About a month ago I noticed that I can no longer put my PC into sleep mode. If I try, the PC begins to power down towards sleep state, but then switches off suddenly, much quicker than it should. Upon rebooting the PC, I am confronted with the Windows Start-up Recovery Screen (Start Windows normally, etc.)
Now a few weeks later, when I power on the PC (first boot of the day) the LEDs on the fans flicker, and you can physically see and hear the PC struggling to start-up.
So now every time I turn the PC on, I must go through this procedure:
Turn off the power at the switch on the back of the power supply;
Wait a few seconds for the LED on the front of the case to go out (about 3secs) to make sure the juice is truly drained;
Switch the Power back on;
Press the case front power button, and then the system boots just fine. Runs all day with no problems, including gaming, etc.
(sleep mode still doesn’t work; I've resorted to turning off the PC completely now every day).
I'm thinking that the initial jolt of power when I switch it back on, juices-up the PSU (or whatever) just enough to get the system going, then it is generally running perfectly. (very occasionally, the power will cut-out before Windows has finished loading, say about 60secs after a "successful boot").
My question is, is this a PSU or motherboard issue, and how do I find out?
Is it worth buying a PSU tester/trying another PSU, given that it seems to cope with anything I throw at it after the PC has successfully booted?
Now a few weeks later, when I power on the PC (first boot of the day) the LEDs on the fans flicker, and you can physically see and hear the PC struggling to start-up.
So now every time I turn the PC on, I must go through this procedure:
Turn off the power at the switch on the back of the power supply;
Wait a few seconds for the LED on the front of the case to go out (about 3secs) to make sure the juice is truly drained;
Switch the Power back on;
Press the case front power button, and then the system boots just fine. Runs all day with no problems, including gaming, etc.
(sleep mode still doesn’t work; I've resorted to turning off the PC completely now every day).
I'm thinking that the initial jolt of power when I switch it back on, juices-up the PSU (or whatever) just enough to get the system going, then it is generally running perfectly. (very occasionally, the power will cut-out before Windows has finished loading, say about 60secs after a "successful boot").
My question is, is this a PSU or motherboard issue, and how do I find out?
Is it worth buying a PSU tester/trying another PSU, given that it seems to cope with anything I throw at it after the PC has successfully booted?
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Vadim (& Me) [orig build: Nov 2007]
- CPU
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 @3GHz
- Motherboard
- Asus P5N32-E SLI Plus
- Memory
- 4GB – OCZ DDR2-1150 FlexXLC (4x1024MB)
- Graphics card(s)
- ASUS Nvidia GTX 470 1280Mb
- Sound Card
- ASUS Xonar DX (PCIe) - 24-bit 192 kHz
- Monitor(s) Displays
- ASUS PA246Q 24.1-inch ProArt P-IPS LCD
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1200
- Hard Drives
- 150Gb Raptor 10000rpm (OS) 500Gb Barracuda 7200rpm (Storage)
- PSU
- OCZ 700W ModXStream Pro
- Case
- Thermaltake 'Shark' - Black Aluminium
- Cooling
- Scythe Infinity Heatpipe CPU Cooler &4 Fans(digital control)
- Mouse
- Razer Lachesis + Kensington Trackball + Wacom Intuos3
- Keyboard
- Trust wireless 305ks (had it since 2003! still going strong)
- Internet Speed
- [very lame]
- Other Info
- Icy Box 16-in-1 internal USB Card reader
- as usual) to test the psu using a paperclip to bridge the connections, I noticed that the fan on the bottom isn't spinning any more, and now nothing happens apart from an unhealthy hissing noise.