Hi,
I am new here and need some opinions as to what the heck is going on with my PC. I have an S4300sx Compaq with a shut down problem. It started with the computer randomly shutting down. I took it apart and reseated everything , but it kept on happening It has gotten to the point where it will boot up and run for awhile and now when it shuts down , it will not boot up. It comes on for second then shuts off. If iet it sit for a half hour or so it will start again but does shut back down eventually.Initially I thought it might be the power supply as I know most often these problems can be traced to that. ...it almost seems as if it is overheating. The fans are all working but could the PS be overheating.
I also noticed that the system interrupt controller is no longer recognized...lost the driver??? However I don't think that is the problem. Any one else think it is the power supply or something else ...processor??Motherboard problem (capacitor heating up )??? ...i know sometimes it is tough to lock a problem down to one thing especially with a PC.
Thanks
William
I am new here and need some opinions as to what the heck is going on with my PC. I have an S4300sx Compaq with a shut down problem. It started with the computer randomly shutting down. I took it apart and reseated everything , but it kept on happening It has gotten to the point where it will boot up and run for awhile and now when it shuts down , it will not boot up. It comes on for second then shuts off. If iet it sit for a half hour or so it will start again but does shut back down eventually.Initially I thought it might be the power supply as I know most often these problems can be traced to that. ...it almost seems as if it is overheating. The fans are all working but could the PS be overheating.
I also noticed that the system interrupt controller is no longer recognized...lost the driver??? However I don't think that is the problem. Any one else think it is the power supply or something else ...processor??Motherboard problem (capacitor heating up )??? ...i know sometimes it is tough to lock a problem down to one thing especially with a PC.
Thanks
William