Hi, I'm having a problem with a computer I have obtained, I've traced the problem down as close as the motherboard or the PSU, the case is the Silentium T1 Pro; http://www.arctic-cooling.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=4&mID=200&page=spec
It came with a AX500-F PSU built in. The graphics card requires both the PCI-e connectors to be connected. At first, the screen would go blank after some time with the computer working fine, and it would be difficult to restart the computer. I managed to get it to play an itunes track, and after the screen going blank iTunes would carry on playing. It then went through a phase where it would get half way through boot (normal or safe mode), and then just cut out to the initial bios splash screen and start again. If it was in safe mode, it would get as far as iomdisk.sys in the list of startup files before rebooting.
Now, it will cut the power after 4 seconds, before anything has shown on the screen.
I have access to all sorts of various parts but cannot find any suitable replacement motherboard or psu or graphics card so I can swap them out for testing purposes, so before I go ahead and pick one of the 3 at random to buy and test, I'm wondering if anyone here can shed any light.
I've tried taking the RAM out (2x1GB), 1 at a time, in the different sockets, removing the graphics card, disconnecting all the drives.
Very occasionally it will boot up and display the post screen and allow me into the bios (I've cleared the cmos using the jumper setting a few times too), and may boot as far as half way, but still fails.
The spec as I understand it is as follows:
Asus M2N32-SLI Premium Vista Edition motherboard
Athlon XP processor of some sort (really not sure which)
Sapphire HD2900XT graphics PCI-e (appears to need both PCI-e power cables from PSU)
Arctic Cooling Silentium T1 Pro case...
...with built in AC AX-500F PSU (not standard ATX form factor)
I'm at a bit of a loss also because of the non-standard PSU
It came with a AX500-F PSU built in. The graphics card requires both the PCI-e connectors to be connected. At first, the screen would go blank after some time with the computer working fine, and it would be difficult to restart the computer. I managed to get it to play an itunes track, and after the screen going blank iTunes would carry on playing. It then went through a phase where it would get half way through boot (normal or safe mode), and then just cut out to the initial bios splash screen and start again. If it was in safe mode, it would get as far as iomdisk.sys in the list of startup files before rebooting.
Now, it will cut the power after 4 seconds, before anything has shown on the screen.
I have access to all sorts of various parts but cannot find any suitable replacement motherboard or psu or graphics card so I can swap them out for testing purposes, so before I go ahead and pick one of the 3 at random to buy and test, I'm wondering if anyone here can shed any light.
I've tried taking the RAM out (2x1GB), 1 at a time, in the different sockets, removing the graphics card, disconnecting all the drives.
Very occasionally it will boot up and display the post screen and allow me into the bios (I've cleared the cmos using the jumper setting a few times too), and may boot as far as half way, but still fails.
The spec as I understand it is as follows:
Asus M2N32-SLI Premium Vista Edition motherboard
Athlon XP processor of some sort (really not sure which)
Sapphire HD2900XT graphics PCI-e (appears to need both PCI-e power cables from PSU)
Arctic Cooling Silentium T1 Pro case...
...with built in AC AX-500F PSU (not standard ATX form factor)
I'm at a bit of a loss also because of the non-standard PSU