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I agree with Callandor. Classic symptoms of a capacitor that does not fully discharge until power is removed from power supply. Odds are that it is the power supply. Just confirming Callandor -- no points needed.
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I agree with Callandor. Classic symptoms of a capacitor that does not fully discharge until power is removed from power supply. Odds are that it is the power supply. Just confirming Callandor -- no points needed.

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Hi.<br />
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I have an Acer Aspire L100 running XP in for repair at the moment which is very temperamental at starting up. When you plug the power lead in it starts up automatically and runs without a problem. Once your shut down or restart it the problems begin.<br />
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The power lights come on (power, HDD and network lights). You can hear it doing a POST of the HDD, CD/DVD, Cooling fan etc. But after that nothing happens... no image on the screen at all. No matter how many times you turn it off/on the same thing happens until you unplug the power for 60 seconds or more then plug it back in again which causes it to start automatically.<br />
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Not getting any beep codes or any output to the monitor to help diagnose. Tested the hard drive and seems ok. Replaced RAM but nothing changed. <br />
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Thanks in advance for any help.
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Hi.

I have an Acer Aspire L100 running XP in for repair at the moment which is very temperamental at starting up. When you plug the power lead in it starts up automatically and runs without a problem. Once your shut down or restart it the problems begin.

The power lights come on (power, HDD and network lights). You can hear it doing a POST of the HDD, CD/DVD, Cooling fan etc. But after that nothing happens... no image on the screen at all. No matter how many times you turn it off/on the same thing happens until you unplug the power for 60 seconds or more then plug it back in again which causes it to start automatically.

Not getting any beep codes or any output to the monitor to help diagnose. Tested the hard drive and seems ok. Replaced RAM but nothing changed. 


Thanks in advance for any help.

Aspire L100 Startup/POST problems

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.

Windows XP

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