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  1. Cliffie

    Hard drive start up with power switch off

    After I had some odor comming from my computer I took the cover off and it was the power supply humming and was very hot. It is most likely bad and sending a pulse to the speakers. It was the power supply making the noise and not the hard disk. The hard disk amber light was also picking up the...
  2. Cliffie

    Hard drive start up with power switch off

    When I first shut down there is window on my monitor that blinks for a few minutes "Video Input no signal" it stops blinking after a few minutes.I dont remember it being there before I started having this problem, no other blinking lights. I did rearange some of the cables and plug...
  3. Cliffie

    Hard drive start up with power switch off

    Well no, after deleting the second item under device Mgr, my computer went into the safe mode and I could not get it out so my next move was to use my recovery CD and now have everything back to where I started. I shut down thru windows and after 10 minutes the drive goes MOOoooempd and the...
  4. Cliffie

    Hard drive start up with power switch off

    Okay I deleted "ACPI System Button" and restarted then I shut down for 14 minutes and no startup which usually started at 10 minutes. Just in case later I have "ACPI Generic Bus" is this "ACPI Power Button" or is it "Advanced Configeration and power Interface...
  5. Cliffie

    Hard drive start up with power switch off

    I know the difference now, boots right up may have been a bad statement, It goes thru it normal routine to get back to windows it takes maybe 1.5 to 2 minutes so it was not in stand by mode I do have a black screen when starting. Thanks
  6. Cliffie

    Hard drive start up with power switch off

    Never do I shut down in the middle of something However I did have a lock up one day last week in the middle of my searching and had to turn the switch off to get out of that, I ran scandisk after that and defrag. I do not know what and where BIOS is at, if I changed it I had brain fade which is...
  7. Cliffie

    Hard drive start up with power switch off

    Yes that is what is happening and just now happening after 4 years. I Looked over all the material you sent links for but still not clear how to correct the situation, wil rebuilding drive C do the job. Cliffie
  8. Cliffie

    Hard drive start up with power switch off

    I am shutting down thru windows. I had a virus a week ago and my scanner deleted it imediately but I am not sure how long it was in my computer, could that have damaged my power management features and do I need to rebuild Drive C. When I shut down I also unplug to hold down the noise but when I...
  9. Cliffie

    Hard drive start up with power switch off

    HP 6535 Windows 98. 10 minutes after shutting down my hard drive starts up and moans sending signal to speakers and make loud tic tic noise, the amber light come on but green power light is off. Power management is set to never. When I turn on the power button on it boots right up. Please help...

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