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jeremyal
Hi All,
Maybe somebody can help me with this, as I don't have any hardware
laying around to try the trial and error approach. My computer is is
abruptly shutting down sporadically, usually when coming back from standby
mode, but not always. After it shuts down like this, I can't even get it
to POST when trying to start it back up. The fans spin up and then it just
dies after a second. It does this even if I shut it down normally and try
to reboot. Sometimes, after a few minutes, it will start back up and work
normally, but sometimes it won't work for days no matter how many times I
try.
I think the problem is either my power supply or my slave HD. When this
HD is unhooked from power, the machine will run fine. The power supply is a
cheap Rhycom 450W that came with a cheap case on Ebay. I was thinking maybe
its having a hard time putting out enough power to spin up both HDs. But
then again, maybe the HD itself is screwed up.
I'd hate to buy a new power supply if its not the problem ...same with
the HD. Anybody have an idea what is wrong here?
Thanks
System:
Asus P4PE w/ latest BIOS
Rhycom 450W power supply
P4 2.53 at stock speed with Volcano 7+ fan
512 MB Kingston HyperX PC2700
Western Digital 80GB 7200 RPM (primary)
Maxtor 80GB 7200RPM (slave)
Samsung CDRW 52-24-52
Sapphire Radeon 9000Pro 128MB
Maybe somebody can help me with this, as I don't have any hardware
laying around to try the trial and error approach. My computer is is
abruptly shutting down sporadically, usually when coming back from standby
mode, but not always. After it shuts down like this, I can't even get it
to POST when trying to start it back up. The fans spin up and then it just
dies after a second. It does this even if I shut it down normally and try
to reboot. Sometimes, after a few minutes, it will start back up and work
normally, but sometimes it won't work for days no matter how many times I
try.
I think the problem is either my power supply or my slave HD. When this
HD is unhooked from power, the machine will run fine. The power supply is a
cheap Rhycom 450W that came with a cheap case on Ebay. I was thinking maybe
its having a hard time putting out enough power to spin up both HDs. But
then again, maybe the HD itself is screwed up.
I'd hate to buy a new power supply if its not the problem ...same with
the HD. Anybody have an idea what is wrong here?
Thanks
System:
Asus P4PE w/ latest BIOS
Rhycom 450W power supply
P4 2.53 at stock speed with Volcano 7+ fan
512 MB Kingston HyperX PC2700
Western Digital 80GB 7200 RPM (primary)
Maxtor 80GB 7200RPM (slave)
Samsung CDRW 52-24-52
Sapphire Radeon 9000Pro 128MB