Hello, there is a "little" problem with the PC of a friend of mine.

She turns the computer on. Then she turns the moniotr on, and the PC goes
off!
If she first turns on the monitor and then the PC, it goes well, BUT:
after a not controlable time (it could be one minute or it could be 30
minutes too) the PC goes off.
And after this you can't turn on the PC.
You have to pull out the electricity cable out of the PC and put it in
again. Then you can turn on the PC again.

Now I wanted to check up this problem.
She brought me the PC twice (only the PC not the monitor).
Both times the computer runs very well without going off at any time.

Does anyone here has an idea for troubleshooting?
Could it be the monitor?

Thanks for your answers.

Sounds like a reasonable assumption if you hooked up her PC to your monitor
and there was no trouble.

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On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 10:50:02 +0100, "devilshell"
<w.stec***@arcor.de> wrote:

Show quoteHide quoteHave her try another (home, AC) power outlet(s), plugging
both into same outlet via a multiple adapter or power strip.

If the PC works well at your place, and you are using your monitor, there
are two other variables. The first one is that her monitor may be the cause,
or there is a power problem. Her power problem can be the AC outlet, AC bar,
UPS (if she has one), and even the circuit breaker in the panel feeding the
outlet that that the power for the computer is coming from.

All of the above is what you have to work out, in order to resolve the
issue.

Hello, there is a "little" problem with the PC of a friend of mine.

She turns the computer on. Then she turns the moniotr on, and the PC goes
off!
If she first turns on the monitor and then the PC, it goes well, BUT:
after a not controlable time (it could be one minute or it could be 30
minutes too) the PC goes off.
And after this you can't turn on the PC.
You have to pull out the electricity cable out of the PC and put it in
again. Then you can turn on the PC again.

Now I wanted to check up this problem.
She brought me the PC twice (only the PC not the monitor).
Both times the computer runs very well without going off at any time.

Does anyone here has an idea for troubleshooting?
Could it be the monitor?

Thanks for your answers.

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