Ive been fighting with my wife's PC now for several weeks and Im not any closer to figuring out what's wrong with it than I was when I started. Here's the deal.
When you power the box up, sometimes it posts, sometimes it doesnt. Sometimes you hit the power switch and it doesnt do anything. After it posts, it might boot into Windows okay for a minute then it just shuts down like you pulled the power. No matter what, if it powers up, it ALWAYS shuts down like you just yanked the cord. Either right after posting, halfway into Windows, whatever.
Here's what Ive replaced.
Ive tried 4 different power supplies
Replaced the mobo with a brand new unit
Replaced the graphics card
Replaced the case (I actually thought it might be a bad power switch)
Ive swapped the memory sticks in and out thinking I had a bad stick of memory. I guess that could still be the case but it seems farfetched to have 2 bad sticks of memory that cause the same problem.
Ive pulled everything out of the machine except for the CDR and one hard drive
Essentially, at this point, the only thing that hasnt been swapped is the memory and the CPU.
Im sick of throwing parts at this PC and I dont really know what else to do. Ive already spent way more on it than I would have prefered.. its a legacy box anyways (Socket 939) and I tried my best to talk the spousal unit into just buying a low end Dell but she's cheap and was having none of it.
Anyone got any advice other than trading in the spouse for a new one?
When you power the box up, sometimes it posts, sometimes it doesnt. Sometimes you hit the power switch and it doesnt do anything. After it posts, it might boot into Windows okay for a minute then it just shuts down like you pulled the power. No matter what, if it powers up, it ALWAYS shuts down like you just yanked the cord. Either right after posting, halfway into Windows, whatever.
Here's what Ive replaced.
Ive tried 4 different power supplies
Replaced the mobo with a brand new unit
Replaced the graphics card
Replaced the case (I actually thought it might be a bad power switch)
Ive swapped the memory sticks in and out thinking I had a bad stick of memory. I guess that could still be the case but it seems farfetched to have 2 bad sticks of memory that cause the same problem.
Ive pulled everything out of the machine except for the CDR and one hard drive
Essentially, at this point, the only thing that hasnt been swapped is the memory and the CPU.
Im sick of throwing parts at this PC and I dont really know what else to do. Ive already spent way more on it than I would have prefered.. its a legacy box anyways (Socket 939) and I tried my best to talk the spousal unit into just buying a low end Dell but she's cheap and was having none of it.
Anyone got any advice other than trading in the spouse for a new one?