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Computer POSTs then DIEs
Name: face7hill Date: August 18, 2002 at 13:16:42 Pacific
Comment:
So this is how my computer greets me this morning (and I want to ralph, right about now). Any ideas what could be causing this? When I hit the power button, the fans light up and the system beeps on POST but then turns itself off. It's not even on long enough to see anything on the monitor. Everything was fine a mere 6hrs ago when I turned off the machine. So far I've tried different outlets and different plugs. Is is possible that there is a short circuit somewhere, like the motherboard making contact with the case or something? I've already replaced the power supply but that wasn't the problem. These are the specs:
Soltek SL-75DRV mobo Athlon XP 1600 cpu Fortron 350W p/s 512 MB DDR Radeon 8500 AGP
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