As weird as this thread title sounds there's a perfectly logical reason for it. My PC starts boots only when I use a hair dryer on the motherboard. After which it boots perfectly. Here's the story...
Last Friday (21-Jul) my PC didn't boot. Pressing power button didn't do anything. I was puzzled. I opened the cabinet, did some messing around. Took apart all components from motherboard, re attached everything back. Suddenly PC booted fine. I was happy. On Saturday PC worked perfectly.
On sunday, (22-Jul) morning, same issue. PC didn't boot. Now I became sad. Swapped PSU and other components from my secondary PC and concluded that the mobo is at fault. Someone recommended, there might be a moisture issue. So I used a hair dryer and used it to blow hot air on the mobo for a minute. After doing which the PC booted.
Sine then everyday, when I return home, I try to start the PC.It doesn't. Then I take the hair dryer, blow hot air on mobo for few seconds. And then the PC boots. It is to note that once the PC boots I can shutdown the PC any number of times, and it will boot as long as I start it within minutes. But the PC won't definitely boot if I shut it down in night and then try to turn it on in morning.
I have taken the mobo to Nehru Place last weekend, but it started in one go there, prompting me that the PSU could be defective too. But why does then, the PC boots, when I blow hot air on mobo. This is too strange. I have never faced such issue.
Anyone can speculate any theory over this "hair dryer" solution of fixing mobo?
Last Friday (21-Jul) my PC didn't boot. Pressing power button didn't do anything. I was puzzled. I opened the cabinet, did some messing around. Took apart all components from motherboard, re attached everything back. Suddenly PC booted fine. I was happy. On Saturday PC worked perfectly.
On sunday, (22-Jul) morning, same issue. PC didn't boot. Now I became sad. Swapped PSU and other components from my secondary PC and concluded that the mobo is at fault. Someone recommended, there might be a moisture issue. So I used a hair dryer and used it to blow hot air on the mobo for a minute. After doing which the PC booted.
Sine then everyday, when I return home, I try to start the PC.It doesn't. Then I take the hair dryer, blow hot air on mobo for few seconds. And then the PC boots. It is to note that once the PC boots I can shutdown the PC any number of times, and it will boot as long as I start it within minutes. But the PC won't definitely boot if I shut it down in night and then try to turn it on in morning.
I have taken the mobo to Nehru Place last weekend, but it started in one go there, prompting me that the PSU could be defective too. But why does then, the PC boots, when I blow hot air on mobo. This is too strange. I have never faced such issue.
Anyone can speculate any theory over this "hair dryer" solution of fixing mobo?