The other day I went to boot up my PC and it turned on for about 3 seconds or less (the fans lit up and turned), and then it died. At that point there was a green light on the on/off switch that remained steady green.
It doesnt appear that the machine even got to CMOIS or the hard drives spinning up... power pressed, 1-3 seconds on, then dead. I kept turning it on and off, and tried different outlets too.
EVENTUALLY... it DID power up, and has been running fine since, on multiple shut downs and reboots.
I am wondering if this is possibly power supply related?
I just ordered a PS tester.
Any idea what could cause this?
A switch stuck? Insufficent power? Dust? Failing PSU? Shorted wire?
Is it possible to isolate this issue? Since the PSU tester will for sure so its fine now.
The pc is used on different sites for business purposes, and if it crashes it will be devastating!!
any help would be greatly appreciated.
SPECS:
ASROCK Motherboard
2.8 ghz AMD Athlon XP CPU
512MB RAM / 2 HD's
It doesnt appear that the machine even got to CMOIS or the hard drives spinning up... power pressed, 1-3 seconds on, then dead. I kept turning it on and off, and tried different outlets too.
EVENTUALLY... it DID power up, and has been running fine since, on multiple shut downs and reboots.
I am wondering if this is possibly power supply related?
I just ordered a PS tester.
Any idea what could cause this?
A switch stuck? Insufficent power? Dust? Failing PSU? Shorted wire?
Is it possible to isolate this issue? Since the PSU tester will for sure so its fine now.
The pc is used on different sites for business purposes, and if it crashes it will be devastating!!
any help would be greatly appreciated.
SPECS:
ASROCK Motherboard
2.8 ghz AMD Athlon XP CPU
512MB RAM / 2 HD's