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I can't turn my machine off!
Morskittar
Lord Warlock EngineerSeattleRegistered User regular
Lord Warlock EngineerSeattleRegistered User regular
Ok, that's not exactly true, but I've been having some severe power issues with my machine for some time now. I've tried to troubleshoot a bit and narrow this down, but I really have no idea where to start and am making no headway.
AMD Athlon64 3500 2.2ghz
2g Kingston ValueRam
Asus A8V (not the Deluxe version) mobo
Antec True Power 2.0 550
XFX 6800 GS/XT
Over the winter I found it necessary to turn my machine off for some time due to inclement and totally awesome weather and power outtages in the Seattle area. Upon attempting to restart my machine, however, it wouldn't respond. After a moment of staring, puzzled, the fans and LEDs popped on, it got through my first few boot screens, then restarted. It then proceeded to do this about ten times, finally starting up, booting Windows, and cruising along just fine. Currently, the computer works excellently, as long as I don't put it in any sort of powered-down mode, in which case it does the restart thing.
My first impulse was to check connections, my PSU, the surge protector it's plugged into, and all that. Everything seems fine. My current workaround is to avoid depowering or sleeping (rebooting is no problem). I'm not really comfortable with this "solution" though.
To further confuse the issue, my wife's machine (with similar specs, but different actual parts) started doing the same exact thing around the same time (though with only a few restarts); leading me to believe this may extend beyond a computer hardware issue into our apartment's wiring. That, of course, is well beyond my experience to troubleshoot or repair.
Has anyone ever experienced the same or a similar issue? I haven't the slightest where to go from here.
AMD Athlon64 3500 2.2ghz
2g Kingston ValueRam
Asus A8V (not the Deluxe version) mobo
Antec True Power 2.0 550
XFX 6800 GS/XT
Over the winter I found it necessary to turn my machine off for some time due to inclement and totally awesome weather and power outtages in the Seattle area. Upon attempting to restart my machine, however, it wouldn't respond. After a moment of staring, puzzled, the fans and LEDs popped on, it got through my first few boot screens, then restarted. It then proceeded to do this about ten times, finally starting up, booting Windows, and cruising along just fine. Currently, the computer works excellently, as long as I don't put it in any sort of powered-down mode, in which case it does the restart thing.
My first impulse was to check connections, my PSU, the surge protector it's plugged into, and all that. Everything seems fine. My current workaround is to avoid depowering or sleeping (rebooting is no problem). I'm not really comfortable with this "solution" though.
To further confuse the issue, my wife's machine (with similar specs, but different actual parts) started doing the same exact thing around the same time (though with only a few restarts); leading me to believe this may extend beyond a computer hardware issue into our apartment's wiring. That, of course, is well beyond my experience to troubleshoot or repair.
Has anyone ever experienced the same or a similar issue? I haven't the slightest where to go from here.
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try taking out the motherboard from the system, placing it on something nonconductive, and booting it up from there.
or simply try buying a new PSU (like an Antec or an Enermax, or anything basically reputable).
the other thing i've noticed is that if you have an UPS unit that simultaneously conditions the electric current to anything plugged in to the UPS, it helps immensely.
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Did it bios finishing POSTing completly or did the restarts happen during the memory test?
This is probably a good place to start, because this sounds like a grounding/shorting issue.
My first thought was about that old video card that'd shorted, though the mobo appears to be fine. Also, my wife's computer doing the same thing is odd.
I think I may try switching wall outlets next; both our primary power strips in outlets adjacent to each other, on the same wall.