On Apr 18, 12:46 pm, "Butch Haynes" butch@huntsville wrote:
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\I recently installed a DVD drive into my PC. (2 days ago.) Since then,

I get spontaneous power loss periodically - sometimes seconds after
booting, other times after hours of operation. I've tried replacing
the power supply, and I've tried removing all my hardware (other than
RAM), so I'm thinking it must be motherboard related.

Unplug/replug all power and data connections. That way, the errant loose one
will be fixed and your problem will be resolved.

Thank you for the tip. I did this, but no luck.

A couple interesting new developments: one one occasion when it
wouldn't start, holding down the power button kept the PC on, for as
long as I held it. That made me wonder if it was the switch, but the
effect was never repeated. Another time it wouldn't start, and I
disconnected all the devices but the hard drive, and then it started.
Yet other times I have disconnected every single device, and the fan
won't even spin and try to start.

Strange...

Thank you! I appreciate the helpers among the trolls.