I'm having a problem with my computer when I start it up - not every time , but some of the time . I shut it down every night , because I've been having trouble with it overheating ( I THINK ) . So when I go to start it up , it will come on - power wise , but it will not start up . When the computer is off but my screen is on , I have 3 vertical colours going down my screen. This is normal for when my computer is off , BUT it's been doing this when I start it up. So it comes on, as in, the power comes on , but the screen still has those colours on it as though the computer is off . So what does that mean?? When it does this , I have to keep turning it off and turning it on again , BUT - I can't shut it down properly nor can I even manually shut it off. I have to actually unplug it from the wall . That is the only way it will go off. THEN when I go to re-start it , it will begin to come on for about 3 seconds, but then it will go off again. So I have to unplug it from the wall again - usually several times - and then it will eventually start up. Sometimes it's fine after that ( like right now ) and sometimes I get a bunch of bluescreen error messages. and have to start all over. I don't seem to have a boot virus, or any viruses at all . I have 4 programs to check for spyware/adware, and it finds none. I regularly clean up my computer and keep it in good shape. Could it be my motherboard, and if so , how do I know for sure? Could it be a bad power supply ? Any suggestions would be great. I am running Windows 98 SE . Thanks !
Sandra
