I have a PC that fails to start up and the voice that comes out of the speaker reports that it is failing due to over clocking, except the system isn't over clocked.
I have tried removing the battery and resetting the BIOS, reseated all the memory / plugs / drives etc. and it still does it. I find that flexing the motherboard upwards slightly at the memory side seems to temporarily fix it and I can get a few hours use before it just suddenly cuts out and then won't restart.
A few things spring to mind - dry solder joints, thermal paste needs renewed, possible weak short circuit, screws flexing motherboard, fan housing flexing the processor and bad capacitors.
Which is the most likely culprit?
I appreciate your advice - especially if I've missed something out.
I have tried removing the battery and resetting the BIOS, reseated all the memory / plugs / drives etc. and it still does it. I find that flexing the motherboard upwards slightly at the memory side seems to temporarily fix it and I can get a few hours use before it just suddenly cuts out and then won't restart.
A few things spring to mind - dry solder joints, thermal paste needs renewed, possible weak short circuit, screws flexing motherboard, fan housing flexing the processor and bad capacitors.
Which is the most likely culprit?
I appreciate your advice - especially if I've missed something out.