I've got the same problem on a pentium 3 board. It will eventually fail, but
generally waiting after plugging the power in and letting the Capacitors
charge for a few minutes before switching on works.
Tim B.
On Monday 11 June 2007 13:29, Brian Chivers wrote:
> Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote:
> > Can anyone suggest a reason for the following?
> >
> > On power-up from cold, the "power on" light flickers, the fan blades
> > jump and then ...... nothing.
> >
> > Very occasionally, the machine will start and run normally.
> >
> > Identical symptoms with two different power supplies.
> >
> > Any ideas? The machine is a Medion MD177A
> >
> > Chris.
>
> Have you checked the capacitors on the motherboard, make sure they are all
> flat on top and not domed slightly, if they are I'm sorry to say it's the
> motherboard on the way out, you've been hit by the dreaded "Exploding
> Capacitors" problem.
>
> Brian
>
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