Okay, I have had an issue for a while, but just kind of ignored it, until now.. I have a 6-year old, Gateway 710X desktop. A few months ago, I shut my computer down. When I tried to restart it, it would not boot up. Wouldn't even recognize that I was pushing the power button.. I opened up my case, and pulled out the power supply plug from the Mobo. Let that off for a second, and then re-connected it. As soon as I hit the power button, my machine booted up! From that point, I had to go through this process any time I shut my computer down. By the way, it restarts just fine. Only has an issue when I power the PC down. I was able to live with this for the time being, until a few days ago. I went to burn something on my PC, has both a CD-RW drive and DVD+/-R / CD-RW combo drive, and the software didn't see my either of my drives. I looked in My Computer, and the drives were not listed. Went to Device Manager, and they were not listed there either. Did some research and found a solution to remove the UpperFilters and LowerFilters registry entries. Did that, and nothing... In my BIOS, it seems to recognize one of my drives, but not the other. When I boot up my PC, the BIOS asks if I want to boot from my CD Drive, before starting windows.
So at this point, I just don't understand what is happening. With the two issues I described, is it likely to be my Power Supply is going? If so, can I get any ATX PS to replace it? Meaning I now have a 300W PS, can I get a 450W or 500W to replace it? Or do I need to stick with the 300W?
Thanks all!
So at this point, I just don't understand what is happening. With the two issues I described, is it likely to be my Power Supply is going? If so, can I get any ATX PS to replace it? Meaning I now have a 300W PS, can I get a 450W or 500W to replace it? Or do I need to stick with the 300W?
Thanks all!