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Toshiba laptop turns on then off after 5-10 seconds, with or without AC charger or battery connected
My relative has a Toshiba Satellite C50-A-19T laptop with an Intel Celeron 1005M. She left it for a bit to do some work, with the laptop just sitting there with Chrome open. Then, Windows decided to ...
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Resurrecting an old computer. Powers on, does not boot
I have an old Dell Optiplex GX1 that I want to revive. If I plug it in, the power comes on. However, the power switch has no effect (can't turn it on or off, have to unplug it to stop power). I ...
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Is it a dead motherboard, or not enough power? (2008 Intel Skulltrail D5400XS)
I'm hoping that someone has real-world experience starting up an Intel Skulltrail D5400XS system, with less than the Intel-recommended 1,000 watt power supply. And/or, real-world experience with ...
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After unplugging my PC from the outlet, sometimes it won't boot for a long time
Before I go to sleep, I unplug my PC from the outlet, due to concerns about power spikes or something of the sort frying my computer. However, sometimes, when I wake up and plug it back into the ...
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CPU speed drops to 0.61/0.79GHz and remains there whenever I unplug the charger
My laptop is a dell latitude e6520
Windows 10 Pro 21H2
Intel Core i5-2520M CPU @ 2.50GHz processor
and a 12 GB RAM.
I recently changed it's motherboard and whenever the laptop's charger is unplugged, ...
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My cpu won't turn on after some frequent power cut (load shedding)
My computer won't turn on in general, but if I give it some time, say I wait for 2-3 hours and then press the power button, it works fine.
It was running perfectly until there was some frequent load ...
