I built my own computer over a year ago... It has an Abit KX7-333 motherboard and an AMD 2100+ processor. It has run perfectly smooth for a very long time... And then, just recently... It just shuts off for seemingly no reason, and then the power button will no longer turn it back on.
The motherboard has two lights on it. An amber light, and a green light. The amber light comes on if the board is receiving power, but is off. And both lights are on when it is powered up. I have found that the only way to get it to come back on is to either turn off the power supply in the back, or unplug the power cable from the power supply... and leave it off or unplugged for about 5-10 seconds until the amber light goes out. Then when I plug the power back in, or if I turn the switch back on, then the computer powers back up without me even pressing the power button. At first the computer could be on for anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours before it would just shut off again. However, the past couple of days it won't even stay on for 5 minutes before it shuts off.
What could the problem possibly be? Can someone please help me??
Thank you so much!
The motherboard has two lights on it. An amber light, and a green light. The amber light comes on if the board is receiving power, but is off. And both lights are on when it is powered up. I have found that the only way to get it to come back on is to either turn off the power supply in the back, or unplug the power cable from the power supply... and leave it off or unplugged for about 5-10 seconds until the amber light goes out. Then when I plug the power back in, or if I turn the switch back on, then the computer powers back up without me even pressing the power button. At first the computer could be on for anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours before it would just shut off again. However, the past couple of days it won't even stay on for 5 minutes before it shuts off.
What could the problem possibly be? Can someone please help me??
Thank you so much!
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