PC wierdness and possible explosions. Um, help!

PinkFearie · Post by **PinkFearie** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:37 am 0

pc check version 6 will test every component and find where the fault is

craigt · Post by **craigt** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:55 pm 0

Oddly enough, my desktop PC (Athlon 2600, Abit NF7-S v2.0) has started to do exactly the same things as yours (apart from the 100% cpu bit). It powers off randomly... Sometimes it restarts and sometimes it just cuts out (all fans off etc). I rebuild it yesterday without any luck, so i'm going to borrow a new PSU from work and try that out tonight.

I will be a bit annoyed if it is the PSU... This was the first time I spent a bit more money to get what I thought was a pretty good one at the time (Antec Tru-blue).

nige · Post by **nige** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 3:35 pm 0

The CPU no longer maxes out, the PS/2 ports have started to behave, the temperatures and fan speeds seem to be okay and I've had no more nasty clicking noises. All seemed well...

Today I powered up the machine and nothing happened, save for the power LED illuminating. As I had already previously dismantled the PC's case, I slowly pulled the PC out from under the desk to see what was happening (with various LEDs fitted all over the motherboard, I hoped I could see which components had power). Unfortunately I gave the PC a slight knock and it powered up.

I've remade all connections on the PSU and poked at random components with my finger. Let's hope this has achieved something.

I'm still going to get a new machine though.