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MLMIB
08-14-04, 09:20 PM
okay, this has happened a few times, but I'm trying to test all my hardware tonight(before I go to college) and it came up again, and this time I can't get one rig to turn back on(at least not yet) story is as follows....

switch around hardware a bit, (disconnecting the psu mind you), do it a few times(pulling mostly hard drives) and all of a sudden the unit dosn't power on, the led's light up, but nothing spins. wait a while, pull stuff around enough all the while fixing nothing, but weirdly enough one time it'll start up again, like nothing happens(most of the time after you were just triple checking something you know you did a few times already)


any idea's what would be causing this problem? it's on both amd and intel rigs....

Xenocide
08-14-04, 09:43 PM
is a wire shorting against the side of the case?

dkitt10
08-14-04, 10:12 PM
is ur screw from mobo tray touching traces on mobo?

SavageBasher
08-16-04, 04:09 PM
Loose connector, short, loose ram. Take all of the ram out and blow the slots out, sometimes dust will get in there and cause the ram to be icky.