Computer keeps turning on and off on it's own

[Matthecat]

Does this include wires from my case and fans as well as the heatsink?

[Matthecat]

Tried it, POS still didn't work.

[enaberif]

pull the board from the case and try a bare run. last ditch effort

[Matthecat]

And if nothing works it's the board?

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by Matthecat

And if nothing works it's the board?

Precisely.

[Dzzope]

will it post without cpu/ram ... ashamed to admit this is something I've never tried.. even after a few years in a workshop repairing. (thats going back a bit now though)

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by Dzzope

will it post without cpu/ram ... ashamed to admit this is something I've never tried.. even after a few years in a workshop repairing. (thats going back a bit now though)

No you need ram and a cpu! :P

[michaelubc]

Matthecat,

From all your symptoms you're giving and all the things you've tried, I am putting my money on the motherboard. I had previous systems with boards that gave boot up problems but was slightly different from yours. Usually if the Ram or CPU is bad, it would at least give beeps and/or be able to go to the Post screen showing the errors. Obviously resetting the Bios didn't help, which is the usual way to reset problems like this. As far as whether it's the Bios or something physical on the board, that's up for grabs.

Before attempting an RMA on the board, if you had the resources to test the CPU, you could do that before sending it off. I think I'd still attempt to RMA it and see if you can get a replacement and if you do get a replacement, I'd still sell it and go for an Asus board.

[Dzzope]

Originally Posted by enaberif

No you need ram and a cpu! :P

Thats what I thought, just the way it was said made it look like you were talking about just the board with nothing else. :P

Back on topic.. Agree with the above.. sounds like it's just the board but testing the cpu would give you definite answer that the chip is good/bad