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Hondaracer · 11-22-2009, 02:37 PM

i think it might be the PSU..last night using the computer there were a few times where i noticed the computer hung for a second, i would feel a fan, im asuming PSU fan maybe? start up and get goin again, then the computer would kick back in

this morning i tried to turn it on and all its been doing is this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHxMCeliGWw

in the video you can see that the heatsink on the CPU kind of twitches when it gets the signal, it doesnt start spinning though and then everything shuts off again, if the heatsink fan there suppose to start and continue to spin?

this problem comes after installing a new secondary HD about 3 days ago?

I also pulled the ram, reinstalled it as well as loosned up the heatsink, blew it all out with compressed air then reinstalled the heatsink

11-22-2009, 02:37 PM	#1
Hondaracer I have named my kids VIC and VLS Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 39,479 Thanked 16,089 Times in 6,561 Posts Failed 2,165 Times in 747 Posts	problem - computer turns on for 3 seconds then shuts off? i think it might be the PSU..last night using the computer there were a few times where i noticed the computer hung for a second, i would feel a fan, im asuming PSU fan maybe? start up and get goin again, then the computer would kick back in this morning i tried to turn it on and all its been doing is this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHxMCeliGWw in the video you can see that the heatsink on the CPU kind of twitches when it gets the signal, it doesnt start spinning though and then everything shuts off again, if the heatsink fan there suppose to start and continue to spin? this problem comes after installing a new secondary HD about 3 days ago? I also pulled the ram, reinstalled it as well as loosned up the heatsink, blew it all out with compressed air then reinstalled the heatsink __________________ Dank memes cant melt steel beams Last edited by Hondaracer; 11-22-2009 at 02:49 PM.