[Ironsight]

I am using my Dad's computer at this second. If I were to turn off the computer, walk away, and come back ten minutes later, I could press the power button for an hour and all it will do is flash for a second and go dark again.

This has been an incredibly frustrating problem to not only me, but everyone else living in this house who had/has need of the one desktop computer here, for either school work or R&R.

[Drizzy Drake]

Don`t turn the fucking thing off then. I don`t think this computer has been off since the last blackout we had.

[Ironsight]

You're forgetting I live in California, where no one can waste electricity because it's NOT GREEEEEEEEEEN.

[Drizzy Drake]

Ahh.. well I guess you`re s.o.l.

[Nosferatu]

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HE CAN GET AS WASTED AS HE WANTS.

[Caael]

Standby is your friend.

[Toasty]

You either:

A) Have a fried power supply (go buy a new one, unless you have a Dell or some other gay-ass ***gy manufactured PC, in which case you have to go through them because they use gay-ass ***gy proprietary crap)

B) Have a fried motherboard (your balls are effing screwed, son)

or

C) Just have to clear the CMOS by unplugging the thing from the wall, opening it up, and taking out the button battery that's on the motherboard. Leave it out for 20-30 seconds, put it back in, close your computer back up, plug it back into the wall, and turn it on.

If it still doesn't work, send it in for repairs. Preferably to a local PC repairman. OEM's like Dell and Acer are usually a pain in the ass to deal with when it comes to stuff like this. And forget about getting it replaced if the warranty's expired.

[Ironsight]

Alright, the computer is in my dad's room, so I'll have to do all those things tommorow.

[Toasty]

You may not be out of the frying pan even after you clear the CMOS though, and that's even if it works.

Let me know what happens after you clear the CMOS and attempt to start up the computer again.

[Ironsight]

Will you be on tommorow? I'm not to good with software. I have a very vague knowledge of what CMOS is, but how to get to it and clear it is beond me.

[Toasty]

I just told you how. Unplug the power and take out the battery that's on the Mobo for 20 seconds.

That simple.

[Ironsight]

It can't be the power source; I replaced it last year along with a new video card.
I was doing yardwork all day, so I didn't get a chance to take a close look at the computer.
The CD tray refused to open while one of my brothers was using it, apparently.
Before lights out, I was re-instaling Dawn of War onto it when the computer whigged out. It said something like it had "detected a mistake on a CD" and had to correct it. It did some scans, restarted, and after a few moments seemed to be working fine again.
Since I'm going to my Mom's tommorow, I'll have to bump this next week.

[Toasty]

A year is plenty long enough for a power supply to fry. What brand is it?