Heyall! Got a bit of a situation with my PC.
About a month ago, I moved. After setting up the compy, I turned it on, and it seemed to only get a fraction of a second of power. I would push the power button for 10 sec to reset it, and when I pushed again, another >1 second burst. The fans would make half a revolution, and then nothing. I messed with it a bit, and after laying the compy on its side, it got power for ~5 sec. Rinse and repeat that for a while, and eventually it would get sustained power. There are 4 LED's on the mobo though, which seem to act as diagnostics. During the first boot of uninterrupted power, all 4 lights were red. Restart a few times and one or two would go green, a few more times, and they all went green, and the compy started running as though nothing was ever wrong.
Well, I had to move again the other day, and my worst fear has happened upon me. It's back to getting a fraction of a second of power, and then nothing. No matter which way I turned it, or how I reset the machine, it refuses to stay up. I'm not sure what the heck is going on.
Doesn't SEEM to be the power supply, because after last time, it went a month solid. No lock-ups, no unexplainable resets, just normal healthy PC activity.
I suppose it COULD be a short, but I would've expected it to power down inexplicably in the past month, and I had moved it around slightly every here and there.
Can't be a lack of wattage, as it wouldn't act like this, and I've never added anything to draw more power.
I don't buy any of those ideas...
Possibly faulty memory that inexplicably works 100% of the time it's "on"...
Yes, the compy is old, so please refrain from dying of laughter as I list off the specs.
MSI K7T Turbo SE Mobo
Athalon (one of the earliest gens) @ 800mHz (OC'd to ~1gHz)
1.1GB PC133 RAM
Please help, this is exceedingly annoying.
(and yes, I intend to take the shotgun to it and make a big upgrade once tax time hits... PCI-E and DDR RAM, here I come... meantime I need this computer saved! :-/)
