Power supply problem HELP FAST!!!

[Murlo26]

i am almost positive, there is only one way for the heatsink to go on, i have the zalman heatsink and fan, and its screwed in right, so i dont know how i could screw that up, and i used arctic silver 5. Is there a way to screw that up? Others have told me to check that, but i dont know how to really, since i dont know how else to put the heatsink on.

 

[trainmaster77]

This sounds like maybe the heat sensor for the CPU turning off the system.

Are you sure you had the heatsink on the right way?

oh yeah is this an oem or retail boxed processor? thats a good point.

But being there is only one way to put the heatsink on i doubt its incorrectly installed.

 

[trainmaster77]

i am almost positive, there is only one way for the heatsink to go on, i have the zalman heatsink and fan, and its screwed in right, so i dont know how i could screw that up, and i used arctic silver 5. Is there a way to screw that up? Others have told me to check that, but i dont know how to really, since i dont know how else to put the heatsink on.

and yeah .. i think it would take more than 2 seconds for it to overheat. Just be patient and try out the new PS.

And let us know what it comes up with.

 

[Murlo26]

alright will do, and yes its oem. ANd its not even on for 2 seconds its very brief.

 

[Murlo26]

well the new power supply did not help the problem..................however i did solve the problem, when put the zalman fan on, my friend who was helping me(suppossed to be the computer guy, but everyone makes mistakes) did not inform that there was suppossed to be cardboard washers inbetween the mounts and the motherboard. This was shorting it, and thats why it was shutting off, but i am up and running and the comp is working great, thanks to all who lended support.

 

[trainmaster77]

well the new power supply did not help the problem..................however i did solve the problem, when put the zalman fan on, my friend who was helping me(suppossed to be the computer guy, but everyone makes mistakes) did not inform that there was suppossed to be cardboard washers inbetween the mounts and the motherboard. This was shorting it, and thats why it was shutting off, but i am up and running and the comp is working great, thanks to all who lended support.

HAHA RIGHT ON !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[mlakrid]

when put the zalman fan on, my friend who was helping me(suppossed to be the computer guy, but everyone makes mistakes) did not inform that there was suppossed to be cardboard washers inbetween the mounts and the motherboard.

hehehe... I got to add one thing... Obviously SOMEONE *COUGH, COUGH* didnt read the manual... they tell you where and how to install your isolators... and cardboard isnt the best thing to be using... Unless that is what they supplied... there should have been hard plastic washers for that...

 

[Murlo26]

I was being helped by a person that builds computers for a side job, and i asked him what the cardboard cutouts(supplied by zalman) were for and he said they were for the old AMD processors, so i didnt think anything of it. And the comp is working great, been playing doom 3 on it, and its running great.

 

[Jozhik]

ouch - those :dead:shorts:dead: haven't damaged your board - those damages might not show up for some time...