NDSUTopGun
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My desktop system seems to be acting like there is an electrical short somewhere. The system powers on for a split second before shutting off, and that only occurs after the power switch on the power supply has been turned "off" until the power is drained from the motherboard (board LED status light goes out) and then is turned back to the "on" position.
Here's the background of this situation. On April 23 (of 2011, for all intents and purposes) when I was performing a normal shut down, I noticed that my computer hardware would continue to run even though the operating system would be shut down. My system would not respond to the classic "press and hold to immediately shut down" power button method, and had to toggle the power switch on the power supply to shut it down.
Originally, I considered this to be an issue with my motherboard, an ASUS P6T SE model at the time. I sent it in for warranty and acquired an EVGA X58 FTW3 in the process. That EVGA motherboard was put in on May 5 and it operated just fine, or so I assumed. Two weeks later on May 14, the same thing happened: system failed to shut down. It operated just fine for two weeks and it suffered the same failure. Then I decided that this had to be a problem with the power supply. Long story short, no improvements. Same issue as what was described earlier in this post. After that, I tried using my ASUS motherboard, having it just back from warranty service, to see if it would work. Nothing.
I never did hear back from ASUS about what actually was wrong with my motherboard. All they could tell me was that it was not repairable and thus simply replaced. No details. I consider the fact that I probably sent them a motherboard that had nothing wrong with it.
I could not find any physical damage on my six sticks of RAM nor my CPU that may have caused an electrical short. Call me a lunatic but I get the feeling that my computer case (perhaps the power switch on it?) could be the culprit all along.
If anyone has any tips or advice to give, I would be absolutely grateful. I'm at a loss here... out of ideas. It has stumped me as well as all my fellow counterparts. My dad, in all his infinite humor, suggests that a good 40-lb sledge hammer would do the trick. However, I'm still hanging on by a thread of hope that this issue could be resolved.
Here's the background of this situation. On April 23 (of 2011, for all intents and purposes) when I was performing a normal shut down, I noticed that my computer hardware would continue to run even though the operating system would be shut down. My system would not respond to the classic "press and hold to immediately shut down" power button method, and had to toggle the power switch on the power supply to shut it down.
Originally, I considered this to be an issue with my motherboard, an ASUS P6T SE model at the time. I sent it in for warranty and acquired an EVGA X58 FTW3 in the process. That EVGA motherboard was put in on May 5 and it operated just fine, or so I assumed. Two weeks later on May 14, the same thing happened: system failed to shut down. It operated just fine for two weeks and it suffered the same failure. Then I decided that this had to be a problem with the power supply. Long story short, no improvements. Same issue as what was described earlier in this post. After that, I tried using my ASUS motherboard, having it just back from warranty service, to see if it would work. Nothing.
I never did hear back from ASUS about what actually was wrong with my motherboard. All they could tell me was that it was not repairable and thus simply replaced. No details. I consider the fact that I probably sent them a motherboard that had nothing wrong with it.
I could not find any physical damage on my six sticks of RAM nor my CPU that may have caused an electrical short. Call me a lunatic but I get the feeling that my computer case (perhaps the power switch on it?) could be the culprit all along.
If anyone has any tips or advice to give, I would be absolutely grateful. I'm at a loss here... out of ideas. It has stumped me as well as all my fellow counterparts. My dad, in all his infinite humor, suggests that a good 40-lb sledge hammer would do the trick. However, I'm still hanging on by a thread of hope that this issue could be resolved.
at least we tried.
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