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I have a home-built machine
A month ago, this was the basic configuration
Abit KV8-Pro
AMD Athlon 64 3400+
PNY 6800 GT
SAMSUNG 120GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
CORSAIR XMS 1GB
Antec NeoPower 480
We were expecting a storm a month ago, so I powered down, unplugged and went to bed.I woke up one morning and the entire machine was inert. no lights, no power, nothing. I tried another outlet, and nothing.
So, I took it to my friend who knows more about these things than I do and took with me a new PSU. An Antec NeoPower 550.
He swapped out the PSU and when he tried to start the machine, the fan would whir and it would act like it was about to boot, but then cycle immediately off. Like 2 seconds from button press to being completely dead. Further attempts to start would have no affect. No fans, no lights, no nothing.
If he switched off the new PSU on the back of the machine, he could get it to do the same thing again. A single, brief spurt of power, fans, lights, but no post, no boot.
He tried using another sata hard drive and had the same result, so he was guessing it was the sata controller and suggested a new MB.
So, I went out and bought an Abit KV-85. Took it to my friend, who put it in and everything was fine. It even recognized all my devices so I didn't even lose data or windows. I took the machine home, plugged it in and it ran for seven straight days without a hiccup. I never powered it down during that period.
Last night, a storm was coming in, so I powered down and unplugged everything.
This morning, I plug back in and pressed power and it was doing the one brief whir of fans, lights and then nothing. 2 seconds. Unless I toggled the psu switch, I'd get nothing whatsoever and when I did toggle the psu, I'd get one feeble attempt to start, 2 seconds of fan and lights, then it powered off. I repeated this a half-dozen times.
So, I go to work, come home, plug the s.o.b. in and it boots right up. Now I'm scared to turn it off.
What on earth is wrong with this thing? I'm about to call an exorcist but thought I'd ask here to see if you guys could help me cast out these demons.
I'm also about to just go buy an entirely new machine cause I'm sick of this mess, but I'd like to not have to chuck this one in a dumpster. If I could get it stable I could at least use it as a web browser.
Thanks for your kind attention.
A month ago, this was the basic configuration
Abit KV8-Pro
AMD Athlon 64 3400+
PNY 6800 GT
SAMSUNG 120GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
CORSAIR XMS 1GB
Antec NeoPower 480
We were expecting a storm a month ago, so I powered down, unplugged and went to bed.I woke up one morning and the entire machine was inert. no lights, no power, nothing. I tried another outlet, and nothing.
So, I took it to my friend who knows more about these things than I do and took with me a new PSU. An Antec NeoPower 550.
He swapped out the PSU and when he tried to start the machine, the fan would whir and it would act like it was about to boot, but then cycle immediately off. Like 2 seconds from button press to being completely dead. Further attempts to start would have no affect. No fans, no lights, no nothing.
If he switched off the new PSU on the back of the machine, he could get it to do the same thing again. A single, brief spurt of power, fans, lights, but no post, no boot.
He tried using another sata hard drive and had the same result, so he was guessing it was the sata controller and suggested a new MB.
So, I went out and bought an Abit KV-85. Took it to my friend, who put it in and everything was fine. It even recognized all my devices so I didn't even lose data or windows. I took the machine home, plugged it in and it ran for seven straight days without a hiccup. I never powered it down during that period.
Last night, a storm was coming in, so I powered down and unplugged everything.
This morning, I plug back in and pressed power and it was doing the one brief whir of fans, lights and then nothing. 2 seconds. Unless I toggled the psu switch, I'd get nothing whatsoever and when I did toggle the psu, I'd get one feeble attempt to start, 2 seconds of fan and lights, then it powered off. I repeated this a half-dozen times.
So, I go to work, come home, plug the s.o.b. in and it boots right up. Now I'm scared to turn it off.
What on earth is wrong with this thing? I'm about to call an exorcist but thought I'd ask here to see if you guys could help me cast out these demons.
I'm also about to just go buy an entirely new machine cause I'm sick of this mess, but I'd like to not have to chuck this one in a dumpster. If I could get it stable I could at least use it as a web browser.
Thanks for your kind attention.