Weird one. First boot of the day, the computer goes through all the post proceedure, then shuts down, after that you can start it as many times as you like and all is well??
I have replaced the cpu fan and disconected the case fan but still the same. Thought about replacing the power supply but why is it only once a day.
This computer has always had problems.
First – (1 year ago)System kept rebooting.
This happened lots of times before I got it. Found a fault with the case on/off switch.
Replaced case but same problem, replaced motherboard and all was well.
This time her LG Cd rom has died and her LG DVD will not read discs in her computer but will although very very slow, read certain discs in another older computer.
Okay, replaced Her LG drives with a Liteon Combo drive, cleaned the system out and reinstalled XP home and all other software.
Just about ready to send it back and turned it on for last check, started up then shut down.
It was a cold morning. It has now been three days and does the same thing each morning, then works perfectly all day after that.
I thought maybe with the cold mornings that it could be bearings in the fans??
I will change the power supply tonight and see what happens in the morning.
It is probably shut down overnight for about 12 hours.
Just wondering if the CPU could have been damaged with all the original rebooting??
But again why only once a day and in the mornings.
System is AMD Athlon XP 2600+, Asus A7SX-MX,
Cmos date and time is up to date.
Any ideas Thank you