Wont POST unless I unplug/replug power supply connector?

[crazychicken]

A friend of mine gave me a motherboard from an e-machines computer. The only "model number" i can find on it is "Imperial GV". I stuck it in a case wiith 1 stick of ram and a power supply (and a chip and hsf of course!) And it turned on and seemed to work beautifully!

Then i turned it off (with the power switch) and tried to turn it back on. The power supply turned on, but nothing else did. So i turned off the power supply (with the switch on the back), waited a bit, turned it back on , and again the thing booted normally!!

Whats up with that? It was not just a fluke thing, i can do that cycle every time.

Any suggestions??

Thanks,

CC

 

[krnmastersgt]

Just a quick question, is the BIOS reset every time you do this?

 

[crazychicken]

it is not getting reset

what else can I check??

 

[krnmastersgt]

Not sure, quite a strange problem if you ask me. Made a thread in Computer Help yet?