Hardware Analysis Community Forums http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/70367/ 2008-11-21T04:44:28-05:00 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/70367/ http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/halogo.gif text/html 2008-01-15T02:20:36-05:00 kevin larson http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/70367/#525680 It doesnt boot, it turns the fans, harddrives, lets me open cd drives, etc. I had a friend come over, and then it mysteriously started working. I can only imagine it was a short or something that got fixed when I moved it around.<br /> <br /> Thx for the suggestions. text/html 2008-01-15T01:29:54-05:00 DublinGunner http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/70367/#525675 Power supply unit. Sounds like its failing and the extra power draw is causing it to shut down.<br /> <br /> Either that, or there is a short withe the connector on the mobo, but really sounds like psu issue.<br /> <br /> Although, I'm actually surprised it boots without the eps power plugged in text/html 2008-01-15T00:23:36-05:00 kevin larson http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/70367/#0 My computer is going on 4 years old now, and after going home for break I found it would shut down seconds after turning on. My friend thought it was a short, which made sense to me. After unplugging and replugging everything and reseating my ram, pci, etc, the computer worked fine. I just got back to college yesterday, and the same thing has happened, except reseating and replugging have failed to fix the problem. I started selectively unplugging and found that the computer stays on when the 8 pin eps connector is not plugged in, but turns off immediately when it is.<br /> <br /> I'm running out of ideas and I'm really hoping I don't have hardware problems.<br />