Computer startup problem

schemeboy · #1 December 29th, 2004, 07:24 PM

Hello,
I dont know if anyone has encountered this problem, if so I would be very happy for some help, here goes; I have a Sony Vaio PCV RS 320 desktop running windows XP home, it is approximately 2 years old. about a month or so after I bought the computer it started giving this problem; whenever I turned on the computer it would not boot up, the power light would come on and I can hear the fan in the power supply running but the computer would not boot up. It would take sometimes anywhere from 1 - 15 minutes of constantly turning off and on the computer before it would boot up and it would happen intermittently - it would run sometimes for months and dont give a single problem, and then sometimes the problem happens for a couple of days in a row - today it took me one hour of turning off and on before it booted up. I updated my BIOS at Sony's suggestion, tried some patches , and tried some solution that Sony offered but it did not work. I would be glad for any help you can give me

Thanking you in anticipation

renegade600 · #2 December 29th, 2004, 08:55 PM

sounds more like bad ram since you have on board video. open the case and make sure it is dust free also make sure the ram is seated properly.

bAdWaYz · #3 December 31st, 2004, 01:49 AM

I have heard this issue before with lots of brands. As Dan says it very well could be bad ram. I have also seen this happen to a bad mother board. Just worked on an older Gateway that did that same thing. It was hit by a power surge and had no surge protection. The motherboard was just pooched. So I'd just check ram, and if you can run the chip and everything in a known good board.

schemeboy · #4 December 31st, 2004, 07:58 PM

Hello,
I am sorry I did not reply sooner, I did as you said ( check to see if the ram was seated properly and I also removed the dust) but it is still having the same problem, however I also found out that if I keep the cover off and I play around with the wires running from the power switch to the motherboard it boots up on the second try. I will try the forums as you said and also see if Sony sells any thing like a kit for the power switch , thank you all for your help