This is a very bizarre situation. So I will list ALL the symptoms that I am observing and go from there...
System Specs:
AMD Dual-Core +5500 brisbane
1 GB Corsair DDR2 RAM
Gigabyte
S-series GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard
1 Seagate 80GB system hard drive (the system boots from this drive)
1 Seagate 250GB storage drive
420W PSU
CD-Burner
Standard Heatsink
I am fairly certain there are a multitude of problems, so I do not expect there to be a single answer/problem that would explain everything that is going on.
For one, I occasionally get a BSOD followed by a physical memory dump, followed by a reboot. I am almost certain this is due to a failing hard drive.
However, after recently adding 2 additional case fans, everything seemed to turn to chaos.
Now, most of the time, when I turn on the power, the system will not post, I just get 3 loud beeps, and then nothing happens. I shut it off, and try again, same thing.
The only way I can get it to boot is by randomly disconnecting and re-connecting things such as IDE cables, internal power cables, USB cables etc... The system will then run stably for a while (sometimes for a day or two, sometimes a couple of ours, and sometimes only a few minutes, it varies without pattern.) Inevitably, when the system crashes, I then continue to get the beep errors and it will not boot. I then have to go in and repeat this process of "messing with the cables" until it will boot again.
My first thought is that it is a bad mobo, but then I started thinking that maybe the PSU is not giving the system enough juice? Any input would really help! I am probably just missing something... Thanks!
System Specs:
AMD Dual-Core +5500 brisbane
1 GB Corsair DDR2 RAM
Gigabyte
S-series GA-M61PME-S2 Motherboard
1 Seagate 80GB system hard drive (the system boots from this drive)
1 Seagate 250GB storage drive
420W PSU
CD-Burner
Standard Heatsink
I am fairly certain there are a multitude of problems, so I do not expect there to be a single answer/problem that would explain everything that is going on.
For one, I occasionally get a BSOD followed by a physical memory dump, followed by a reboot. I am almost certain this is due to a failing hard drive.
However, after recently adding 2 additional case fans, everything seemed to turn to chaos.
Now, most of the time, when I turn on the power, the system will not post, I just get 3 loud beeps, and then nothing happens. I shut it off, and try again, same thing.
The only way I can get it to boot is by randomly disconnecting and re-connecting things such as IDE cables, internal power cables, USB cables etc... The system will then run stably for a while (sometimes for a day or two, sometimes a couple of ours, and sometimes only a few minutes, it varies without pattern.) Inevitably, when the system crashes, I then continue to get the beep errors and it will not boot. I then have to go in and repeat this process of "messing with the cables" until it will boot again.
My first thought is that it is a bad mobo, but then I started thinking that maybe the PSU is not giving the system enough juice? Any input would really help! I am probably just missing something... Thanks!
