Hi Guys,
I have a i7-930 desktop PC,ASUS P6X58D-E LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard, G SKills Ripjaws RAM, ATI Radeon 5850 card etc. Homebuilt around an year ago.
Moved cities recently, and transported the desktop by car. Worked fine at the new place for a few days, then stopped POSTing. Outer case fans came on, but CPU fan, HDD, and Graphics Card were dead. Heard a kind of a whine-noise coming from somewhere inside the PC.
Anyways, I took the CMOS out and put it back in, and it came back up setup the BIOS etc, that worked for a day (CPU fan started as did the HDD etc) - but by the next day, problem's back.
Just saw this thread: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/259383-30-solved-clear-cmos-jumper-computer-powers-wont-post
Sounds like the exact same issue. So this time I pulled out the power cable connectors from the MOBO and pushed them back in, and alls well again! CPU fan whizzing like theres nothing wrong.
So my question is: What could be causing this - loose power supply, bad power supply, or is this a potential MOBO issue? One major symptom seems to be that the CPU fan refuses to come on. As soon as the CPU fan comes on, all's well again.
I guess if it fails again, I am going to try the same thing, but it seems to happen often enough to seem like a common problem, but I am yet to see a convincing answer to the what the root cause could be question.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
I have a i7-930 desktop PC,ASUS P6X58D-E LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard, G SKills Ripjaws RAM, ATI Radeon 5850 card etc. Homebuilt around an year ago.
Moved cities recently, and transported the desktop by car. Worked fine at the new place for a few days, then stopped POSTing. Outer case fans came on, but CPU fan, HDD, and Graphics Card were dead. Heard a kind of a whine-noise coming from somewhere inside the PC.
Anyways, I took the CMOS out and put it back in, and it came back up setup the BIOS etc, that worked for a day (CPU fan started as did the HDD etc) - but by the next day, problem's back.
Just saw this thread: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/259383-30-solved-clear-cmos-jumper-computer-powers-wont-post
Sounds like the exact same issue. So this time I pulled out the power cable connectors from the MOBO and pushed them back in, and alls well again! CPU fan whizzing like theres nothing wrong.
So my question is: What could be causing this - loose power supply, bad power supply, or is this a potential MOBO issue? One major symptom seems to be that the CPU fan refuses to come on. As soon as the CPU fan comes on, all's well again.
I guess if it fails again, I am going to try the same thing, but it seems to happen often enough to seem like a common problem, but I am yet to see a convincing answer to the what the root cause could be question.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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