carrierPigeon
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Edit: forgot to mention that the power supply is H240AS-01 240W, which I then Startpaged and apparently the manufacturer is POINWER.
When I plug in my computer, the computer makes a noise almost like it's starting up. Keep in mind that I have not yet pressed the power button, I've simply plugged the computer in. I think that the noise is coming from the power supply, but that's little more than a guess. After 3-5 seconds the computer is quiet and sounds like a computer that's off should sound.
I recently got this computer basically as "used, for parts," although it very well could have no problems, seller just doesn't know or care to research.
I'm not sure what to make of this. The things that popped into my (amateur) head are
1) the power supply has a defect; or
2) one of the components is drawing power when it should
After starting up normally by pressing the power button, the computer seems to function normally except that I have noticed the DVD drive not being able to boot to DVD (tried 3 different bootable DVDs, two of which I have used successfully with other computers). Also, there was one data DVD that the computer was not able to read. There were a few data DVDs, though, that the computer was able to read.
I guess I should start by disconnecting the power cables one at a time, to see if I can isolate the problem to one component?
I think that I also have the ability to test the power draw of the computer, since I have a UPS. But, I have never used that function, and I'm a bit hesitant to jump into that project right now (installing software on Linux is often not a walk in the park for me since I'm new to Linux).
When I plug in my computer, the computer makes a noise almost like it's starting up. Keep in mind that I have not yet pressed the power button, I've simply plugged the computer in. I think that the noise is coming from the power supply, but that's little more than a guess. After 3-5 seconds the computer is quiet and sounds like a computer that's off should sound.
I recently got this computer basically as "used, for parts," although it very well could have no problems, seller just doesn't know or care to research.
I'm not sure what to make of this. The things that popped into my (amateur) head are
1) the power supply has a defect; or
2) one of the components is drawing power when it should
After starting up normally by pressing the power button, the computer seems to function normally except that I have noticed the DVD drive not being able to boot to DVD (tried 3 different bootable DVDs, two of which I have used successfully with other computers). Also, there was one data DVD that the computer was not able to read. There were a few data DVDs, though, that the computer was able to read.
I guess I should start by disconnecting the power cables one at a time, to see if I can isolate the problem to one component?
I think that I also have the ability to test the power draw of the computer, since I have a UPS. But, I have never used that function, and I'm a bit hesitant to jump into that project right now (installing software on Linux is often not a walk in the park for me since I'm new to Linux).
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