Whats wrong?

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Whats wrong with my computer?

I leave my PC on 24/7 and I had a powercut and now when I turn on my computer it starts for 5 seconds then turns off and repeats till I pull the plug out of the power supply.

I was wondering if its a psu problem or mobo?

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Nick.



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Was the pc overclocked, wondering if a CMOS reset might do the trick, if not can you test the psu in another pc.
 
nlr said:
Yeah I purchased a pre overclocked q6600 from overclockers..

whats a CMOS reset?
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Resets the BIOS to standard safe settings, you will loose your overclock, but this may get you up and running.

You can do this by removing the battery or linking the clear CMOS header on the motherboard, check the manual this will show the location.
 
pcAnywhere said:
Can you post the entire spec?
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Intel Q6600 Quad Core @ 3.20Ghz
OCZ SLI-Ready Edition 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel
Gigabyte GA-X38-DS4 Intel X38 (Socket 775)
PowerColor HD 3870 XT X2 1GB GDDR3
Antec TruePower Quattro 850W Modular PSU

RJC said:
Resets the BIOS to standard safe settings, you will loose your overclock, but this may get you up and running.

You can do this by removing the battery or linking the clear CMOS header on the motherboard, check the manual this will show the location.
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I've taken out of the battery and then put it back in after 60 seconds which doesn't seem to fix the problem... what wire do I put in the clear cmos header?
 
Right beneath the battery do you see 2 pins sticking up, this should say CLR CMOS beside them. If it does short them with a screw driver or metal object.
 
Hmm, what pain the in the rear, do you the have the option to test the parts in another pc.

This is going to be the easier solution :(
 
Do you know if the Antec Digital Power Supply tester is reliable as I will just buy it and test to see if its the power supply?
 
Okay hopefully it's the PSU as I'm sure Antec has 5 years warranty on it.
 
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im always getting power cuts out in the countryside :mad: and to get mine running again i have to switch off the psu for a minute by the actual switch on the back of the psu... it must have some sort of shut off safety mechanism to reduce damage...

worth a try anyway, goodluck
 
MiTz said:
im always getting power cuts out in the countryside :mad: and to get mine running again i have to switch off the psu for a minute by the actual switch on the back of the psu... it must have some sort of shut off safety mechanism to reduce damage...

worth a try anyway, goodluck
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it didn't fixed the issue but I don't think the powercut caused the problem but me running it 24/7 for a few weeks did and over heated but I'm just wondering if the PSU has blown or the Motherboard/Components?

My Antec PSU tester is coming in the post in a few days so hopefully I will know but if it isn't the PSU would the CPU and other components be affected?
 
Ok, so I had this "reboot cycle" problem with a Gigabyte motherboard EP45-UD3LR. Its did the same thing you described. I thought it was a bad memory problem. The best bet is to reset the CMOS and then removing the CMOS battery.

If you don't have internal speakers, you should get a Motherboard testing kit for £5 from this retailer (which I cannot mention) (Link)

When I plugged in the internal speakers, the BEEP code issued a VGA error. I replaced the VGA (Ati 5770) card with one from an older system (Nvidia 6600) and it booted.
I then put back in the Ati 5770 and it booted fine, which was a bit weird.

Anyhoo, thats how I got my system working again. I'm not sure why Gigabyte boards have this reboot cycle problem.

Hope it helps.
 
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