I restarted my comp last night after installing some software. Occasionally when I restart, my Samsung 193p monitor seems to not pick up any signal from the computer - it flashes a box in the middle of the screen that goes from "Analog" to "Digital" several times and then finally says "Going to sleep". What I have to do then is hold the power button down on my case (Antec Super Lanboy) to make the computer go off, because even if I turn the monitor off and back on, it does not get the signal.
I don't know if this has to do with a bad connection with my video card (Leadtek 6600GT) or what, but I usually just give my monitor cable connections a quick tightening, then power the computer on again, and everything is fine.
This happened last night, but when I held the power button to shut off the computer, it seemed like some things went off (possibly the CPU fan), but some didn't (i.e. I could still see my front and rear 120mm fans running). But something was strange, because those fans didn't go off. So I had to flip the switch on my power supply.
Now the computer will not turn back on at all. Could the power supply be dead? I've never seen any problems up until now.
Or Is it possible that there could be a problem with my case's power button somehow not sending the signal to start up??
My power supply has an "electrical outlet" on the back where you can plug something in. I tried plugging my printer into it, but the printer would not power up. Does this verify that the power supply is dead, or would it have to be running first (i.e. after pressing power on my case) to give any power out? EDIT: This is expected behavior as per the Vantec FAQ, see my post below.
Thanks!!
I don't know if this has to do with a bad connection with my video card (Leadtek 6600GT) or what, but I usually just give my monitor cable connections a quick tightening, then power the computer on again, and everything is fine.
This happened last night, but when I held the power button to shut off the computer, it seemed like some things went off (possibly the CPU fan), but some didn't (i.e. I could still see my front and rear 120mm fans running). But something was strange, because those fans didn't go off. So I had to flip the switch on my power supply.
Now the computer will not turn back on at all. Could the power supply be dead? I've never seen any problems up until now.
Or Is it possible that there could be a problem with my case's power button somehow not sending the signal to start up??
My power supply has an "electrical outlet" on the back where you can plug something in. I tried plugging my printer into it, but the printer would not power up. Does this verify that the power supply is dead, or would it have to be running first (i.e. after pressing power on my case) to give any power out? EDIT: This is expected behavior as per the Vantec FAQ, see my post below.
Thanks!!
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