Could be some of short in the wiring, for instance, a malfunctioning power switch. Also if it's an old system the CMOS battery may be starting to go.
PC wont POST (every so often)
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Hi Guys,
Forgive me if this is posted in the wrong place, I did a quick scan of the main subforums and couldn't find a help forum
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About a month back I turned my PC on and it didnt post (and showed nothing on the monitor)... I checked inside and all the fans came on, the graphics card light came on & there was definately power running through the PC, I managed to fix this by using the "reset jumper" to reset the BIOS to default and then just reloaded my saved OC and everything booted.
This problem has become more and more annoying, I have had it happen a few times in the past week & I have tried taking the graphics card out and replacing it with a x300SE (no power needed), my RAM out/moving it around & disconnecting all SATA connections (HDDx3 x DVD-RW) with no avail.
I'm starting to think that its a dodgey PSU or mobo, Has anyone else ever seen anything like this happen? If so, can you shed some light on this situation?
Thank you,
Dan
Edit: The PC is stable, CPU & NB voltage are also stable
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Forgive me if this is posted in the wrong place, I did a quick scan of the main subforums and couldn't find a help forum
About a month back I turned my PC on and it didnt post (and showed nothing on the monitor)... I checked inside and all the fans came on, the graphics card light came on & there was definately power running through the PC, I managed to fix this by using the "reset jumper" to reset the BIOS to default and then just reloaded my saved OC and everything booted.
This problem has become more and more annoying, I have had it happen a few times in the past week & I have tried taking the graphics card out and replacing it with a x300SE (no power needed), my RAM out/moving it around & disconnecting all SATA connections (HDDx3 x DVD-RW) with no avail.
I'm starting to think that its a dodgey PSU or mobo, Has anyone else ever seen anything like this happen? If so, can you shed some light on this situation?
Thank you,
Dan
Edit: The PC is stable, CPU & NB voltage are also stable
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Thanks for the reply grossebeaver,
I have checked that nothing is shorting as I've taken all the plugs out and checked the jumpers etc and I can't see anything that could be causing it.
Its also relatively new (bought it in august) so it shouldn't be the CMOS battery.
Any other ideas?
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Thanks again,
Dan
I have checked that nothing is shorting as I've taken all the plugs out and checked the jumpers etc and I can't see anything that could be causing it.
Its also relatively new (bought it in august) so it shouldn't be the CMOS battery.
Any other ideas?
Thanks again,
Dan
Ahh thanks for the replies, I will try memtest and then, if that doesnt work, redo the wiring, thank you guys
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Dan
Dan
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Woops, I haven't been in much over the past few days so only just saw your replies guys!
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This was the first thing I did, I normally run 3.4GHz @ 1.28v (1.4v on NB, anything over and my mobo says its "dangerous")
I've check the voltages going to everything else and they seem fine, I've set a few to auto so that I know it will boot and it still doesn't boot
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I thought it might be my PSU but I dont know, It might even be corrupt BIOS as I forgot to mention in my first post, but it started happening about 2 weeks after I upgraded to the latests BIOS, I'll report back with the results of memtest in a sec (Y)
Thanks again,
Dan
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Originally Posted by kvmn82 may want to look at voltages or a lack of power, your problem reminds me of a computer running at the min range of its amperage. Could also be your bios panicking over a voltage mistake that isn't there |
I've check the voltages going to everything else and they seem fine, I've set a few to auto so that I know it will boot and it still doesn't boot
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Originally Posted by Albatross1991 To simplify, the question is "What is corrupting my BIOS"? In my opinion it is either a shaky power supply or RAM. |
Thanks again,
Dan
Memtest results, seems fine to me? D:
Dan
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