Troubleshoot intermittent shutdowns

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I have about six months on a new power supply. It is an Allied
ATX500W. I have been having problems recently where my rig will just
shut down. Pushing the power button doesn't turn it back on.
Flipping the toggle on the power supply doesn't either. The only
thing I can do is physically unplug the power supply for 10-15 seconds
and then plug it back in.

This seems to me like a problem with the power supply itself as
opposed to the CPU overheating or something like that. Am I on the
right track?

Thanks
 
junior24 said:
I have about six months on a new power supply. It is an Allied
ATX500W. I have been having problems recently where my rig will just
shut down. Pushing the power button doesn't turn it back on.
Flipping the toggle on the power supply doesn't either. The only
thing I can do is physically unplug the power supply for 10-15 seconds
and then plug it back in.

This seems to me like a problem with the power supply itself as
opposed to the CPU overheating or something like that. Am I on the
right track?

Thanks
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It is cheaper and easier to test with a new or a known-working PSU than
swapping CPU's around. Both the PSU and CPU are heat-aversive and can
respond in the same way.
 
It is cheaper and easier to test with a new or a known-working PSU than
swapping CPU's around. Both the PSU and CPU are heat-aversive and can
respond in the same way.
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I'll start with the PSU then. Thanks for the quick response!
 
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