Computer Partial Boots?

jbush9988 · 11-13-2008, 02:13 PM

hey,

this is my first post here so i'm going to try and be as computr smart as i can lol...

Anyways this was my first computer build about 2 years ago:

Asus m2n-sli-deluxe
2 gigs Ram
7950GT 512 MB GPU
AMD X2 4600+
75 GB Raptor Drive
160 GB Western Digital Drive
650 Watt GameXreme Power Supply
XFI Xtreme Gamer Sound card

About a year ago this problem starting occuring but i decided to just deal with it and do the normal fix of taking EVERYTHING out and putting it back in to get it to work.

PROBLEM:

Everyone once in a while i'll wake up in the morning ot find my PC shut off on its own. I go to boot it up and the LED's will light up, Fans will run, then about 4 seconds later shut right back down.

I dont even get to my bios menu. Now in order to fix this, the past year i have been taking everything out and putting it back in and it will work fine for a while.

I'm just getting tired of taking it all out putting it in... zip tieing everything off... Etc... My power Supply seems fine, but i dont know how to test to find the problem!

thanks,
josh

hitech · 11-15-2008, 05:39 AM

no beeps? sounds like you have been reseating some contacts to get it to work. heat will build up varnish on componet contacts. I would suggest doing what you have done before to get it going but use a can of contact cleaner. be sure to let it dry before assembly. then download and run this
http://pc-wizard-2008.en.softonic.com/
report your voltage,temps,and fan speeds. also, I do not reccomend leaving your pc on because nowadays pc's keep voltage going to your mainboard anyway.

11-13-2008, 02:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
jbush9988 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 6 OS: Vista	Computer Partial Boots? hey, this is my first post here so i'm going to try and be as computr smart as i can lol... Anyways this was my first computer build about 2 years ago: Asus m2n-sli-deluxe 2 gigs Ram 7950GT 512 MB GPU AMD X2 4600+ 75 GB Raptor Drive 160 GB Western Digital Drive 650 Watt GameXreme Power Supply XFI Xtreme Gamer Sound card About a year ago this problem starting occuring but i decided to just deal with it and do the normal fix of taking EVERYTHING out and putting it back in to get it to work. PROBLEM: Everyone once in a while i'll wake up in the morning ot find my PC shut off on its own. I go to boot it up and the LED's will light up, Fans will run, then about 4 seconds later shut right back down. I dont even get to my bios menu. Now in order to fix this, the past year i have been taking everything out and putting it back in and it will work fine for a while. I'm just getting tired of taking it all out putting it in... zip tieing everything off... Etc... My power Supply seems fine, but i dont know how to test to find the problem! thanks, josh

11-15-2008, 05:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
hitech Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kansas Posts: 606 OS: Windows	Re: Computer Partial Boots? no beeps? sounds like you have been reseating some contacts to get it to work. heat will build up varnish on componet contacts. I would suggest doing what you have done before to get it going but use a can of contact cleaner. be sure to let it dry before assembly. then download and run this http://pc-wizard-2008.en.softonic.com/ report your voltage,temps,and fan speeds. also, I do not reccomend leaving your pc on because nowadays pc's keep voltage going to your mainboard anyway. __________________