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On Mon, 2014-06-23 at 16:27 +0100, Julian Hall wrote: > On 23/06/14 15:59, Simon Avery wrote: > > As the ram has already been mentioned, also worth a try is a bios > > reset. > > > > > > Could be somebody has been playing (or, let's be kind, 'corruption') > > and the speeds are wrong. > > > > > Oh.. just had a thought. Maybe a fan has died and it's overheating? > The box starts up a few degrees under the BIOS safety setting, warms > up during boot, hits the BIOS limit and shuts down, rinse and > repeat..? Not /that/ likely but just a thought as it has (here in > Wales anyway) been warmer over the last couple of days. > > Julian I had one PC with a faulty power sw. If it reboots after 5 secs, its that, stuck in. To test unplug the front panel and start up with a pair of pliers ie short the power sw pins momentarily. This one took some time to solve. I only got it after booting up when on the bench. Otherwise strip out everything and try just to boot to bios. If that fails junk the mobo. -- ________________________________________________________________________ Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) A dedicated Linux user /usr/bin/microsoft Skype minions_shop www.minionsbandb.co.uk www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk FaceBook Minions_shop Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq