tom

Hello,

When operating my computer it suddenly crashes for no apparent reason, the
screen just goes black and the orange light which shows the hard drive
activity stops on constantly and to shut the computer down I have to hold
the button in on the computer. I just came to start the PC up this morning
and it wouldn't start, again the orange light was constantly on. I pulled
the power cord out of the back of the computer and re-inserted it and it
started ok but I know it wilol crash again soon. I have re-seated the RAM
and checked all the other cards in the computer and everything seems fine.
Does anyone have any ideas what could be causing this? I was wondering if a
low battery on the motherboard could cause it? The computer is about 3
years old, 1Mhz processor, 80gig HD 256Mb SD RAM running XP Pro.

Thanks.

rob hemmings

Tom,
In my experience, that's symptomatic of the PSU dying.
Can you borrow one to swap it out with and check?
HTH
--
Rob