• Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
    Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.

Having Difficulty Turning On PC

C

CommieX

n00b
Joined
Nov 26, 2005
Messages
12
Here are the specs of my desktop PC:

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ CPU
ABIT KN8 Ultra Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Motherboard
4 x 512MB DDR400 RAM (Corsair Valueselect)
NVIDIA 7900GT 256MB
160GB Western Digital HDD
Antec SONATA II Computer Case w/ 450Watt SmartPower 2.0 PSU

I am having a bizarre (IMO) problem. I built this PC over a year ago, but in the last month or so I have had trouble turning on the system. If I shut down my PC and attempt to turn it on by pressing the power button on my case, one of two things will happen:

1) Nothing -- no lights, no response, nothing.
2) The green power LED will flash when I press the power button, but the system won't start. If I hold the power button, the power LED will flash intermittently for as long as I hold the button, but the system won't start.

However, after pushing and holding the power button many times I can usually get the PC to power on (hence how I am able to type from it now). So the system DOES work, it's just a pain in the ass to try and get my PC to boot. Does anyone have any idea why this is happening?

I figure it could be the power supply, but if that's the case, why would my computer be able to turn on at all, and why would it run normally once I manage to get it to turn on?

I'd really appreciate any ideas or suggestions -- thanks in advance!
 
Try shorting the wires that connect to the power switch quickly with a screwdriver and see if starts up normally that way.. Sounds like you have a switch that's getting worn out.
 
Thanks for the reply, but could you explain that a little further? I don't know what you mean.
 
Look inside your case, where the wires connect to the back of the power switch that turns your computer on, there are two spade type terminals that the wires connect to. There should be enough exposed metal there for you to short across with the blade end of a slotted type screwdriver.. effectively "bypassing" the switch and determining if it's worn out.

If that won't work, you could unplug the wires from where they connect to the motherboard, and you can short across those two pins as well, which is actually probably easier to access.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top