"kleefarr" <kleefarr[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] > Hi,
>
> For a while now my brother in laws PC has been POSTing over and over for
> about five minutes and then finally boots with very thing running fine.
>
> As I was down at his today I decided to check a couple of things.
> First I checked the Motherboard CMOS battery. It's fine reading 3.16v
> I also checked other voltages and they are as follows..
>
> Purple - 5.04
> Green - 0.04 starts on checking
> Orange - OFF 0.26v / ON 3.34v
> Red - OFF 0v / ON 4.97v
> Yellow - OFF 0.03v / ON 12.18v
>
> Then connected Green/ BLack and checked readings of above. ALL READINGS
> THE
> SAME VOLTAGE AS ABOVE.
>
> Grey/ Black 2.95v
> Grey/Black Current (Setting 200ma) reads 6.3
>
> The Green voltage doesn't look good from what I understand, but I am only
> just getting into the voltage section of PCs.
>
> There is a clicking sound coming from the CPU area, this kept happening
> while it was repeating the POST but stopped once system was up and running
> ok.
>
> I gave everything a good clear out while is was in there, loads of dust.
> Having just put everything back together it is now NOT POSTING, at least
> it
> doesn't sound like it, but I'm not to sure as there is no video now.
> Everything is connected properly so I'm thinking that what ever it was was
> just hanging on and has now completely been screwed by me doing the tests
> and
> the cleaning.
>
> It can either be one of three things I would have thought.
> 1. Power supply
> 2. Motherboard
> 3. Processor
>
> Any input gratefully recieved.
>
> Kevin
Also check the video card and the memory is seated properly.
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