Hi Adelle,
Could be just a dud power supply...
Also sometimes when bits heat up they expand and a connection is broken,
power stops, seen it before.
Also (might be a bit obvious but hey...) check that the power cable in
the power supply is in properly. Might be only just connecting. Try
another cable and another socket.
Once had a Kambrook power board that would turn everything off if too
much juice was drawn through it. Then it would reset.
Also check the power supply connection from the power supply to the
motherboard inside the case might need reseating...
Ben
Adelle Hartley wrote:
Carlo Sogono wrote:
My first question would be: Does it just switch off or do you
see some sort of shutdown sequence?
My money's on cooling if it just switches off.
That seems to be the widespread consensus, and it does "just switch off".
The amount of time between being switched on and switching itself off ranges
from minutes to hours.
It's a P3, and isn't supposed to need a fan. The main fan is working
though.
Adelle.
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