Re: PC Switches off soon after Power On??

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From: Sam Goldwasser
Date: Sat, 02 Aug 1997 00:00

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In article <870507200snz@longley.demon.co.uk> David@longley.demon.co.uk (David Longley) writes:

>   My  PC  Has recently begun to just switch off soon  after  having 
>   been switched on. Leaving it 2 mins and then powering on seems to  
>   correct this, but it's a little disconcerting. Any ideas?

Do you mean all power goes off?  It is the normal main power switch?

If so, this sounds like a power supply problem. Either its overload
sensing is defective or you have a marginal load condition (like 10 disk
drives :-)  ), bad connections inside, or other power supply fault.
Replacing the PS may be best or see the SMPS and PC power supply repair
FAQs.

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