I built this computer almost a year ago now and until today it has worked perfectly with zero issues. I shut it down this morning and just turned it on about an hour ago.

Immediately i noticed the video card fan was on FULL BLAST and screaming. I got the 1 long 3 short beep error so ofcourse no video came onscreen.

I held the power button down and the computer shut only to quickly power up, power down power up, power down over the next few seconds. I unplugged it. Plugged it back in and hit power. Same deal.

Thankfully my motherboard has a power button directly on it as well, so I hit that and the computer powered up normally but hit a "windows did not start properly and cannot repair itself" error. I clicked ok and the computer shut off. I hit the MB power button again and it started up completely normally and I'm using it as we speak.

Sounds to me like the tower's power button has a short in it which would explain the weird off on off on flickering...but still doesn't explain why the video card was freaking out so bad.

Ideas?

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Larreth Wolfsong (long retired)
Lanys T'vyl, Everquest

Zinky, Lvl 60 Warlock
Thunderhorn, WoW

Unplug the case power button from the motherboard and reseat the connection? =p

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World of Warcraft: Kallaystra, Gweila, Steakumn, Tarathia [ Feathermoon/Horde ]

Your video card is overheating. By the time you opened the case and played with the internal power button it must have cooled down a bit thats why it beeped like that.

It had been off for like 5 hours.

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Larreth Wolfsong (long retired)
Lanys T'vyl, Everquest

Zinky, Lvl 60 Warlock
Thunderhorn, WoW