Evening,

What is the issue that you're currently having? As an ATX reset is only really used to trouble shoot power issues.

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Hmm I'm still putting my money on HDD, if it powers up then shuts down it would suggest that it was looking for a boot device but was unable to locate one.

You would get the same issue if your...

If it's doing the same thing regardless of whether the hard disk is connected or not it may be worth trying a different one. Are you able to open up the bios?

As you can run a disk check from...

You get the same issue if the HDD is unplugged? Have you tried a different HDD?

That's similar to a ATX reset, but for that you would take out all power sources (cable, battery etc) then hold the power button for 30 seconds.

This should solve the majority of power problems.
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Have you tried an ATX reset by any chance? As that will usually solve most power related issues.

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Are you able to get the menu up on the monitor?

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No worries, glad to help.

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Would usually boot ok, just won't remember anything. Data & Time for example.

Most Motherboards, have a CMOS battery that you can replace. I recently rebuilt a Laititude D600 and was nice and easy...

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I had this with a customers unit a while back, and a similar model. Have you tried a different hard disk?

As that would explain the rebooting; as windows...

Have you tried installing it onto a new hard disk?

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If it's doing the same thing through an external monitor and you've tried an ATX reset then I'm not sure of much more you could try matey.

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So you've tried a new power supply - fan came on but little else? Hmmm, could well be a power surge. Check all the cables going to the Motherboard though - if it has no power it won't do anything!...

Does the screen work at boot-up? When you get the Toshiba screen. Also try connecting it to an external display as Majestic suggested.

It could well be just a loose connection, as the wires they...

In theory yes, but you'll usually get something - just won't display perfectly or correctly in most instances until the drivers have been installed.

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Have you installed or removed any software or hardware recently?
Even just connected a new device?

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If it works in safe mode; have you tried a system recovery?

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Ok, have you tried reassembling it? Just to make sure nothing has come loose?

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This doesn't surprise me, but as far they're concerned it's you Vs them. And they'll do or say whatever to make sure you know that they're far more knowleadgable than all of us put together - or so...

Are you using on board graphics or a graphics card?

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Sometimes if you get a beep (this will quite often come from inside not speakers) will indicate a memory problem - had this recently with a customers machine.

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Is there a beeping noise?
And have you changed any hardware recently?

Do you have a way of testing the monitor and the base seperately?

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weird, i have been having a similar problem with my acer 3610, and the base is very hot when it happens, had the same problem with a tosiba equim, both new models though, any ideas?

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