PC Power Light Flickers

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Mark

Hello,

I have a file server that I'm having problems with. The PC has only
two wires that plugs into it, and that is the power & eth lines.
Anyway, the PC pretty much remains on 24/7. Anyway, I had not been
accessing the computer in a while, so therefore not really checked
it's status.

I happened to notice that the power light was flickering. I shut the
PC off and tried to turn it back on. It remains solid for the first
few seconds of powering up, then starts flickering. I don't have a PC
speaker. I hooked up a computer monitor up to it and it is not
posting.

I tried a brand new power supply and another power supply and that
doesn't seem to be the problem. The PC was working fine just the other
day. There was a storm a few days ago, however other PC's that are
plugged into this outlet were unaffected.

I haven't tried to further diagnose this problem. What could be the
problem?

Thanks for your help,
Mark
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Mark said:
Hello,

I have a file server that I'm having problems with. The PC has only
two wires that plugs into it, and that is the power & eth lines.
Anyway, the PC pretty much remains on 24/7. Anyway, I had not been
accessing the computer in a while, so therefore not really checked
it's status.

I happened to notice that the power light was flickering. I shut the
PC off and tried to turn it back on. It remains solid for the first
few seconds of powering up, then starts flickering. I don't have a PC
speaker. I hooked up a computer monitor up to it and it is not
posting.
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'Flickering' or blinking an error code?
I tried a brand new power supply and another power supply and that
doesn't seem to be the problem. The PC was working fine just the other
day. There was a storm a few days ago, however other PC's that are
plugged into this outlet were unaffected.
Click to expand...

Whatever blows first on a power line 'protects' the rest.
I haven't tried to further diagnose this problem. What could be the
problem?
Click to expand...

Just about anything. Strip it to bare motherboard, memory, CPU, and vid
card and start from there.
 
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