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I cant get as fa as BIOS. It literally will not start. At all. No
fans, no beep code, no graphics nothing.<br>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/26/07, <b
class="gmail_sendername">Scott Wilcox</b> <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:sc0tt@x0f.org">
sc0tt@x0f.org</a>> wrote:</span>
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style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Along
with what Dougie said, I'd check that the board isn't using 'cool
<br>
'n quiet' either. I've had many issues with that feature with it not<br>
even working at times. That lead to the CPU fan not spinning quick<br>
enough and my machine just dying.<br>
<br>
Scott.<br>
<br>
Dougie Nisbet wrote:
<br>
> James Grabham wrote:<br>
>> OK, PC randomly sut down, and wouldnt switch back on. Never a
good<br>
>> thing. Power light on case works fine. CPU fan will twich
when<br>
>> power button is pressed. I tried a different PSU, and the
usual PSU
<br>
>> works fine in another PC. I dont do any overclocking.<br>
>><br>
> Any possibility that it could be overheating? I had this for a
while<br>
> when I moved my PC onto a carpet, and it no longer got
ventilation
<br>
> from underneath. Took me ages to track it down because it usually<br>
> happened overnight during the virus scan. What was happening was
that<br>
> I had the BIOS configured to auto shutdown if the mobo and/or cpu
<br>
> temperature exceeded a certain threshold. Normally it was ok but<br>
> during the night when it was doing the virus scan it appeared to<br>
> overheat.<br>
><br>
> Bit of a long shot, but might be worth checking your BIOS settings
for
<br>
> temperature and ventilation generally.<br>
><br>
> Dougie</blockquote>
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Definately dead board for me then.<br>
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