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[boosted ls1]

Help please. My pc will sometimes crash soon after its been switched on. Then it won't switch on for sometime. I found that if I twiddled with the fuse in the plug it would always turn on after that. So, I changed the plug. Guess what, it still does it and I twiddle the fuse & then it boots up. Should I be using a special fuse? Also, I'm sure the power lead has something fitted in line, maybe a resistor? Could that be iffy? Any boffins got an opinion?

Thanks.

[RCA]

Try a different power lead!!!, does your printer have the same sort??,

[5ltr-chim]

It could be :
As already suggesated try another lead if you've got one. If not :
Sounds like the fuse holder might not be holding the fuse tight enough or :
Dirty connections - fuse holder /fuse
Bad connections plug to wall/trailing socket (try another outlet)
broken cable near plug or if you're cables taught even where lead plugs into m/c

[boosted ls1]

Thanks. It's not the plug as I have changed that. It may be the lead so that's going to be changed next. It's weird whatever it is! The fat inline things are on the monitor lead not the pc power lead.

[chris watton]

It may be worth changing the power supply unit, at least a 300W one. If you still have a problem and your PC crashes, it either overheating, incompatible drivers, or a motherboard prob.
Of course it could be any number of other things, but, based on my very extensive experience building my own PC the past couple of weeks,and coming up against a lot of problems, and resolving them, i would start with the troubleshooting i mentioned above.
Memory can be very fussy too, as I dicovered!

chris