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Hi All,
My PC has, this morning developed an unusual fault - maybe you can advise me which way you'd go...
I can turn it on, and passes the POST no problem, and can - at times go in to Windows, and work perfectly normally, but seemingly increasingly - the PC can just randomly shut itself off - Now, everyone may well say its an PSU failure, and I would be inclined to agree apart from one thing...
...The power light of the PC remains lit - even when the power goes off (everything, including the PSU!!), and I have to hold the power button in for three seconds as per normal for ATX to switch it off / on again... so, I'm wondering if this could be a motherboard problem?!
...I can only afford this month, to replace one part, or the other - and I don't really want to be without a fully operational PC for the next three weeks, so - any advice most gratefully received
My PC has, this morning developed an unusual fault - maybe you can advise me which way you'd go...
I can turn it on, and passes the POST no problem, and can - at times go in to Windows, and work perfectly normally, but seemingly increasingly - the PC can just randomly shut itself off - Now, everyone may well say its an PSU failure, and I would be inclined to agree apart from one thing...
...The power light of the PC remains lit - even when the power goes off (everything, including the PSU!!), and I have to hold the power button in for three seconds as per normal for ATX to switch it off / on again... so, I'm wondering if this could be a motherboard problem?!
...I can only afford this month, to replace one part, or the other - and I don't really want to be without a fully operational PC for the next three weeks, so - any advice most gratefully received