Has my CPU had it.

[robinbredin]

What it is, when I switched on I was getting a solid amber light, my system revs up for a second then power's off, then it repeats its self. so I removed all my card and memory to see if there were broke. I have noticed that when I remove the power cable for my CPU, then the system fans will work, but, if I reconnect the power cable, then they wont work, and the system power's on and off every second or two.

 

[robinbredin]

w3bbo
Take out the CMOS battery.

Leave for a minute or two then replace.

Try booting up.

Tried that, with no luck.

 

[robinbredin]

Left the battery out for 15 minutes, with no result.

 

[robinbredin]

Did use the CPU and memory on another motherboard, and had the same thing.

 

[robinbredin]

dovey
More likely to be the memory than the cpu, try switching that around and booting with one stick at a time

Tried that, but still no joy.

 

[robinbredin]

scotty365 Quote:
Originally Posted by BuzZz
Dude, do this...

Remove the kettle lead
Press the power button (Will remove all power from the system)
Remove CMOS battery
Replace battery
Plug in kettle lead
Power on

This - except hold the power button down until it attempts to start this will remove any juice in the system.

Tried that, and it still wont turn on. What happens, when I press the power button, the PSU and the back fan on the case attempt to run. The CPU fan will a slight attempt , but all will stop, and it then start all over again.

 

[robinbredin]

EniGmA1981
Rather than testing the memory AND cpu on the other motherboard just try one or the other... that way you can rule out whichever one doesn't give the fault...

and test the ram one stick at a time not all together

Tried that, but still no luck. But I do hear a Click noise before it start over again, and I was wondering if it could be the PSU.

 

[robinbredin]

Another test I did was to remove all my memory from the board, and switched on, and the same thing happened again.