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Cannot restart PC from 'cold' start after shuttin down

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davo1977

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Aug 9, 2005
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Hi, I was hoping someone can point me in the right direction as this little problem is driving me mad. I have recently found that my system is locking up during windows and also in the BIOS and will reboot okay when I hit the reset button. But if I hold the power button in to switch it off,everything will go off except the hdd light, when I press the power button again the hdd light will go off but the power light come on and then flash and the case fans will start spinning and I can't get the pc to boot again until I remove the power cable from the psu for about 5 seconds. To rule some of the components out I have recently rebuilt the pc and I have a new cpu,mobo , gfx card and memory yet I had the same problem on the pc with my older components. The only things not changed are the 580w Hiper psu and the tower itself. I am running the pc with minimum resources but still having the same trouble. My only thoughts are that there is a short somewhere or the psu is at fault but how would I know?? I have 2 raptors in RAID 0 which are new also but can't help but thinking psu or case as there are the only 2 things not replaced. I don'tsuppose a BIOS update would help?? Please help!!

Thanks
Mark
 
The only things not changed are the 580w Hiper psu and the tower itself.

Get a cheap PSU and try it, it is always good to have a spare.

The other possibility is a bad switch in, you guessed it, the tower.

Tony
 
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