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Originally Posted by frosty
My desk top recently crapped out on me. Now when I press the power button, it goes on for a split second and then goes off, on again, off...I know this because the fans and LED spin and light up for a second and then go off. Once the pwer button is pressed, this on/off thing will go on indefintely if I don't use the switch on the back of the computer to shut it off. Some digging around tells me it could be a bad power unit or a motherboard. Utterly clueless if it's the MB.
I'm not good when it comes to computer hardware, but if I know what needs to be replaced, I can easily get the parts and fix it myself. I've never really had to fix a computer before. Right now I'm using either my laptop or my ancient desktop that's sloooooow.
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could be an overheating issue
try blowing it all out with ionized air. get a can at the computer store, get all the dust hair whatever out.
make sure all of your fans are running fast, not just turning, there will be one on the main porcessor, maybe one on the video card processor, one in the power supply and possibly also a general case fan.
beyond that maybe check power supply and blow it out if you can, ive replaced two of those on mine, the small fans on the processor, video card and power supply are as cheapo as they can get away with
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