[kwlug-disc] Having trouble with some Dell Precision T5600

[L.D. Paniak]

How old is this system?
I would try a fresh power supply if you have one nearby.

-Lori

On 1/10/19 08:02, Federer Fanatic wrote:
> It's not posting and this after NOT changing bios settings.
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>  Roger Federer Fanatic Extraordinaire :-)
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> On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 12:26 AM Stuart Seeley <stuart at lowlevel.ca
> <mailto:stuart at lowlevel.ca>> wrote:
>
>     I've seen a bad ata disk cause that on similar model... smart
>     status would pass but it would just cause this behavior until I
>     got rid ofbit. I think there is a built in diagnostic if you hit
>     F12 on post...
>
>     Stuart
>
>     Sent from my iPhone
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>     > On Jan 9, 2019, at 9:44 PM, Federer Fanatic <nafdef at gmail.com
>     <mailto:nafdef at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     >
>     > Hi, Just curious if anyone knows of a Dell expert that truly
>     understands
>     > the nuances of Dell hardward with respect to the machine I mentioned
>     > in the subject line. The problem I am having is the machine
>     don't boot
>     > consistently, i.e., sometimes the bios comes up other times
>     nothing happens.
>     > My suspicision is the Dells are sensitive to the power coming
>     into them
>     > that causes them to "sleep"--not sure what the terminology is.
>     >
>     > Any thoughts?
>     >
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