On 07/07/2013 10:50 AM, Keith Deterling wrote:
> I'd actually try reseating the CPU. Get some Arctic Silver at Radioshack
> or Best Buy.
> My son's had a similar POST problem, one time, and that fixed it.

I guess it won't hurt, at this point.

> How old is the Motherboard ? If it's a late 1990's-early 2000's era
> Motherboard you may have run into the notorious "bad caps (capacitors)"
> problem.

Mid 2007. I didn't notice anything suspicious.

> Also do you have a UPS? I went through 3 computers before I bought a
> UPS; they would all get sick after one of the flickering lights power
> disturbances.

Nope, but it was fine before an orderly shutdown, so I don't really
suspect a power issue. More like dust + humidity perhaps, or who knows what.

-- 
Anthony Carrico

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