- Joined
- Aug 21, 2002
- Location
- Fort Wayne, IN
i came home for labor day weekend from college and was surfing the web on my computer last night. it shut off and the power kept flicker. it sounded like it was trying to start then it'd cut out and just keep repeating. the motherboard lights were flashing. it was late so i just unplugged the computer and went to bed.
this morning i plugged it back in and it just kept cycling like that. power cutting on and off and mobo lights flashing. i thought it might be the power button so i unplugged that and looked at the connection. everything appeared to be fine. i proceeded to reset the bios and the power stopped cycling and it almost started. i tried unplugging the power button sw from the mobo and jumping it, but it just gets power for about 2seconds(fans spin around maybe once) and wont do that again until i unplugg the power supply and plug it back it. then it will do it once, etc.
i have no idea what is going on. the led on the mother board is now solid red, no more flashing red and green, so that's normal. also the LAN port is flashing so that's getting power. but it just doesn't start up.
this morning i plugged it back in and it just kept cycling like that. power cutting on and off and mobo lights flashing. i thought it might be the power button so i unplugged that and looked at the connection. everything appeared to be fine. i proceeded to reset the bios and the power stopped cycling and it almost started. i tried unplugging the power button sw from the mobo and jumping it, but it just gets power for about 2seconds(fans spin around maybe once) and wont do that again until i unplugg the power supply and plug it back it. then it will do it once, etc.
i have no idea what is going on. the led on the mother board is now solid red, no more flashing red and green, so that's normal. also the LAN port is flashing so that's getting power. but it just doesn't start up.
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