re: Computer board Q - Custom build powers up then shuts down quickly

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I'll check when I get home. If it works for you can have it if you'll just pay shipping. I honestly don't know why I kept it

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SRB you can just hold off.

Just to update for anyone that cares:

I think my HD platters froze up and my HDs are not spinning. I've kind of deduced that from feeling the HDs heat up but make no noise at all and also not picking up in my external enclosure. I understand this can happen from running the HDs 24/7 for years and then shutting them off for several days. This is in addition to the ATX 12V not taking power.

So... now I am trying to freeze the one that doesn't have anything important on it to see if I can get the platters spinning again. If not, I'm going to bring the one with all the important data (pictures of my kid for the past 6 years, quicken file, etc) to someone to recover it.

I am also in the midst of building a new system using some of the components left over. Just gonna buy a new mobo/cpu/memory/hd.

Slightly pissed off at myself for not doing an regular external backup (althought I didn't expect both internal HDs to fail at the same time) is an understatement.