Are all of the fans working properly? Is the heatsink properly attached (with heat transfer grease) to the CPU? Anything blocking airflow anywhere? Have you added goodies inside the case so that the power supply is no longer adequate?
Fred Holmes At 10:24 PM 10/26/2009, Marcio wrote: >Hi folks > >Hope I am not tiring you...To be short, my computer (ASUS P4S800D-X), WIndows >XP Pro, 3 Giga memory... You all know, I had troubles with it. At one point it >would not boot. Went to the shop. They kept if for many days then said that >the problem was that my Pentium 4 was heating too much. I found another >Pentium 4. Exchanged it. They bought the computer back, working... > >Had to start all programs and all...(what a pain). Now...if I leave it on (I >am not sure for how long before this happens, perhaps hours) when I come back >the green light and the HD red light are ON, not moving. The monitor is >receiving some sign because it is green...but the screen is black. Nothing I >can do to makes it work... > >I have to put it off... If I re-start right way... it will go to a black >screen and will not start. It seems that I have to wait, 15 minutes, 30 >minutos (to cool off?) for it to start. It then starts OK, no problem... > >Where is the problem? Mobo, CPU, Memory?... > >The fun never ends... Back to the shop?... > >Thanks in advance. > >Marcio ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
