Again I vote for computer power supply.
Question, what kind of power strip is this plugged into and is it
plugged into some sort of Battery Back up line filter?
Final note if you are not really in love with this machine and need
portability I vote for a good laptop.
Stewart
At 09:22 AM 10/27/2008, you wrote:
Sorry for the continuing questions on this, but computer is exhibiting new
behavior at start up. Today, even with all the USB devices pulled, still
got the low system battery voltage warning, and on first few tries nothing
happened when I hit the F2 key to continue, as it says on screen. Finally,
after turning power strip and computer off and then on, still got the
warning, but the F2 key brought up start menu. Previously, it seemed that
when I unplugged the USB devices (or most of them) it would start up
normally.
So now I'm really confused - it seems from the feedback here that there are
at least 2 different problems going on, maybe 3: 1) the external hard
drive power supply (because it only seems to work when it is plugged into
the computer) 2) the power supply for the desk top itself and 3) maybe the
CMOS battery? I haven't yet replaced the CMOS battery, because the more
recent behavior and comments here seemed to be pointing away from that as
the problem. Should I still try to replace it (I have the replacement from
Dell)? Am I now faced with having to replace both the Computer's power
supply and the External HD power supply (or the External Hard Drive itself)?
Do I have a ghost in my machine? Is it haunted - an early Halloween
haunting? Could the extra draw from the External Hard Drive on the
Desktop's power supply have damaged its power supply or the CMOS battery?
The start up problems did seem to coincide approximately with when I got the
External Drive.
bonus question: Should I forget the whole thing and find way to buy a
laptop, which, I think, is what I really want anyway?
Thanks,
Randall
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org
Ozark, AL SL 82
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