Help Needed

I have seen some old Micron computers do this...it was a bad power button.

Thanks clp727,

By I/O switch, I was referring to the "startup button", not the rocker switch for the PSU.

Unfortunately, we do not know what the hardware is.......like laptop, desktop, tower, flat top?:rolleyes:

Microns did have that problem.............so did Apricots and Amstrads (UK brands folks, so don't worry if you have never heard of them:D)

I most frequently encounter it with VDUs though...........I hate that, as I am never comfortable with a display unit.........I will not go inside the inner wall..............too many deadly capacitors in there?:shocked:

Nihil,

You need to make a "chicken stick". It's a tool with a wood or plastic handle with a metal probe, the metal probe has a ground lead which you clip to ground.

Once the monitor is disconnected from power, you touch the caps with the probe and ZAP the cap is discharged.

You could use a long screwdriver with a lead and alligator clips.

LIke i think nihil is right ill try his suggestion but what can i do to cure this prob

Hello phoenixmajestic,

Welcome to AO by the way......... I regret that my "English manners" program has been malfunctioning of late:D

If my suspicions are correct, I would recommend either go to your local TV repair shop, or get a new case and install the motherboard and bits into that.

Please try the test I suggested and let me know what the result was;)

fourdc..... thanks mate, "you are a better man than I am Ghunga Din" (Rudyard Kipling)............... my mate Jim has a TV repair shop..... I just "outsource" as he does for me....... it means our customers get the best deal?

Cheers :D