Weird Problem

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Hi all

I bought a new case and 2 sticks of 1gb of ram for my pc.

I've spent most of the day pissing about.

The problem i have now is strange, i've got everything installed and set
up in place as it should be. But.. my pc won't power on when stood up,
but comes on when it's layed on it's side. I 'don't' think anything is
loose, i've checked, double checked and ****ing 10 times checked and
there's nothing i can see that's loose.

When it's on and on it's side, if i then stand it up, the pc locks up
and nothing can be done expect hold the power button and power off.

Anyone got any idea's?

System:
6600GT
C2D 6400
2gb 5300 ram
775Dual-vsta
xp pro sp2

<<<stressed.
 
Jimbob said:
Hi all

I bought a new case and 2 sticks of 1gb of ram for my pc.

I've spent most of the day pissing about.

The problem i have now is strange, i've got everything installed and set
up in place as it should be. But.. my pc won't power on when stood up,
but comes on when it's layed on it's side. I 'don't' think anything is
loose, i've checked, double checked and ****ing 10 times checked and
there's nothing i can see that's loose.

When it's on and on it's side, if i then stand it up, the pc locks up
and nothing can be done expect hold the power button and power off.

Anyone got any idea's?

System:
6600GT
C2D 6400
2gb 5300 ram
775Dual-vsta
xp pro sp2

<<<stressed.
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Did you try banging it?
 
Jimbob said:
Hi all

I bought a new case and 2 sticks of 1gb of ram for my pc.

I've spent most of the day pissing about.

The problem i have now is strange, i've got everything installed and set
up in place as it should be. But.. my pc won't power on when stood up, but
comes on when it's layed on it's side. I 'don't' think anything is loose,
i've checked, double checked and ****ing 10 times checked and there's
nothing i can see that's loose.

When it's on and on it's side, if i then stand it up, the pc locks up and
nothing can be done expect hold the power button and power off.

Anyone got any idea's?

System:
6600GT
C2D 6400
2gb 5300 ram
775Dual-vsta
xp pro sp2

<<<stressed.
Click to expand...

sounds like heatsink is not right on cpu.
 
Jimbob said:
Hi all

I bought a new case and 2 sticks of 1gb of ram for my pc.

I've spent most of the day pissing about.

The problem i have now is strange, i've got everything installed and set
up in place as it should be. But.. my pc won't power on when stood up,
but comes on when it's layed on it's side. I 'don't' think anything is
loose, i've checked, double checked and ****ing 10 times checked and
there's nothing i can see that's loose.

When it's on and on it's side, if i then stand it up, the pc locks up
and nothing can be done expect hold the power button and power off.

Anyone got any idea's?

System:
6600GT
C2D 6400
2gb 5300 ram
775Dual-vsta
xp pro sp2

<<<stressed.
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If I paid good money for the hardware, it would
all come apart again. It could be, for example,
that there is an "extra" standoff underneath the
motherboard. A standoff should only be placed,
where there is one of those "plated holes" on the
motherboard. You're not supposed to install extra
standoffs, that don't have a matching hole on the
motherboard.

It doesn't take that long to disassemble and reassemble a system.
The first time you do it, you're learning where all the wires
go. The second time, you're just repeating what you did the
first time, so it should go faster.

Paul
 
sounds like heatsink is not right on cpu.
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This is a stab in the dark, I take great care when I build my
computers but I have found on my last minute checks that I have
forgotten to tighten the motherboard mounting screws fully or just one
of the screws. I am wondering if this could be the problem, when the
board is flat maybe the screw is centered in the hole but when stood
up maybe, if it is a loose screw, it might be touching something
creating a short.

HTH
Keith
 
Paul said:
If I paid good money for the hardware, it would
all come apart again. It could be, for example,
that there is an "extra" standoff underneath the
motherboard. A standoff should only be placed,
where there is one of those "plated holes" on the
motherboard. You're not supposed to install extra
standoffs, that don't have a matching hole on the
motherboard.

It doesn't take that long to disassemble and reassemble a system.
The first time you do it, you're learning where all the wires
go. The second time, you're just repeating what you did the
first time, so it should go faster.

Paul
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Yea, it just pisses me off.
 
Yea, it just pisses me off.
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It's a physical connection of some sort. Something to find that
doesn't cost money for parts replacements, substitution and modular
troubleshooting. Take it down to a barebone, sit it up, lay it down
sideways - case open and over and over until the problem is found.
May involve removing the MB. Things like that happen (once ran into a
intermittent case power switch which would up and reboot the sys when
it had a mind to).
 
Jimbob said:
Hi all

I bought a new case and 2 sticks of 1gb of ram for my pc.

I've spent most of the day pissing about.

The problem i have now is strange, i've got everything installed and set
up in place as it should be. But.. my pc won't power on when stood up,
but comes on when it's layed on it's side. I 'don't' think anything is
loose, i've checked, double checked and ****ing 10 times checked and
there's nothing i can see that's loose.

When it's on and on it's side, if i then stand it up, the pc locks up
and nothing can be done expect hold the power button and power off.

Anyone got any idea's?

System:
6600GT
C2D 6400
2gb 5300 ram
775Dual-vsta
xp pro sp2

<<<stressed.
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Update:

I 'think' i know what may well be the problem.

When the case is stood up, one of my hard drives seems to try to boot up
twice, and i can hear it making a whiring noise. When it's on it's side,
it boots up straight away. Do you think this hard drive may have some
sort of loose platter or something inside, that when it's stood up a
connection is not being.. connected?

Otherwise i have no clue, i can't try it without this hard drive plugged
in cos it has XP on it..or could i?...

BRB!!
 
Jimbob said:
Update:

I 'think' i know what may well be the problem.

When the case is stood up, one of my hard drives seems to try to boot up
twice, and i can hear it making a whiring noise. When it's on it's side,
it boots up straight away. Do you think this hard drive may have some sort
of loose platter or something inside, that when it's stood up a connection
is not being.. connected?

Otherwise i have no clue, i can't try it without this hard drive plugged
in cos it has XP on it..or could i?...

BRB!!
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You don't need a hdd attached to simply see if it will start. Try
disconnecting all peripherals, as was mentioned before.
All you need is RAM, graphics card, CPU and HSF connected to the mb to see
if it will post.
 
Jan said:
You don't need a hdd attached to simply see if it will start. Try
disconnecting all peripherals, as was mentioned before.
All you need is RAM, graphics card, CPU and HSF connected to the mb to see
if it will post.
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Yes i thought of that, i'm going to test it tommorow, i havn't got the
time tonight.

Will update when i test this.
 
Hi all

I bought a new case and 2 sticks of 1gb of ram for my pc.

I've spent most of the day pissing about.

The problem i have now is strange, i've got everything installed and set
up in place as it should be. But.. my pc won't power on when stood up,
but comes on when it's layed on it's side. I 'don't' think anything is
loose, i've checked, double checked and ****ing 10 times checked and
there's nothing i can see that's loose.

When it's on and on it's side, if i then stand it up, the pc locks up
and nothing can be done expect hold the power button and power off.

Anyone got any idea's?

System:
6600GT
C2D 6400
2gb 5300 ram
775Dual-vsta
xp pro sp2

<<<stressed.
Click to expand...

while putting the RAM u have to make it to fit properly in it's slot
other wise it does'nt work properly try it.
 
Jimbob said:
Hi all

I bought a new case and 2 sticks of 1gb of ram for my pc.

I've spent most of the day pissing about.

The problem i have now is strange, i've got everything installed and set
up in place as it should be. But.. my pc won't power on when stood up,
but comes on when it's layed on it's side. I 'don't' think anything is
loose, i've checked, double checked and ****ing 10 times checked and
there's nothing i can see that's loose.

When it's on and on it's side, if i then stand it up, the pc locks up
and nothing can be done expect hold the power button and power off.

Anyone got any idea's?

System:
6600GT
C2D 6400
2gb 5300 ram
775Dual-vsta
xp pro sp2

<<<stressed.
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Maybe you are catching some wire against the case or touching some part
of the board to something that grounds it out when you lift it up. lift
it very slowly and look to see if anything touches when you are lifting
it up.
 
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