Re: PC hardware problems

"MarkVarley - MVP" <mr.nice@*nospam*softhome.net> wrote in message
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On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:37:39 -0700, fantasyknightmares@xxxxxxxxxxx
wrote this gibberish:

Hi,

I've had my PC for the last 3-4 years now but recently ive been having
a couple of niggling annoying problems with it. The most serious of
which is that the PC powers up for 3-4 seconds then auto powers down.

My current System is as follows:

AMD 3000+ XP
2 x 512mb PC 2700 Corsair Memory (if i can remember rightly) lol
300 Watt PSU
X800 Radeon
MSI KT400 Motherboard

I have cleaned the PC of dust and the fans appear to be working fine
and have been cleared of dust and obstruction. The weird thing is if i
reset the BIOS with the JBAT1 Jumper it boots fine and i have to set
up all the BIOS settings. Anyone have any clue why it might be doing
this? All my BIOS settings are fine and have worked b4 it just seems
to be a recent issue.

On a lighter note im not sure if it has anything to do with the above
issue ever since i installed my radeon x800 occasionally the PC
refuses to boot and has a series of fast beeps that require me to
power down the PC and shuffle about the card in its AGP slot and this
usually resolves it although im not surely entirely if this is
directly whats making it work again.

If anyone could give me some advice on either issue i'd be most
appreciative.

Cheers

Malakei

1. update your Bios, check manufacturers website.
2. get some thermal paste and remove your cpu heatsink, clean it and
the chip, make sure the fan and heatsink fans are properly clean,
apply paste and reseat the heatsink. ensure fan spins freely.
3. remove, clean and reseat the RAM.(pins and socket, do not use
cleaning fluid)
4. remove, clean and reseat the graphics card (pins and socket, do not
use cleaning fluid)
5. remove power supply unit, open cover, clean heatsink and fan,
ensure fan spins freely. (make sure it's not plugged in!)
6. boot into bios, watch cpu temp in bios for 20 minutes or so, if it
hits 50's something is amiss. visually check all fans are spinning,
including psu.

this may help.

Mark.




Hi,

After the PC powers down after 4 secs does anything happen if you push the
Power button on again? (Give it about 1 minute before pushing).


If it does start off by pushing the power button on the second boot (without
doing anything to the computer) then it most likely is the PS.

At this point I would avoid going to do anything to the cpu or HSF, but I
might also check the condition of the cmos battery. It should be 3V. Before
removing make sure you have made an account of the bios settings so you can
restore them once the battery is reinserted.



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