About a month ago my desktop began randomly shutting off. It didn't appear to be load based or heat based, but I discovered a wire had somehow pulled out of the connectors to one of the fans. The bare wire, I theorized, must have been hitting the frame and causing a short. I nipped the wire, sealed it off and the computer started working normally again.
Then two weeks ago the problem reappeared. In addition one of the lighted portions of the front of the tower was off several times.
Seeing as I do not have that much expertise in this field, I decided to bring it into a local shop. After farting around with it for a few days, they could not determine what the problem is. The PSU was fine, there was no overheating and the wiring looked to be sound.
I decided to call the company who does the IT work for the chain of pharmacies I work for. I know the guy who runs it and asked him if they would be willing to look at it. They are, more or less, the premier IT company in town.
This past Monday I brought the beast in.
And they could not recreate the problem. They ran the machine at full load for almost two solid days with no power interruptions. They could find no problems either hardware or software related. In fact, they said it was one of the best designed and maintained systems they had ever seen.
So I brought the ah heck home thinking that it may work now. It ran for 30 minutes then the power cut out. In attempting to reboot it, the power cut off again after about five seconds. I attempted to boot several more times with the same result.
I have thought of all the obvious problems. I have removed it from the common serge protector and put it on its own. I have plugged it directly into the wall. In all cases, it still shuts off.
So I have now hit the interwebs in search of an answer. I plan on bringing it back to the place I picked it up from today and have them damn near tear the thing about. I'm heading out of town to Madison for a few days for a pharmacy school interview, so I will be away from the net for a few days.
The only initial thought they had it is since it was a water cooled system, that there could be bubbles in the line preventing proper cooling. However that was until he learned that it was a closed system and nixed that idea.
I can post specs if need be, but does anyone here have a reasonable idea as to what the problem could be?
If this is in the wrong section, I do apologize.
Then two weeks ago the problem reappeared. In addition one of the lighted portions of the front of the tower was off several times.
Seeing as I do not have that much expertise in this field, I decided to bring it into a local shop. After farting around with it for a few days, they could not determine what the problem is. The PSU was fine, there was no overheating and the wiring looked to be sound.
I decided to call the company who does the IT work for the chain of pharmacies I work for. I know the guy who runs it and asked him if they would be willing to look at it. They are, more or less, the premier IT company in town.
This past Monday I brought the beast in.
And they could not recreate the problem. They ran the machine at full load for almost two solid days with no power interruptions. They could find no problems either hardware or software related. In fact, they said it was one of the best designed and maintained systems they had ever seen.
So I brought the ah heck home thinking that it may work now. It ran for 30 minutes then the power cut out. In attempting to reboot it, the power cut off again after about five seconds. I attempted to boot several more times with the same result.
I have thought of all the obvious problems. I have removed it from the common serge protector and put it on its own. I have plugged it directly into the wall. In all cases, it still shuts off.
So I have now hit the interwebs in search of an answer. I plan on bringing it back to the place I picked it up from today and have them damn near tear the thing about. I'm heading out of town to Madison for a few days for a pharmacy school interview, so I will be away from the net for a few days.
The only initial thought they had it is since it was a water cooled system, that there could be bubbles in the line preventing proper cooling. However that was until he learned that it was a closed system and nixed that idea.
I can post specs if need be, but does anyone here have a reasonable idea as to what the problem could be?
If this is in the wrong section, I do apologize.
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