Hi all. I’ve posted pretty much the same question before on here but really didn’t get a diagnosis from anyone, probably because I wasn’t specific enough with the issue I’m having.
I’ll try again. I have a home-built desktop PC that I built about 3 or 4 years ago.
Here is the hardware I used. All was bought new at that time.
Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe motherboard (WiFi-AP) edition
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Dual Core 3 GHz ADX6000IAA6CZ
SOCKET AM2
PNY GeForce 8400 GS DDR2 512MB PCIe 2.0 (old but still works) now replaced with AMD Radion R7 200 series (new)
3 GBs of RAM Don’t remember which brand.
Two SATA hard drives / one for OS and programs and one for data storage
Two Legacy optical devices: 1 Sony DVDRW and 1 generic CDRom
Mega CPU cooling heatsink & fan + 3 case fans
Rosewill Fortress 750W 80 Plus Platinum PS (New)
OCZ Stealth Xstream 600W PS (old & still works)
It all started maybe a year or so ago. I usually left the PC on 24/7. Sometimes before I left for a trip I’d shut it all down. One time when I got back from a trip, I pushed the cases’ power switch.
Nothing. Opened the case and found that the motherboard’s green light was still illuminated. Turned off PS. Waited for green light on board to go out. When it did, I turned back on the PS power switch and then the case’s power switch. It then posted & booted normally. After time, it became increasingly difficult to post. The symptom is this: Once the power supply is turned off and the green light on the board is off and the PS is then turned back on and the switch on the case is turned back on, the fan(s) try and then fail to start. Sometimes the fans did nothing until right at the point of turning off the PS (they would try but fail to start) Weird, right? I started replacing items starting with the PS. Then, the video card, then I started the process of elimination. Board on desk with nothing plugged into it except for the PS and CPU. No beeps. Not even without memory sticks. (of course, no speaker is included with this board and you’d have to use at least the integrated analog out. I even moved around each memory stick; one by one. So, I then replaced the CPU with a new’sd one and whala! Everything seemed to work OK. This was last week. Until the first time I turned off the PC. Then the old problem reared it’s ugly head again. I’m thinking the MB but new ones aren’t readily available anymore except at a premium price. If anyone is familiar with this particular setup please let me know. I do build my own PCs but I’m by no means a guru. I work electronics production by trade so I can solder anything including IPC-610 class 3 or even the old MIL-STD2000.
BTW, this setup worked flawlessly for a couple of years.
Also, I got lucky enough to get it back on now but it just acts wierd! Rebooting, web pages failing......so much, I can't even describe it all but at least it's working enough for me to post this! 🙂
Thanks to anyone that just may know!
I’ll try again. I have a home-built desktop PC that I built about 3 or 4 years ago.
Here is the hardware I used. All was bought new at that time.
Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe motherboard (WiFi-AP) edition
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Dual Core 3 GHz ADX6000IAA6CZ
SOCKET AM2
PNY GeForce 8400 GS DDR2 512MB PCIe 2.0 (old but still works) now replaced with AMD Radion R7 200 series (new)
3 GBs of RAM Don’t remember which brand.
Two SATA hard drives / one for OS and programs and one for data storage
Two Legacy optical devices: 1 Sony DVDRW and 1 generic CDRom
Mega CPU cooling heatsink & fan + 3 case fans
Rosewill Fortress 750W 80 Plus Platinum PS (New)
OCZ Stealth Xstream 600W PS (old & still works)
It all started maybe a year or so ago. I usually left the PC on 24/7. Sometimes before I left for a trip I’d shut it all down. One time when I got back from a trip, I pushed the cases’ power switch.
Nothing. Opened the case and found that the motherboard’s green light was still illuminated. Turned off PS. Waited for green light on board to go out. When it did, I turned back on the PS power switch and then the case’s power switch. It then posted & booted normally. After time, it became increasingly difficult to post. The symptom is this: Once the power supply is turned off and the green light on the board is off and the PS is then turned back on and the switch on the case is turned back on, the fan(s) try and then fail to start. Sometimes the fans did nothing until right at the point of turning off the PS (they would try but fail to start) Weird, right? I started replacing items starting with the PS. Then, the video card, then I started the process of elimination. Board on desk with nothing plugged into it except for the PS and CPU. No beeps. Not even without memory sticks. (of course, no speaker is included with this board and you’d have to use at least the integrated analog out. I even moved around each memory stick; one by one. So, I then replaced the CPU with a new’sd one and whala! Everything seemed to work OK. This was last week. Until the first time I turned off the PC. Then the old problem reared it’s ugly head again. I’m thinking the MB but new ones aren’t readily available anymore except at a premium price. If anyone is familiar with this particular setup please let me know. I do build my own PCs but I’m by no means a guru. I work electronics production by trade so I can solder anything including IPC-610 class 3 or even the old MIL-STD2000.
BTW, this setup worked flawlessly for a couple of years.
Also, I got lucky enough to get it back on now but it just acts wierd! Rebooting, web pages failing......so much, I can't even describe it all but at least it's working enough for me to post this! 🙂
Thanks to anyone that just may know!
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