I have a curiously odd computer problem: my motherboard will not power down. I have stripped my system down to just the power supply, motherboard, and chip. The system will not turn off! If the power cord is in and the switch on the back of the computer is in the ON position, the computer stays in some weird, vegetative, on-like state. It is non-responsive, and has no video output - it's in some kind of computer-coma.
So, the culprit could be:
1. Power supply is screwed
2. Motherboard is screwed
3. Intel chip is screwed
Or, perhaps, it is a combination of those three. Or maybe aliens are screwing with me. As exciting as that option might be, I doubt it.
By the way, those three options are in my order of 'preference'. Power supplies are cheap; the motherboard isn't cheap but it's still not a killer; the same P4 chip, however, runs a couple hundred bucks. Ugh.
I hate it when technology fails.
Thank God the iBook is my main computer.
*knocks on wood*
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How are you trying to power it down? I assume holding the power button for a number of seconds? If so, my money is on the motherboard.
it's those damn aliens.
they always mess with em comps.
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