Trouble Starting Computer

hileking · 01-11-2008, 05:43 AM

I recently built a computer and it had been working great for 2 weeks. Recently however my power strip kind of flickered on and off a few times for some reason and now when I try to start the computer it will light up for a second then stop. It will then wait like 5 seconds and light up again and stop. It continues this cycle until I turn the power off. Any idea what would cause this? It keeps trying to start but is unable to. Is it the power supply that would cause this?

**speedster123** · 01-11-2008, 06:09 AM

welcome
what power supply do you have?
what are your complete specs of the system?

hileking · 01-11-2008, 06:26 AM

VGA EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR 8800GTX R
MNTR CHIMEI|LCD 22"5MS CMV 221D-NBC
CASECOOLERMAS|CAC-T05-UW BLK RT
MB FOXCONN X38A 775 X38 ICH9R RTL
HD 250G|ST 7K 16M SATA2 ST3250410AS
KB SAITEK|ECLIPSE KEYBOARD PZ30AU

PSU OCZ|OCZ700GXSSLI 700W RT

CPU INTEL|C2Q Q6600 2.40G 775 8M R
MEM 2G|GSK F2-6400CL5S-2GBPQ R
MOUSE LOGITECH|MX 518 USB RETAIL

Like I said, it was working flawlessly until the power flickered on and off yesterday.

**speedster123** · 01-11-2008, 06:29 AM

try to reset the cmos
pop the battery out for 10 mins. or so after you unplug it.
adjust the values in the bios, save and exit.
hopefully it will boot.

01-11-2008, 05:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
hileking Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Windows XP	Trouble Starting Computer I recently built a computer and it had been working great for 2 weeks. Recently however my power strip kind of flickered on and off a few times for some reason and now when I try to start the computer it will light up for a second then stop. It will then wait like 5 seconds and light up again and stop. It continues this cycle until I turn the power off. Any idea what would cause this? It keeps trying to start but is unable to. Is it the power supply that would cause this?

01-11-2008, 06:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
speedster123 Mentor Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: United States-New York-Long Island Posts: 5,223 OS: xp pro SP3	Re: Trouble Starting Computer welcome what power supply do you have? what are your complete specs of the system? __________________

01-11-2008, 06:26 AM	#3 (permalink)
hileking Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Windows XP	Re: Trouble Starting Computer VGA EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR 8800GTX R MNTR CHIMEI\|LCD 22"5MS CMV 221D-NBC CASECOOLERMAS\|CAC-T05-UW BLK RT MB FOXCONN X38A 775 X38 ICH9R RTL HD 250G\|ST 7K 16M SATA2 ST3250410AS KB SAITEK\|ECLIPSE KEYBOARD PZ30AU PSU OCZ\|OCZ700GXSSLI 700W RT CPU INTEL\|C2Q Q6600 2.40G 775 8M R MEM 2G\|GSK F2-6400CL5S-2GBPQ R MOUSE LOGITECH\|MX 518 USB RETAIL Like I said, it was working flawlessly until the power flickered on and off yesterday.

01-11-2008, 06:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
speedster123 Mentor Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: United States-New York-Long Island Posts: 5,223 OS: xp pro SP3	Re: Trouble Starting Computer try to reset the cmos pop the battery out for 10 mins. or so after you unplug it. adjust the values in the bios, save and exit. hopefully it will boot. __________________