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An odd thing just happened...

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OK I was working on my PC, and since it's on the floor, I accidentally bumped the front panel a bit. Not extremely hard, but there was a bit of a *thud* sound. However, it reset itself. Then I tried running things again and a minute later it reset again. So I unplugged it for a while, plugged it back in, pressed the on button and... nothing. I pulled it out and used another power cable, it came up without problems. I tried the original cable, no problems. I pushed it back under my desk, and... nothing. Unplugfged it, plugged it back in, and it came right up! WTF?? It's not a heat issue, as it was in that position for a week now without problems, up until I bumped the front case cover. (besides I have a fan on the back that came from some Sisco network rack-mount routers. It pushes roughly 38 cubic feet of air per minute, but it's noisy at 41 decibels! :lol: so there should be no heat issues.) I bumped it once before and it reset, but it was stable since then until this happened. Well, except for when I pulle dit forward to plug in an audio cable, it reset then. I need to re-work my desk arrangement, or be more careful, I guess.

But if I leave it alone when it's running there are absolutely no problems! :?

Any ideas as to what could be causing this?
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Post by marshallh »

Probably something inside shorting? I'd open it up and take a look.
Just to be safe, I'd re-seat all your expansion cards, maybe the RAM as well. It might have wobbled loose over time.
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Post by totokan »

did you look inside? maybe the 12pin mobo connector got loose somehow.
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Post by bicostp »

Yeah I had it open on the table for a while. All the connections are fine, the only card I have in there is my ATI Radeon 9200 and it's seated fully and screwed down tight. RAM is seated properly, and so is the heat sink/processor. I bet it's the rather cheap switch assemblies. (It's a generic case that came in a barebones kit.)
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Post by MaDnEsS »

i had a similer problem, my computer kept crashing and restaring when trying to load windows so i went to linux :D
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Post by timmeh87 »

well maybe turn it on, the disconnect the power and reset buttons from the mobo... see what happens.

on a sort of related topic, i was screwing a pci card into one of my comptuers the other day, when i dropped the screw onto the motherboard... while the computer was on! i held my breath as it bounced, bounced... and then the whole thing shut down. i was scared crap.... fortunately it still worked afterwards...

ok yeah... no ideas
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i dont have any computer trubble.. ecept for my sound card. it sucks!!! if i run firefox and itunes, it will studder itunes
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