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Conroy Bumpas
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I was told that the family pc was acting up. Apparently in turned off a few times. (This I later found out the truth it turns off constantly)
So I thing it may be over heating or something. So I open it up and clear all the vents check the fans etc.
When I boot up it says on for about 4 mins. Then just jumps back to starting up. Goes to boot up and after 2 mins. Blips back to starting up. Then stays on for 1 min, then 30 seconds then 15 ect. Until it keeps restarting whilst checking the ram.
So I thought its may be shorting out on the case. So I check everything. The power supply is new, and that is contently on it dost loose power it just jumps back to start up.
Tried to boot up from windows disk. Just kept restarting.
Booted to bios….. stayed on for 15 mins (untill i reset it)
Anyone got any ideas
So I thing it may be over heating or something. So I open it up and clear all the vents check the fans etc.
When I boot up it says on for about 4 mins. Then just jumps back to starting up. Goes to boot up and after 2 mins. Blips back to starting up. Then stays on for 1 min, then 30 seconds then 15 ect. Until it keeps restarting whilst checking the ram.
So I thought its may be shorting out on the case. So I check everything. The power supply is new, and that is contently on it dost loose power it just jumps back to start up.
Tried to boot up from windows disk. Just kept restarting.
Booted to bios….. stayed on for 15 mins (untill i reset it)
Anyone got any ideas
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If that doesn't work, take the whole rig apart, clean everything and out it back together.
This problem is very likely hardware, as the state of the OS (before or after windows is loaded) has no effect, and booting from a CD produces the same result.
Take everything apart. Blow all the dust out squeaky clean. Re-seat the ram. Put new thermal paste on the CPU. Make sure all the fans spin when the power is on. Clean off and tidy up all the cables in the case and try to keep an open airway through the case by using twist ties or plastic cable ties to secure all cables out of the way and away from fans and the cpu.
If possible, leave the thing off for a while so it cools down, and then check your BIOS for any sort of hardware temperature monitoring. See if it climbs much above 60C or so.
Finally, you can try removing all the non-essential bits of hardware. Take out anything that's not an on-board device, aside from the video. Use the BIOS tools to deactivate any on-board Audio or Network/Modem devices. If there is on-board video that is not being used due to an after-market video card, try first disabling the on-board video, and second using the on-board and removing any other video card. Pull all but one stick of ram, and try them one at a time.
If you're still rebooting, it's very likely your motherboard or cpu is damaged, at that point.