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The residual charge in capacitors can cause boot issues with computers sometimes. You can drain this residual charge by performing the hard reset. The steps to do this are as follows: Turn off your ...

I came home on Friday and my computer was dead. It had been just been idling, and had been stable for 10 months, not even a crash. I suspect something overheated or shorted.<BR><BR>With just Mobo, CPU ...