[sorry for my bad english] I just bought a new PC and have the following problem: When I press the power switch, the system (lights, fans, dvd) turns on for about 5 seconds and then turns off again. During this 5 seconds the monitor doesn't even power on, it remains in standby. After this happens, I'm not able to power on the PC again without re-plugging the PSU cable before. I unplug the cable, wait for the MB light to turn off, plug it back in, and (lol) without touching anything the power turns on by himself and turns off after 5 seconds. And now I try to turn it on by myself pressing the switch and....... A) the system starts up without any problem and keeps working normally during the whole day OR B) it turns off after 5 seconds (same story again) Sometimes A happens, sometimes B. What is going on here? ---------------------------------------- PC specs: CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 MB: Asus P5W DH Deluxe RAM: Kingston 2 GB DDR2 533MHz GPU: Gigabyte 7600GT PSU: Antec NeoHE 500W
Ah yes...skim reading is my downfall too. I tend to ignore anything subconsciously with a line/dash as its usually a sig. Anyway, it seems as if the PSU should be good quality. I'd run [google]memtest86[/google] for about an hour or so to check for RAM errors.
don't worry about it, i've tried not "skim reading" and i just can't do it:doh: , just glad i'm not the only one, but then again, thats what everyone else is here for
