erjin999 Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 I had this issue on my cheap work computer, where it would startup and then after aout 1-2 seconds shut down. It was due to a cheap power supply, and was made worse by changing the FSB on the mobo from 100Mhz to 133 Mhz and back. In the end I changed the power supply and its been ok since then, but I havent fiddled with the FSB anyway since then.Certainly the easiest way to work it out would be get/steal/borrow a power supply, but not a ultra cheapy one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neonext Posted July 6, 2005 Author Share Posted July 6, 2005 i'll be picking one up tomorrow, hopefully it works. My old one was 300W so I am going to get one that is the same wattage. IIRC that is the important thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neonext Posted July 8, 2005 Author Share Posted July 8, 2005 well, it seems the new power supply has solved the power-related problems, such as the system not turning on and the system shutting off on its own, but i still cant get the startup screen to show. while i was working on it, i took a close look at my cpu and near the core it is black on both sides, with a discoloring on most of the inner part of the chip. i'm thinking that i burnt the chip too much with that old fan :(no beeping or anything when i try to start up, no power led either. it looks like it's been narrowed down to either the cpu or the m/b, so i'm wondering... if you had a faulty cpu, would the power led not light up? should i just try to replace the cpu, or could it still be a problem with the m/b? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erjin999 Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 I think it does power up even with a faulty cpu. Powers up then down again quite quickly. Many times I have cooked cpus (when I was really hungry :P) and once it took the mobo with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neonext Posted July 8, 2005 Author Share Posted July 8, 2005 what should i do then? just upgrade to a new cpu/mobo combo and be done with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erjin999 Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 Erm, if you are not going to go up a level with your upgrade, as in get the same kind, then get a cpu, test it, if it doesnt work, then get the mobo. If you are going to upgrade a level then first be totally certain that it is the cpu and the mobo. Can you not borrow a friends chip to test ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neonext Posted July 9, 2005 Author Share Posted July 9, 2005 not really... cant think of anyone with something AMD, let alone Athlon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desert_storm Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 I didn't read everything that was said. But i had the same problem, or something close to it. they way I fixed it was entering BIOS and restoring all the defults. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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