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    Computer restarts a few seconds after computer is turned on

    This issue doesn't happen all the time (maybe once every two months), but when I turn the computer on, the screen shows no signal, then all of a sudden it turns off for roughly 3 seconds, then it turns back on with no problems whatsoever.

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    Re: Computer restarts a few seconds after computer is turned on

    Quote Originally Posted by adamsonm View Post
    This issue doesn't happen all the time (maybe once every two months), but when I turn the computer on, the screen shows no signal, then all of a sudden it turns off for roughly 3 seconds, then it turns back on with no problems whatsoever.

    Thnx in advance for your replies!
    It isn't clear from your above description which thing turns off... is it the computer or the monitor? If you could also mention a few hardware details such as your graphics card, psu, cpu and any other devices you are running.

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    Re: Computer restarts a few seconds after computer is turned on

    (*) What should happen: I turn my computer on, then the gigabyte screen appears, then windows loading screen then password screen. This all happens in the space of about 15-20 seconds.

    (**) What happens once every 3 months or so: I turn my computer on, screen comes on with it saying No Signal for about 4-5 seconds, then the computer turns itself off for about 3-4 seconds, then the computer turns back on with what its supposed to do (described above (*)).

    My specs are listed under my username on the left hand side of the screen.

    Hope that clears everything up!

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    Re: Computer restarts a few seconds after computer is turned on

    It sounds like you've got a CPU overclock which is being reset back to stock occasionally. Some boards restart themselves, others can do it more transparently. Do you have an overclock?

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    Re: Computer restarts a few seconds after computer is turned on

    Nope, I haven't overclocked my CPU.

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