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Weird power problems

pH · 2005-10-04 22:38:19

A friend has a home built PC (a64 and abit Mobo). When the machine is shut down from windows, pressing the case power button won't restart it, it gets a flash of power, fans start and it shuts down almost straight away. However turning power off at the back of the Power supply for a few seconds seems to 'reset' it and then…

04-10-2005 10:38pm

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pH

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A friend has a home built PC (a64 and abit Mobo).

When the machine is shut down from windows, pressing the case power button won't restart it, it gets a flash of power, fans start and it shuts down almost straight away.
However turning power off at the back of the Power supply for a few seconds seems to 'reset' it and then the front power switch will start it fine. Any ideas on what could be causing this or where to look ?

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