Computer Randomly Powers Down

Edward2 · 12-16-02, 02:00 PM

One of my Folding-only rigs (a Tualatin 1.4@1.6 on a Biostar M6VLQ motherboard) has started randomly powering down. It is NOT crashing or locking up, but is completely powering down. The CPU fan stops and everything. I have to turn the power supply off and on, and then the computer will reboot just fine.

My question is - do you think this is a power supply problem, CPU problem, motherboard problem, or other problem? The power supply is an old Deer 200W power supply. The computer has run fine for 6-8 weeks, and just started powering down within the past week.

THANKS

MDA · 12-16-02, 02:14 PM

Problems like this are sometimes caused by dirt and dust inside the psu, i recently had a power up/down problem and thought it was the motherboard. It was only when the same problems started happening with my replacement board, that i opened up the psu and cleared out a hole heap of c**p. NO problems since!

MDA.

12-16-02, 02:00 PM	Thread Starter #1
Edward2 Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Folding@Home in Ball Ground, GA	Computer Randomly Powers Down One of my Folding-only rigs (a Tualatin 1.4@1.6 on a Biostar M6VLQ motherboard) has started randomly powering down. It is NOT crashing or locking up, but is completely powering down. The CPU fan stops and everything. I have to turn the power supply off and on, and then the computer will reboot just fine. My question is - do you think this is a power supply problem, CPU problem, motherboard problem, or other problem? The power supply is an old Deer 200W power supply. The computer has run fine for 6-8 weeks, and just started powering down within the past week. THANKS __________________ Q9300 @ 3.4GHz, Asus P5Q Pro, 4GB OCZ Platinum DDR2-1066, GTX580 @ 900GPU, OCZ Vendetta 2, PC P&C 750W i5-3570K @ 4.5GHz, Asus P8Z77, 4GB G Skill DDR3-1333, GTX580 @ 900GPU, CM Hyper 212+ HS/F, Corsair 850W 4x 6180SE @ 2.75GHz, SM H8QGi-F, 32GB G Skill DDR3-1333, CM Hyper 212+ HS/F, Redundant 1400W
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12-16-02, 02:14 PM	#2
MDA Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: In the Dark!!	Problems like this are sometimes caused by dirt and dust inside the psu, i recently had a power up/down problem and thought it was the motherboard. It was only when the same problems started happening with my replacement board, that i opened up the psu and cleared out a hole heap of c**p. NO problems since! MDA.
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