Scott Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 I have a cube that I'm trying to resurrect for a friend and I've found a very annoying issue with it. For some reason if I shut it down in the normal manor it won't boot back up for around 5 mins. If I turn the power on the fans max out (as all computers do) and it just sits there, not posting. If I give it the obligatory 5 mins with the power off and then turn it on it works just fine. I was thinking it was heat related or something like that but I can't see that being the issue as it's ALWAYS 5 mins and doesn't matter if the PC has been on for 2 mins or 2 hours. Has anyone seen anything like this before? My last shot at it is going to be replacing the old thermal paste with some new arctic silver. I doubt it's heat related but it's the last thing I can think of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 normal manner Just passing through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted November 24, 2011 Author Share Posted November 24, 2011 Just passing through That was the spell check kicking in.... although I spelt manner wrong regardless (hence why it corrected) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Plethora Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 what happens if you unplug the hard drive / DVD ROM drives on switch on? does it do it then?. Does it have an integrated or seperate graphics card? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted November 24, 2011 Author Share Posted November 24, 2011 what happens if you unplug the hard drive / DVD ROM drives on switch on? does it do it then?. Does it have an integrated or seperate graphics card? Does exactly the same. I've had everything out of it including the memory and it still does exactly the same. I staged it on the way out and staged it on the way back in, still nothing. It has both integrated gfx and seperate. I've tried with the seperate one in and out also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 What chip is it and what temperatures are being reported in the BIOS and by say CoreTemp? I doubt it is heat related but its your easiest fix. I would rig it up to another PSU next. If nothing changes and everything is unplugged (Cards/drives etc) then its most likely a capacitor on the motherboard having issues. Brand of the Motherboard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted November 24, 2011 Author Share Posted November 24, 2011 What chip is it and what temperatures are being reported in the BIOS and by say CoreTemp? I doubt it is heat related but its your easiest fix. I would rig it up to another PSU next. If nothing changes and everything is unplugged (Cards/drives etc) then its most likely a capacitor on the motherboard having issues. Brand of the Motherboard? It's a shuttle (I would use a clever mis-spell here but I would probably be banned) so I'm not really surprised there are dodgy gremlins. I've fallen out with it for now so I'll get another look at it tomorrow. I'll check all the temps etc as well and report back to see if you can spot anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 I think it's a problem with a capacitor on the PSU. Had a similar problem myself with an old Shuttle PC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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