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[Pheasant]

It could be the Johnson Rod, try that. Also, buy a real machine. I recommend anything that says "Radio Shack" or "Packard-Bell" on it.

 

[Buckeneye]

Right but from what I understood, it was running fine, then started this prob all of a sudden. If it was a ram voltage prob, it would have happened immediately after installing the ram. I love these debates

If the DIMM slot is failing, it can't supply amble voltage (usually somewhere 1.9v and above for DDR2 -800) - thats where the "all of a sudden" might come into play.

indeed, I lub the debates.

 

[Dryden]

Check the tops of the capacitors on the motherboard and any expansion boards. Look for acid leaking through the tops, or if they're swollen and dome shaped across the top. You might need to pull the mobo and check the contacts of any caps near their solder points and see if the bottom of the cans have blown out.

What you're describing sounds like a voltage issue, hence the mobo auto-power off. Blown cans/caps are usually the culprit.

Procs don't normally "kind of run." If the proc works, it'll boot. If the proc is fried, it'd be bricked. I'm voting mobo.

 

[BrutusMaximus]

If the DIMM slot is failing, it can't supply amble voltage (usually somewhere 1.9v and above for DDR2 -800) - thats where the "all of a sudden" might come into play.

indeed, I lub the debates.

Agreed. That is why I was saying Mobo prob instead of the actual RAM

 

[Deety]