinning of the fans cause some kind of purge surge ?
Perhaps the copper coils inside the fans caused some kind of feedback power=
into the system ?
My first hypothesis/hunch was that it might be a bios bug/race condition.
I pulled out all cables, cut the power, even removed the battery, but this =
did not help. So perhaps it's hardware damage instead of software bug ?
One last thing I have not tried yet is to reset the CMOS ? Perhaps the CMOS=
of my DreamPC can remember settings without batery power ? To me that seem=
s somewhat unlikely but what do I know ?! ;)
Anyway I share this video with you to show this very strange and bizar boot=
sequence/problem/procedure.
I would love to hear any theories/hypothesis what might be causing this.
So far, before I showed this video and told this story people have written =
back with following feedback/advice/theories:
1. Power supply might be giving a bad "good power" signal. DreamPC2006 curr=
ently has OCZ Stream X power supply it has. (I could look into it further f=
or more details though googling Skybuck's DreamPC might also uncover more i=
nfo about it from my previous postings). Personally I cannot imagine this b=
rand which was somewhat expensive to have this problem ? Though I can imagi=
ne that wear and tear over the years might have caused this... or perhaps l=
ightning. Then again it seems very minor and such... so very strange... It =
didn't fail completely... it's just behaving strangely ???
2. Wrong settings for CPU ? The system boots with defaults... no overclocki=
ng is used or ever was used. Surely the system should boot with defaults ? =
I cannot imagine it not booting with defaults... Very strange. Perhaps try =
and set it to 2.0 ghz instead of standard ?! Haven't tried this yet cause i=
t's such a strange theory and I am not sure if setting different settings t=
han default is save.
3. Batteries inside keyboard/mouse remembering weird settings. My mouse/key=
board don't have any batteries, they just USB. I don't know if they have an=
y memory though that stays resident after power cut ?!?
4. All cables were removed and power shutdown and CMOS battery removed, and=
everything reconnected, this did not help.
Was further strange about this system which it has done for years now. When=
I touch a key or mouse or even the case it would power on ?! Those setting=
s were disabled in the bios but it still does it ?! Could this indicate som=
e strange wiring problem ?
5. My latest theory, some plug/cable is misplaced inside of it, or the flas=
h/card reader drive is causing some strange electrical effect, or perhaps e=
ven wrongly connected, I even once fried a system with such a plug connecti=
ng it wrongly... I believe I did connect it correctly... but perhaps these =
are just shady devices. I don't feel like experimenting with replugging cab=
les unless there is hardcore proof that something was connected wrongly ! I=
'd right not fry my system or mess with it... unless some solution sounds c=
redible and doesn't sound like it could endager my system. This system has =
to survive until at least 2017 february. By that time I should have a new A=
MD Zen based system ! ;) =3DD But it would be very cool if my old computer=
woulds survive like all my other computers... there is a lot of info on it=
and it's still usefull and it would make a nice backup computer.=20
This current boot procedure is making me nervous... I am slightly worried t=
hat someday this will cause it to fry to death. Since these components are =
old and especially the socket 939 motherboard, I will probably not find an =
replacement easily.... though I just remembered I do have a backup motherbo=
ard lying around somewhere, so perhaps that could save me in the feature in=
case it's the motherboard and/or it's chips that go bad in the near future=
..
Let me know what you think is causing this weird power on/boot problem ?!?!=
?!?
Bye,
Skybuck.