paugie
Storage is cool
Hello, hoping there's a quick explanation for what's happening
I built a PC 9 years ago for a friend
Gigabyte G31 chipset based motherboard
core 2duo E4500
Built in video sharing 9Mb memory (per BIOS)
2x1Gb DDR2 memory
No Name (supposedly tru-rated) PSU
Initially, I installed 1 Samsung 1Tb HDD
But over the years, this died.
When the problem came up 10 days ago, a Seagate 2Tb HDD was in it
The complaint was it was cycling at startup for a few times before entering Windows 7
He had a WD 1TB HDD his son bought for him so I put it in, partitioned it and used the 2nd partition to back up his data.I removed his old 2Tb and installed Windows on the WD primary partition.
The machine would continue to cycle a few times before being able to enter windows. Also, it seemed it was much more problematic when we put in a USB wireless dongle through which the PC connected to the internet.
I took my Seasonic PSU from my own PC and installed it on his PC
It booted right up but still was sluggish
I tested the memory and it passed a few cycles of memtest 86
We bought a new Seasonic PSU and a pair of 2Gb DDR2 memory (good 2nd hand) which passed the customary memtest86 test.
The machine was zippy and like new.There was no more problem with the USB wireless dongle.
I said, problem solved and he was happy.
Two days later, he phoned me to report that it wouldn't start. I asked him if he checked all the power cables and if the PSU switch was on. He said he did. I told him to bring the case over. But a few minutes later said, he tried once more and it booted up. Intermittent boot up.
hmmm, I was thinking motherboard. But on his own, he tried to replace the new PSU with the old one. It would start up perfectly every time, though the cycling problem was back.
hmmm, so the new PSU was defective. I put in my Seasonic. OK, good start up, good boot up. But now the video would black out for a second or two every now and then. This blacking out would continue and not go away. I plugged and unplugged the power connections to the mobo, but the blacking out would not go away.
now the old PSU is installed, it starts up every time, but takes three cycles to enter Windows. It's not zippy but ok.
???
I built a PC 9 years ago for a friend
Gigabyte G31 chipset based motherboard
core 2duo E4500
Built in video sharing 9Mb memory (per BIOS)
2x1Gb DDR2 memory
No Name (supposedly tru-rated) PSU
Initially, I installed 1 Samsung 1Tb HDD
But over the years, this died.
When the problem came up 10 days ago, a Seagate 2Tb HDD was in it
The complaint was it was cycling at startup for a few times before entering Windows 7
He had a WD 1TB HDD his son bought for him so I put it in, partitioned it and used the 2nd partition to back up his data.I removed his old 2Tb and installed Windows on the WD primary partition.
The machine would continue to cycle a few times before being able to enter windows. Also, it seemed it was much more problematic when we put in a USB wireless dongle through which the PC connected to the internet.
I took my Seasonic PSU from my own PC and installed it on his PC
It booted right up but still was sluggish
I tested the memory and it passed a few cycles of memtest 86
We bought a new Seasonic PSU and a pair of 2Gb DDR2 memory (good 2nd hand) which passed the customary memtest86 test.
The machine was zippy and like new.There was no more problem with the USB wireless dongle.
I said, problem solved and he was happy.
Two days later, he phoned me to report that it wouldn't start. I asked him if he checked all the power cables and if the PSU switch was on. He said he did. I told him to bring the case over. But a few minutes later said, he tried once more and it booted up. Intermittent boot up.
hmmm, I was thinking motherboard. But on his own, he tried to replace the new PSU with the old one. It would start up perfectly every time, though the cycling problem was back.
hmmm, so the new PSU was defective. I put in my Seasonic. OK, good start up, good boot up. But now the video would black out for a second or two every now and then. This blacking out would continue and not go away. I plugged and unplugged the power connections to the mobo, but the blacking out would not go away.
now the old PSU is installed, it starts up every time, but takes three cycles to enter Windows. It's not zippy but ok.
???
