Computer powers off then tries to start up but resets repeatedly.

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Published on 2011-01-13T22:45:59Z Indexed on 2011/01/13 22:55 UTC
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My machine has started shutting itself off after a few minutes on, everything goes off.

A few seconds (3-5) after everything has stopped the lights come back on, the cpu fan and gfx card come on again. They spin for a second, then everything goes off again. A few seconds later same things happens again, light come back on, fans spin for a few seconds then go off. This repeats seemingly forever.

If I leave it for a while I can power the machine back on for a while and it will boot again. It will then stay on for a little while again before power off. Rinse and repeat.

Is this likely to be power supply or something else? The machine has been up and running for a couple of years before this.

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