My PC is acting weird and keeps turning off
For some reason, my Dell Dimension 3000 is acting VERY buggy ever since I tried to replace the CMOS battery(btw I confirmed it isn't the battery)
- The PC keeps automatically turning off, most of the time staying on for less than a second.
- If the PC manages to get on for a decent amount of time, I might see a error such as "Previous startup attempt failed at checkpoint [random every time]" or "Previous startup attempt failed due to thermal event"
- Speaking of the thermal events, one time I saw that error, opened up the PC and found out the CPU was stone cold.
- Sometimes it shows me a glitched out screen(the pc uses integrated graphics)
Here are pictures of the internals:
And my ports:
- AC power cord
- VGA cable(integrated graphics)
- Keyboard and mouse(High-speed USB ports)
UPDATE #1: I tried turning it on and it succeded:
- Here's a picture of the error screen(I had unplugged the usb keyboard and mouse for troubleshooting purposes)
- The screen glitched out right after the error screen and then shut down:
- I tried a few more startup attempts and now it's essentially thermal events(CPU is still cold)
UPDATE #2:
- The issue went away! Hopefully it stays that way. I'll have to see.
UPDATE #3:
- It's back and worse than ever! First time I booted it up, it showed me only an amber light. All diagnostic lights off, no video output, and no beep codes.
- The regular issue came back after that.
- I suspect the PC may only work after it warms up.
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Hi @daneelliottd532,
When it starts check that the CPU fan is working OK and is dust free etc.
Thermal events are heat related so hopefully it isn't a faulty CPU
- de jayeff
I checked the fan and it seems to have adequate airflow. I might try another CPU.
- de Dane Elliott-Dyson
@jayeff If I keep trying to turn it on, it will work normally again. Maybe it works only after it warms up?
- de Dane Elliott-Dyson
@daneelliottd532 the second images looks like your computer either has a CPU or a GPU error. Can you just boot into the BIOS not your OS and is that relatively stable?
- de oldturkey03