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The switch wouldn't work so I turned off the power supply
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Did you hold the switch for 4-5 seconds?
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Well I at first thought it was a PSU problem but the rails did level out and I think that the reason for the high voltage was the constant rebooting of the computer
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Actually 3.10 < 3.3v but yeah, undervoltage does indeed cause restarts
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I also thought that the bootloader was the problem but the problems are occurring before it even looks at the HD where it resides.
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One quick way to eliminate this possibility is to run with a single HDD and avoid the bootloader altogether
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One possibility could be a memory problem
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Using
Memtest86 or
MemTest86+ you can check that
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I believe that it might be a bad motherboard that could have a power problem.
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Worth checking to see if the board is in direct contact with the case or not
1. Can you get into BIOS and reliably sit there or does it lock up right away? If you can, jump into bios and note the voltages and whether or not they are stable
2. Check that you dont have all the devices (video, HDD etc) connected via the same connector (i.e., spread the molex connectors out)
3. If the PSU proves to be ok, check the memory
4. When in your bios, have a check: what are the Vdimm, VCore and Vagp values?