A weird symptom on this system ever since I put it together in Nov. 2010 - just wondering if you guys have any ideas what could be the source(s):
On every cold boot the board powers up and then shuts down after 2 or 3 seconds ... Strike 1... Repeat (no user action, I'm just sitting there waiting) ... Strike 2...
On the 3rd attempt it boots normally, just fine.
Extreme PSU calculator always suggests about 736W. The HX850 should be plenty. It's one of Corsair's better PSUs - Gold certified, 7 year warranty.
I don't know if this is enough info to take a guess on what's going on...but if you have any thoughts I'd appreciate reading them.
Thanks!
[edit: btw this MSI board - like many others - has a few voltage check headers and whenever I connect a meter all the voltages are on spec]
Never mind. From what I can gather a PSU won't fail slowly it will either work or it won't. Sound right? Maybe it's my mobo....something weird is happening though. Last night I came home and the system was dead. DOA. I pulled the PSU, checked it out (visually, not with a meter) and all looked normal - no bulging capacitors or funkiness inside. Put it back together and the system fired up again. Don't know what the ^(*& is going on...