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Power Supply Problem??
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| System: Athlon XP 1700+ CPU, 256 MB DDR, Elite K7S5A3 Motherboard, 300W
Power Supply, Windows XP Pro.
Fault: On initial boot and subsequent 2 boots, power to the case is lost and
PC shuts down after about 2 minutes. Then after this everything works as
advertised. I am thinking along the lines of Power Supply unit as all
connections seem secure. All components such as Printer and Monitor are
connected to a strip plug, but these remain powered up.
Has anyone got any other thoughts on this??
Thanks in advance
Cheers
Matty
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"Matty" <matt@slippeddisk.fsnenegspamt.co.uk> wrote in message
news:aup7pk$v4n$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk...
> System: Athlon XP 1700+ CPU, 256 MB DDR, Elite K7S5A3 Motherboard, 300W
> Power Supply, Windows XP Pro.
>
> Fault: On initial boot and subsequent 2 boots, power to the case is lost
and
> PC shuts down after about 2 minutes. Then after this everything works as
> advertised. I am thinking along the lines of Power Supply unit as all
> connections seem secure. All components such as Printer and Monitor are
> connected to a strip plug, but these remain powered up.
>
> Has anyone got any other thoughts on this??
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Cheers
>
> Matty
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What I should have added was all correct beeps are present, and nothing on
the initial boots point to the impending failure! Also there are no windows
error messages etc.
Cheers
Matty
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| Old Git 2002-12-30, 6:25 am |
| Don't know if it will help but when I upgraded to a K7S5A with Athlon XP2000
I had to change the power supply from 300W to 400W.
"Matty" <matt@slippeddisk.fsnenegspamt.co.uk> wrote in message
news:aup8un$47j$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
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> "Matty" <matt@slippeddisk.fsnenegspamt.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:aup7pk$v4n$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > System: Athlon XP 1700+ CPU, 256 MB DDR, Elite K7S5A3 Motherboard, 300W
> > Power Supply, Windows XP Pro.
> >
> > Fault: On initial boot and subsequent 2 boots, power to the case is lost
> and
> > PC shuts down after about 2 minutes. Then after this everything works as
> > advertised. I am thinking along the lines of Power Supply unit as all
> > connections seem secure. All components such as Printer and Monitor are
> > connected to a strip plug, but these remain powered up.
> >
> > Has anyone got any other thoughts on this??
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Matty
> >
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> What I should have added was all correct beeps are present, and nothing
on
> the initial boots point to the impending failure! Also there are no
windows
> error messages etc.
>
> Cheers
>
> Matty
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| Mah - Dee 2002-12-30, 6:25 am |
| Got to agree with you, I had an identical problem, replaced the PSU
and cooling fan on the processor and the problem went away
>> "Matty" <matt@slippeddisk.fsnenegspamt.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:aup7pk$v4n$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk...
>> > System: Athlon XP 1700+ CPU, 256 MB DDR, Elite K7S5A3 Motherboard, 300W
>> > Power Supply, Windows XP Pro.
>> >
>> > Fault: On initial boot and subsequent 2 boots, power to the case is lost
>> and
>> > PC shuts down after about 2 minutes. Then after this everything works as
>> > advertised. I am thinking along the lines of Power Supply unit as all
>> > connections seem secure. All components such as Printer and Monitor are
>> > connected to a strip plug, but these remain powered up.
>> >
>> > Has anyone got any other thoughts on this??
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> >
>> > Matty
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> What I should have added was all correct beeps are present, and nothing
>on
>> the initial boots point to the impending failure! Also there are no
>windows
>> error messages etc.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Matty
>>
>>
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| Rico Suave 2002-12-30, 7:24 am |
| I should upgrade mine from 300 to 400. Mine likes to reboot for no apparent
reason whatsoever. So I have to set the CPU/memory clock to 100/100
instead of 100 CPU and 133 memory. Works fine for now.
--
-Rico Suave
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K7S5A mobo
AMD Duron 1.3Ghz
256MB DDR-266 RAM
Audigy 2 6.1 CH SoundBlaster
ATI Radeon 7200 PCI 32MB
Samsung 16x10x32 RW
Samsung 753DF 17" monitor
WD 20GB 7200RPM 100ATA
"Mah - Dee" <mah.dee@spiceworld.com> wrote in message
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> Got to agree with you, I had an identical problem, replaced the PSU
> and cooling fan on the processor and the problem went away
>
> >> "Matty" <matt@slippeddisk.fsnenegspamt.co.uk> wrote in message
> >> news:aup7pk$v4n$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk...
> >> > System: Athlon XP 1700+ CPU, 256 MB DDR, Elite K7S5A3 Motherboard,
300W[
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> >> > Power Supply, Windows XP Pro.
> >> >
> >> > Fault: On initial boot and subsequent 2 boots, power to the case is[/color]
lost[
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> >> and
> >> > PC shuts down after about 2 minutes. Then after this everything works[/color]
as[co
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> >> > advertised. I am thinking along the lines of Power Supply unit as all
> >> > connections seem secure. All components such as Printer and Monitor[/color]
are[c
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> >> > connected to a strip plug, but these remain powered up.
> >> >
> >> > Has anyone got any other thoughts on this??
> >> >
> >> > Thanks in advance
> >> >
> >> > Cheers
> >> >
> >> > Matty
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> What I should have added was all correct beeps are present, and[/color]
nothing
> >on
> >> the initial boots point to the impending failure! Also there are no
> >windows
> >> error messages etc.
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >>
> >> Matty
> >>
> >>
> >
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| On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 10:41:07 -0000, "Matty"
<matt@slippeddisk.fsnenegspamt.co.uk> wrote:
>System: Athlon XP 1700+ CPU, 256 MB DDR, Elite K7S5A3 Motherboard, 300W
>Power Supply, Windows XP Pro.
>
>Fault: On initial boot and subsequent 2 boots, power to the case is lost and
>PC shuts down after about 2 minutes. Then after this everything works as
>advertised. I am thinking along the lines of Power Supply unit as all
>connections seem secure. All components such as Printer and Monitor are
>connected to a strip plug, but these remain powered up.
>
>Has anyone got any other thoughts on this??
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Cheers
>
>Matty
That motherboard is known to be pickier about the PSU than the average
board, or perhaps being a lower-cost motherboard, it is more often
paired with a lower-cost PSU. If there is any question as to the
quality of your PSU, consider replacing it.
For the benefit of future readers, it might also be helpful if you
post which make/model/etc PSU wouldn't work (if a different PSU does
solve the problem, of course).
Dave
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| You are asking for a solution without even providing the
first information collected. What were the readings from your
3.5 digit multimeter - especially when failure was occurring?
Lessons to discovering intermittents also was posted in
"computer doesn't work in cold, what is culprit?" in the
newsgroup alt.comp.hardware. Of course you have XP.
Therefore you have system logs that collect reasons for
failures. What did those system logs say?
Anyone who even suggests a solution would have to recommend
replacing everything until the problem disappears. That is
called shotgunning - a practice considered unethical or
fraudulent in most industries. First get facts. Without those
facts, no one can provide any reasonable answer. Notice what
located a defective computer in that alt.comp.hardware post.
Matty wrote:
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> System: Athlon XP 1700+ CPU, 256 MB DDR, Elite K7S5A3 Motherboard, 300W
> Power Supply, Windows XP Pro.
>
> Fault: On initial boot and subsequent 2 boots, power to the case is lost and
> PC shuts down after about 2 minutes. Then after this everything works as
> advertised. I am thinking along the lines of Power Supply unit as all
> connections seem secure. All components such as Printer and Monitor are
> connected to a strip plug, but these remain powered up.
>
> Has anyone got any other thoughts on this??
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Cheers
>
> Matty
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