l_Shamrock_l
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- Posted: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 07:38:25 +0000
POST is provided by ROM chips on the motherboard. The POST is the "Power On Self Test" and is what ultimately finds what hardware is available to the system and what is what and such. It's an automatic function of your motherboard at boot up prior to the BIOS handing control of your system to your operating system.
When you say that the system is up long enough to open the disc drive, but it quickly closes itself again, I'm assuming that the system is shutting off as it closes. This sounds like your CPU is shutting itself down due to a thermal issue, or at least that's what I can think of. Is your heat sink properly placed on the motherboard, and are your fans working properly? Maybe I'm only jumping to this conclusion because I'm currently drunk, but if your system is shutting off after a short period of "on time" it sounds like it could be a thermal event...
When you say that the system is up long enough to open the disc drive, but it quickly closes itself again, I'm assuming that the system is shutting off as it closes. This sounds like your CPU is shutting itself down due to a thermal issue, or at least that's what I can think of. Is your heat sink properly placed on the motherboard, and are your fans working properly? Maybe I'm only jumping to this conclusion because I'm currently drunk, but if your system is shutting off after a short period of "on time" it sounds like it could be a thermal event...