kegger

my computer is restarting by itself. never had a problem til i swapped cases. checked all wires and everything is good. it will come on but never bring anything up on the screen. it will restart right when you think its gonna power completely up.

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TwoCables

This always happens to be the question I have to ask myself, so I'll ask it here: did you plug the CPU's power cable in?

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kegger

ok let me give ya the lowdown. i was playin wow for about an hour and a half then it just shut off. restarted itself and kept restarting over and over again.

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31337

Also, did you make sure that there isn't anything in the case that could be shorting it out? I know in my case there are a few pieces of metal that jut out from the Mobo tray and come pretty close to the board, I cover them over with electrical tape.

Also, check the HSF, just incase it became loosened with the move. (doubt this is it, but check it anyway)

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31337

That sounds like it could be an OS issue. You can't even get into Safe Mode before it reboots? Try entering your BIOS and letting it sit there for a bit and see if it still restarts. That'll tell us if it's Windows or the comp. (if you have a Linux LiveCD lying around, you could boot that too, and see what happens)


Also, sorry for double post.

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pow3rtr1p

1.) Make sure all of your power cables are plugged in (on both ends if it's modular)
2.) Make sure no metal is touching your board
3.) Clear your CMOS
4.) Use a voltmeter to check your PSU's power
5.) Reseat your RAM + Try a Memtest
6.) Run Seatools to see if the HDD is bad
7.) If all of these tests pass, try reinstalling Windows, or doing a Windows Repair

One of these should be your issue.

kegger

it wont bring the screen up to get into bios.

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31337

Try clearing CMOS.

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TwoCables

Hmm. I wonder if it got too hot. Does the CPU cooler feel very tight and secure, as though it's welded to the motherboard?

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Harrier

Need a reinstall of your operating system. You can insert the disk and use the repair function so you don't lose any data.

EDIT:Oh, 2 replies before I posted

I don't think it would be a heat issue if it doesn't even post.