Intermittent boot problems

newdman · 10-20-2008, 04:57 PM

I built a PC in 2006 which I gave to my ex when we split. I'm trying to diagnose it over the phone.

She's having intermittent problems with booting

It either works fine or nothing happens at all apart from initial fan spin which then stops. No beeps. No BIOS screen. Power LED comes on for less than a second the goes off.

It works usually when it's been switched off for at least 12hours. I told her to unplug it and press the power button to discharge it fully but this has no effect

At the last property she rented all the mains electrics were dodgy and the computer would run slowly and make a chugging sound. I think this has damaged something.

I'm guessing PSU needs changing as a first step but would welcome any advice

Thanks

It's a Foxconn NF4 board with Athlojn 64 3000+
Antec case with Antec Smart PSU 2.0

dai · 10-20-2008, 07:47 PM

it sounds like the psu

10-20-2008, 04:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
newdman Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 3 OS: xp	Intermittent boot problems I built a PC in 2006 which I gave to my ex when we split. I'm trying to diagnose it over the phone. She's having intermittent problems with booting It either works fine or nothing happens at all apart from initial fan spin which then stops. No beeps. No BIOS screen. Power LED comes on for less than a second the goes off. It works usually when it's been switched off for at least 12hours. I told her to unplug it and press the power button to discharge it fully but this has no effect At the last property she rented all the mains electrics were dodgy and the computer would run slowly and make a chugging sound. I think this has damaged something. I'm guessing PSU needs changing as a first step but would welcome any advice Thanks It's a Foxconn NF4 board with Athlojn 64 3000+ Antec case with Antec Smart PSU 2.0 Last edited by newdman; 10-20-2008 at 05:07 PM.

10-20-2008, 07:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,593 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Intermittent boot problems it sounds like the psu __________________