Computer Fails to Boot [RESOLVED]

Vaare · 06-16-2007, 02:18 PM

Here's the problem:

I left my computer running over night, as usual. I got on it in early morning and it was working fine. Took a break for a few hours and when I jumped back on, almost every program running was getting an error of some sort: eMule, Azureus, IceChat, etc. And it was running sluggish. I figured it had something to do with memory.

So I rebooted and it froze at the Windows loading screen. Tried again and it froze. Tried a third time and the fans started to whir for only a few seconds before shutting off. That's the state it's in now. I thought it might be a bad PSU issue so I unplugged all extra hardware (i.e. every hard drive/cd drive except the main cd and OS drive. Still nothing.

Any suggestions?

**linderman** · 06-16-2007, 09:29 PM

please give us your full system specs including power supply make and model ? (did the PSU come with the case ?)

Vaare · 06-16-2007, 09:58 PM

I found out the problem was actually the power supply. The PSU was 20-pin and the Mobo was 24-pin. Surprised it lasted a year with three hard drives. I went out and bought a new PSU and it works great. Sorry for wasting your time.

**linderman** · 06-16-2007, 10:06 PM

not a waste of time!

we are happy to hear you have solved your problem

nice troubleshooting

06-16-2007, 02:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
Vaare Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 19 OS: Windows XP	Computer Fails to Boot [RESOLVED] Here's the problem: I left my computer running over night, as usual. I got on it in early morning and it was working fine. Took a break for a few hours and when I jumped back on, almost every program running was getting an error of some sort: eMule, Azureus, IceChat, etc. And it was running sluggish. I figured it had something to do with memory. So I rebooted and it froze at the Windows loading screen. Tried again and it froze. Tried a third time and the fans started to whir for only a few seconds before shutting off. That's the state it's in now. I thought it might be a bad PSU issue so I unplugged all extra hardware (i.e. every hard drive/cd drive except the main cd and OS drive. Still nothing. Any suggestions?

06-16-2007, 09:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,437 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: Computer Fails to Boot please give us your full system specs including power supply make and model ? (did the PSU come with the case ?) __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

06-16-2007, 09:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
Vaare Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 19 OS: Windows XP	Re: Computer Fails to Boot I found out the problem was actually the power supply. The PSU was 20-pin and the Mobo was 24-pin. Surprised it lasted a year with three hard drives. I went out and bought a new PSU and it works great. Sorry for wasting your time.

06-16-2007, 10:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,437 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: Computer Fails to Boot not a waste of time! we are happy to hear you have solved your problem nice troubleshooting __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial