Sleep mode may have actually destroyed my motherboard

I know it sounds improbable, but here's what happened today. For
background, a few days ago, trying to be a little more enery-efficient
around the house, I enabled Sleep mode on my home pc with Vista Ultimate
32bit. I tested it a few times with very short intervals, and it seemed
to work fine, coming back up in 2 or 3 seconds when I pressed the pc's
power button. So I decided it was safe and started using Sleep mode
regularly.

Today, when I pressed the power button to have the pc return from Sleep
mode, I heard the case fans come on, but within 5 seconds, they just
shut off again. The computer appeared off. The screen remained dark
the whole time. I have since tried pressing the power button many
times, always with the same result: the fans come on for a few seconds,
then the computer shuts off. Pressing the reset button while the fans
are running does nothing.

I've read several dozen threads in this forum concerning Vista Sleep
mode issues, and I've read the troubleshooting guide at
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/63...-problems.html.
This symptom seems very different from any of those mentioned in the
guide. In fact, this seems literally like a case of motherboard death
by Windows Vista Sleep mode.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Jacob

some pc specs:
Motherboard: ASUS M2N32 WS Professional
Video Card: EVGA e-GeForce 8800GTS 320MB
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
Memory: 4 x 1GB
OCZ DDR2 PC2-4200 / 533MHz / Value Series (P/N OCZ25331024V)
(please let me know if other details would be helpful)


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jakewan

Have you changed any parts recently?


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ChrisJust66

ChrisJust66;554338 Wrote:
> Have you changed any parts recently?

Nope, I haven't changed any parts since the initial build of this pc
back in September/October of this year.

Since this problem began, I've tried disconnecting the hard drive, the
DVD drive, removing and replacing the CMOS battery, disconnecting and
reconnecting the power supply and removing the video card. Still, the
fans come on for a duration of about 5 seconds and then everything shuts
down.

Jacob


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jakewan

How old is the case? Have you tried to switch the power button with the
reset button to see if the switch is bad.


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ChrisJust66

jakewan spewed out this bit, and i'll scatter a few bits myself:

> I know it sounds improbable, but here's what happened today. For
> background, a few days ago, trying to be a little more enery-efficient
> around the house, I enabled Sleep mode on my home pc with Vista
> Ultimate 32bit. I tested it a few times with very short intervals,
> and it seemed to work fine, coming back up in 2 or 3 seconds when I
> pressed the pc's power button. So I decided it was safe and started
> using Sleep mode regularly.
>
> Today, when I pressed the power button to have the pc return from
> Sleep mode, I heard the case fans come on, but within 5 seconds, they
> just shut off again. The computer appeared off. The screen remained
> dark the whole time. I have since tried pressing the power button
> many times, always with the same result: the fans come on for a few
> seconds, then the computer shuts off. Pressing the reset button
> while the fans are running does nothing.
>
> I've read several dozen threads in this forum concerning Vista Sleep
> mode issues, and I've read the troubleshooting guide at
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/63...-problems.html.
> This symptom seems very different from any of those mentioned in the
> guide. In fact, this seems literally like a case of motherboard death
> by Windows Vista Sleep mode.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas?
>
> Jacob
>
> some pc specs:
> Motherboard: ASUS M2N32 WS Professional
> Video Card: EVGA e-GeForce 8800GTS 320MB
> Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
> Memory: 4 x 1GB
> OCZ DDR2 PC2-4200 / 533MHz / Value Series (P/N OCZ25331024V)
> (please let me know if other details would be helpful)

I saw a computer once that when put into sleep mode the CPU fan would stop,
but the CPU continued to heat. Nearly fried it before I caught onto what was
happening.

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Mhzjunkie

1 PRINT "Windows Vista ERROR"
GOTO 1
END

ChrisJust66;554353 Wrote:
> How old is the case? Have you tried to switch the power button with the
> reset button to see if the switch is bad?

It's an Antec P182, just a couple months old.

I didn't know you could interchange the power and reset buttons like
that. If you think it's a good idea, I'd be willing to give it a try.

Jacob


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jakewan

It should work from my understanding, but you might have to actuall
hold the button down. I'm doubting that though but maybe you will? Th
reason I suggest this is because if you hold the button down with a goo
switch it'll shut down so I'm just wondering if that it's it. Beside
the only thing that could go wrong is the computer simply won't turn on

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ChrisJust66

"jakewan" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> I know it sounds improbable, but here's what happened today. For
> background, a few days ago, trying to be a little more enery-efficient
> around the house, I enabled Sleep mode on my home pc with Vista Ultimate
> 32bit. I tested it a few times with very short intervals, and it seemed
> to work fine, coming back up in 2 or 3 seconds when I pressed the pc's
> power button. So I decided it was safe and started using Sleep mode
> regularly.
>
> Today, when I pressed the power button to have the pc return from Sleep
> mode, I heard the case fans come on, but within 5 seconds, they just
> shut off again. The computer appeared off. The screen remained dark
> the whole time. I have since tried pressing the power button many
> times, always with the same result: the fans come on for a few seconds,
> then the computer shuts off. Pressing the reset button while the fans
> are running does nothing.
>
> I've read several dozen threads in this forum concerning Vista Sleep
> mode issues, and I've read the troubleshooting guide at
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/63...-problems.html.
> This symptom seems very different from any of those mentioned in the
> guide. In fact, this seems literally like a case of motherboard death
> by Windows Vista Sleep mode.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas?
>
> Jacob
>
> some pc specs:
> Motherboard: ASUS M2N32 WS Professional
> Video Card: EVGA e-GeForce 8800GTS 320MB
> Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
> Memory: 4 x 1GB
> OCZ DDR2 PC2-4200 / 533MHz / Value Series (P/N OCZ25331024V)
> (please let me know if other details would be helpful)

No, actually what that sounds like is a dead power supply. I know this is
going to sound funny, but sniff the grill in the power supply. If there is
like a strong sorta musty burnt smell, it's probable that one of the
capacitors failed. CompUSA or your local PC shop will have replacements. If
it turns out NOT to be that, you can always return it. However, from what
you describe, this is what it sounds like.

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http://www.lockergnome.com/darksentinel
You know what to do with the munge

If it was that the computer would more than likely wouldn't even boot
up. And if something did burn up, you would know it. I woke up to my ps
burning in my room one night. Now I'm not saying that it isn't because
i've had my share of stupid computer problems, but I'm kind of doubting
it. But then again I could be wrong.


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ChrisJust66

ChrisJust66 spewed out this bit, and i'll scatter a few bits myself:

> If it was that the computer would more than likely wouldn't even boot
> up. And if something did burn up, you would know it. I woke up to my
> ps burning in my room one night. Now I'm not saying that it isn't
> because i've had my share of stupid computer problems, but I'm kind
> of doubting it. But then again I could be wrong.

He's right, a defective power supply can give you the symptoms that you
described.

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Mhzjunkie

1 PRINT "Windows Vista ERROR"
GOTO 1
END