eccy
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Hey guys,
Now I'm not a complete novice when it comes to PC systems and the like but lately (the last couple of weeks or so) when I turn on my PC the power light comes on and stays on for about 20 secs or so (haven't timed it yet), then goes off for about 20 secs, then comes back on for about 5 secs, then off again for the same amount of time. It does this for about 3 times then finally boots...
I've stripped it down and cleaned everything, fresh silver based thermal paste. I thought it would have been the heatsink/CPU when I first opened it as the HS was coated in quite a bit of dust ( yes I know regular cleaning blah blah), but evidently not. Its not the HDD as I have installed my SSD for a test run.
Any light you guys can shed would be great.
Cheers guys
eccy
Now I'm not a complete novice when it comes to PC systems and the like but lately (the last couple of weeks or so) when I turn on my PC the power light comes on and stays on for about 20 secs or so (haven't timed it yet), then goes off for about 20 secs, then comes back on for about 5 secs, then off again for the same amount of time. It does this for about 3 times then finally boots...
I've stripped it down and cleaned everything, fresh silver based thermal paste. I thought it would have been the heatsink/CPU when I first opened it as the HS was coated in quite a bit of dust ( yes I know regular cleaning blah blah), but evidently not. Its not the HDD as I have installed my SSD for a test run.
Any light you guys can shed would be great.
Cheers guys
eccy