Hi everyone,
I am having an issue with my desktop. If I shut it down, when I push the power BUTTON to turn it back on it may or may not turn back on. There is a red light on my mobo that flickers then eventually holds steady and the led display on my mobo will reset every time i push the power button. Also my ram has lights on it that show usage and those will also flicker on and off when it is in non start mode.

If I toggle the switch on my PSU a few times eventually I can get it to start but it has been turning off completely after a while. I removed 3 of the 4 STICKS of ram in my pc and it seems to now start and run fine. As soon as I add in a second stick of ram in the third slot, it goes back to the same symptoms.

I am using a 500W PSU and a Abit IP35 Pro Mobo. My ram is Corsair XMS2-6400 ram. I have 4 1gb sticks. Thanks for taking the time to read this stuff guys.Borrow a known working PSU of the same wattage or greater and swap it in there overnite to see if this is the issue...

Check at crucial.com to see if the new RAM is compatible with your board and what you have in there already...

DLoad and run MEMTEST on those RAM sticks...any errors at all and you have a bad stick of RAM...Bought a new Corsair 1000 Watt PSU and its running great now. Only one problem left but I a going to search on that before starting a new thread. Thanks!Congrats ! !

The only reason i suggest borrowing one is to DETERMINE if it is really the issue before plopping down hard earned cash ahead of time...
Glad it worked out in your case and Welcome Aboard !