Problem getting system to shut down

[ajshin27]

I've had my computer fow a little over a year now and haven't had any problems until last week. I tried to shut down my computer and the screen turned off but the fans in the system kept running, the reset button light on my case was still on, and there were continuous beeps coming from my computer. I tried a hard shut down but that didnt work either. I finally just pulled the plug on the system, but when I plugged the cord back into the power supply, the fans in my computer turned on again without me actually turning on the computer. Can someone please tell me what's going on. I'm thinking it's either a problem with my mobo or power supply. I'm running an athlon 1800xp on a soyo dragon plus mobo with a 300 watt power supply. I have a geforce 3 ti200 with a cd-rw, dvd-drive, and floppy...nothing out of the ordinary. Thanks for the help

 

[LiLithTecH]

If may be just the POWER Switch sticking or bad.

Does your Power Supply have an ON/OFF switch?

 

[ajshin27]

Yes, my power supply does have an on/off button on it. However, even when I use that to turn the system on or off, the same problem persists. When I flip the switch on the power supply, my fans begin to run, the reset button light turns on, and there are continuous beeps from my computer without me even pushing the power button on the computer. Please help.

 

[LiLithTecH]

A Continuous Beep generally indicates bad MEMORY or VIDEO problem.

Try removing the ram first. It is still continuous, re-install the ram and
try removing the video. If that still fails, remove the ram again.

It could be both or neither. Reseating the Video and Ram may also fix the problem.

 

[ajshin27]

I just replaced the power supply and that resolved the problem. However, my computer is freezing up now when I leave it on too long or when i play games. I'm guessing that my cpu fan may be the culprit, but not sure. Could my old power supply have taken out part of my motherboard? Any help with this issue would be welcome.

 

[SuperPickle]

The PSU may have taken out part of your mobo, but I see this is sort of unlikely. I'd hazzard a guess that it's either heat--your new psu may be creating more heat or not exhausting it as well as your old one, or the problem may be that your board doesn't like the new power supply much--perhaps the voltages aren't very clean. I've had some, but not all ECS boards all that have been PSU-finicky.

Good luck...instability really blows.