My CNC computer died yesterday, mid program. This 'puter tossed a HD last week. This box is all new one year ago and has an ISA slot - kinda special so I don't want to just buy another.
Anyway, on the first hard re-boot yesterday; it got to "windows did not start normally - choose safe mode, etc.etc." It had no working keyboard and froze. On all subsequent hard boots it wouldn't do a thing - totally dead. (BIOS is set up to boot on power restore) I thought I smelled the faint odor of magic smoke being let out. But "The Kid" couldn't smell it so I may be full of beans.
This A.M. , it starts right up. WTF? I turned it right back off until I can guess what to do.
I'm just totally guessing here. Should I replace the power supply? For what its worth, it started generating electric noise on the AM radio a short while back.
Are there any hardware diagnostics to run? But, I think they will test OK until it quits.
Karl