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Basilikus · 06-23-2009, 09:30 AM

Hi There,

I built my PC a few years ago, and it's never been great, but i've got by with it. Recently however it is back into one of it's not behavioural states....This is what it's doing:

First problem:
So i press the power button, the fans and hard drives, external hard drive (i.e everything) turns on and starts whirring, then 1-3 seconds later everything just stops, sometimes it takes over 10 times to get it to actually start!

Second problem:
When i start up a game e.g. CoD:WaW it just completely turns itself off! (Not a restart, just as if you were to hold in the power button for a few seconds, it clicks then just turns off) (I had this problem a few months ago, however it stopped after messing with the hardware...but it's back, and i can't stop it)

Third Problem:
Freezing, sometimes when i'm doing anything it just freezes for up to 10 seconds. This isn't common recently, that is an off and off thing really...

To me, all these things could be related dodgy PSU....but what do you guys think? I'm pretty skint so i don't want to buy a new one so hopefully there's something that can be done.

I use to have SLI, however found that the cards were running over 100 on a game!!! After investigation found out that my PSU is 24A rail and SLI requires at least 28...so i might have damaged something doing this.

PC Specs:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13Ghz Processor
Gainward Bliss 7900GT Golden Sample 512Mb Graphics Card
Asus P5N-E SLI Motherboard
EZcool super silent 600W (ATX-600) PSU
2GB (4x512Mb) OCZ DDR2 667Mhz RAM
250GB WD SATA HDD
1TB Samsung Spinpoint SATA II HDD

So any ideas?

06-23-2009, 09:30 AM	#1 (permalink)
Basilikus Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: South England Posts: 4 OS: Windows 7	Problems getting PC to turn on, then sometimes Freezing, and turning itself off! Hi There, I built my PC a few years ago, and it's never been great, but i've got by with it. Recently however it is back into one of it's not behavioural states....This is what it's doing: First problem: So i press the power button, the fans and hard drives, external hard drive (i.e everything) turns on and starts whirring, then 1-3 seconds later everything just stops, sometimes it takes over 10 times to get it to actually start! Second problem: When i start up a game e.g. CoD:WaW it just completely turns itself off! (Not a restart, just as if you were to hold in the power button for a few seconds, it clicks then just turns off) (I had this problem a few months ago, however it stopped after messing with the hardware...but it's back, and i can't stop it) Third Problem: Freezing, sometimes when i'm doing anything it just freezes for up to 10 seconds. This isn't common recently, that is an off and off thing really... To me, all these things could be related dodgy PSU....but what do you guys think? I'm pretty skint so i don't want to buy a new one so hopefully there's something that can be done. I use to have SLI, however found that the cards were running over 100 on a game!!! After investigation found out that my PSU is 24A rail and SLI requires at least 28...so i might have damaged something doing this. PC Specs: Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13Ghz Processor Gainward Bliss 7900GT Golden Sample 512Mb Graphics Card Asus P5N-E SLI Motherboard EZcool super silent 600W (ATX-600) PSU 2GB (4x512Mb) OCZ DDR2 667Mhz RAM 250GB WD SATA HDD 1TB Samsung Spinpoint SATA II HDD So any ideas?