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PC eye · 02-04-2007, 07:12 AM

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After three years a number of things could be the cause for this. One item often missed is a $2-3 item namely the Lithium battery usually a CR2032 model number on the board itself. When that becomes too weak the system can simply shutdown and see startup problems or iy may not even startup.

High temps seen on the cpu, bios eprom, main chipset even can easily see hardware failure of one or the other. If you have never montiored system and cpu temps where the thermal pad on the stock heat sink and fan became hardened and non conductive of heat the cpu could be done in.

Your first problem there by your description is trying to plug in the ide cable while the system is running? THAT'S A DEFINITE NO! NO! You never plug or unplug any internal connections with the ac cord plugged let alone on a live system. If you don't "zzzzzzzapped!" you are likely to see more damage. The drive cable itself could be useless or something is shorting to ground there.

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PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,730	Welcome to CF! Official Welcome Thread Please review if you haven;t already Forum Rules After three years a number of things could be the cause for this. One item often missed is a $2-3 item namely the Lithium battery usually a CR2032 model number on the board itself. When that becomes too weak the system can simply shutdown and see startup problems or iy may not even startup. High temps seen on the cpu, bios eprom, main chipset even can easily see hardware failure of one or the other. If you have never montiored system and cpu temps where the thermal pad on the stock heat sink and fan became hardened and non conductive of heat the cpu could be done in. Your first problem there by your description is trying to plug in the ide cable while the system is running? THAT'S A DEFINITE NO! NO! You never plug or unplug any internal connections with the ac cord plugged let alone on a live system. If you don't "zzzzzzzapped!" you are likely to see more damage. The drive cable itself could be useless or something is shorting to ground there.