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Hey guys, I have a setup with the following humble specs:
Athlon XP barton 2500
NF7-S v. 2 Abit motherboard
512 kingmax DDR400
Samsung 80 gb 7200
Sapphire radeon 9600
I built the computer about a year and a half ago and it ran fine for about three months- then it started randomly shutting off during use, and I would have to unplug the psu and replug it in order to get the thing to turn on again (i.e the red mobo light had to go off).
Thinking it was a simple PSU problem, i changed psu's; then the thing won't even post. Case fans and HSF start and go, but nothing posts. no beeps, nothing.
Since then I have tried three PSU's, Bought another 2500+, tried a friends old 2000 Rma'd the mobo, tried different ram, and still the darn thing won't post. Every time its the same result. I know the Vid card is fine because I put it in another computer and it runs fine. Unfortunately I don't have easy access to testing the other components because my backup computer's hd isnt SATA, uses SDRAM, and has an intel processor.
What are some indications that this is a static/grounding problem? I'm going to try a barebones (out of the case) setup tomorrow
Athlon XP barton 2500
NF7-S v. 2 Abit motherboard
512 kingmax DDR400
Samsung 80 gb 7200
Sapphire radeon 9600
I built the computer about a year and a half ago and it ran fine for about three months- then it started randomly shutting off during use, and I would have to unplug the psu and replug it in order to get the thing to turn on again (i.e the red mobo light had to go off).
Thinking it was a simple PSU problem, i changed psu's; then the thing won't even post. Case fans and HSF start and go, but nothing posts. no beeps, nothing.
Since then I have tried three PSU's, Bought another 2500+, tried a friends old 2000 Rma'd the mobo, tried different ram, and still the darn thing won't post. Every time its the same result. I know the Vid card is fine because I put it in another computer and it runs fine. Unfortunately I don't have easy access to testing the other components because my backup computer's hd isnt SATA, uses SDRAM, and has an intel processor.
What are some indications that this is a static/grounding problem? I'm going to try a barebones (out of the case) setup tomorrow