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  1. 27-06-2004, 02:35 PM #1
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    Question Sometimes it boots...sometimes it dont..

    Got an old PIII 500 belonging to a friend. Prob is, sometimes it posts & powers up normally & sometimes it doesn't post at all. When it doesn't post the CPu fan powers up but the HDD doesn't. Power supply maybe?

    I have removed all the cards, ram & processor & re-seated but the problem persists. Seems very random.

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  2. 27-06-2004, 02:56 PM #2
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    Not the PSU as i've just replaced it with a working one....bizarre one no.
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  3. 27-06-2004, 03:30 PM #3
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    Could be the capacitor on the mobo are slowly dying......
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  4. 27-06-2004, 04:14 PM #4
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    Well I recon the mobo's about the only thing it could be realistically. Everything bar the mobo & CPU I know is AOK.
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