Hi All,
I'm having some trouble building my first custom pc. After about a minute of switching it on the pc switches itself off. It posts, and I am able to get into the bios settings briefly before it powers off. There is no beep before it switches off, but my chassis doesn't have a speaker and I don't believe the motherboard has one built in either. The fans all spin freely, the heatsink doesn't get hot to the touch, and I am sure I have plugged the CPU fan into the correct pins on the board.
In an attempt to find where the problem may be I have removed every non essential part one at a time until I am left with the RAM, which I have also swapped with ram from another machine so I know it works, and the CPU. Literally everything else is unplugged from the motherboard including the power/reset switches and LEDs. The problem persists.
This suggests to me that the cpu may be faulty, but since it's my first time I'd like a second opinion before I return it to the supplier. The parts I am using are listed below:
TIA,
Phil
I'm having some trouble building my first custom pc. After about a minute of switching it on the pc switches itself off. It posts, and I am able to get into the bios settings briefly before it powers off. There is no beep before it switches off, but my chassis doesn't have a speaker and I don't believe the motherboard has one built in either. The fans all spin freely, the heatsink doesn't get hot to the touch, and I am sure I have plugged the CPU fan into the correct pins on the board.
In an attempt to find where the problem may be I have removed every non essential part one at a time until I am left with the RAM, which I have also swapped with ram from another machine so I know it works, and the CPU. Literally everything else is unplugged from the motherboard including the power/reset switches and LEDs. The problem persists.
This suggests to me that the cpu may be faulty, but since it's my first time I'd like a second opinion before I return it to the supplier. The parts I am using are listed below:
- Asus P5N-E SLI 650i Socket 775 Onboard Audio ATX
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4ghz) Socket 775 FSB1066 4MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor
- Ebuyer 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz PC2-6400 240pin Extra Value Ram
- Hitatchi Deskstar T7k500 HDT725032VLA360 320GB SATAII - 3.5in 7200RPM 16MB Cache
- Hiper 580W Type-R Modular PSU SLI/CrossFire Certified - Black
- Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 XTX 512MB GDDR4 256bit ViVO PCI-E
- LG GDR-8164BL 16x52 DVD-ROM Internal IDE (Black) - OEM
- PLEXTOR PX-130A/T3BP
TIA,
Phil