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I have a fairly standard 2-year old desktop computer (quad-core intel, single hard drive, decent video card, 300W power supply) which recently started acting up.
I'm not sure what the cause is, so hopefully you can help.
Sometimes (once a week-ish) I press the power button and nothing happens. No blinking, no sounds, no nothing. If I remove the power cord (or flip the switch on the power supply) I hear a capacitor discharge. If I leave it in the "no power at all" state for about 5 minutes then I can put the plug back in and the computer works perfectly.
What is the issue? What do you think I have to replace?
But in cases where capacitors are leaking, often it is required to press power button several times, so that capacitors would charge enough for computer to turn on. It seems that the problem described is inverse of typical capacitor plague description. – AndrejaKo – 2011-01-02T11:31:02.840
@Andrejako That depends on which capacitors are affected. I've come across this problem dozens of times and everytime it was a capacitor issue. – BloodPhilia – 2011-01-02T11:32:37.943
I never heard of something like that. Well, I guess I learn something new every day. – AndrejaKo – 2011-01-02T11:49:26.593
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+1, the old capacitor plague... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
– Moab – 2011-01-02T16:11:33.707