New Comp ... Bad Problems

Merc · Post by **Merc** » Sat Jan 04, 2003 12:02 am

Hey got my parts for my new comp finally ... Put everything together start it up ... then 10 sec later it shuts itself down .... no beep no nothing.

Here is what I am using:
Asus a7n8x
Cosair PC3500 512 DDR ram
Xp 2700
Radeon 9700 Pro
SB Audigy
Vantec Stealth 420w PSU
Thermaltake Volcano 9 HSF
Thermaltake Xaser 2 Case
IBM Desktar 60gig HD

I have tried everything I can think of I stripped it down to the most basic and no matter what It shuts itself off. Its about driving me nuts so any suggestions would be great.

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Sat Jan 04, 2003 12:27 am

It might be the "auto-shutoff" feature in the BIOS that kicks in when your CPU gets too hot. Is your CPU heatsink seated properly? Did you apply thermal grease? Did you make sure the fan was running?

LT-73 · Post by **LT-73** » Sat Jan 04, 2003 12:36 am

Originally posted by Burke
It might be the "auto-shutoff" feature in the BIOS that kicks in when your CPU gets too hot. Is your CPU heatsink seated properly? Did you apply thermal grease? Did you make sure the fan was running?

Yup. Sounds like an overheating problem to me.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sat Jan 04, 2003 12:38 am

damn merc i havent seen u around in awhile

Merc · Post by **Merc** » Sat Jan 04, 2003 1:26 am

I agree it does sound like an overheating ... but yeah everything is seated properly ... no i didnt put thermal compound on it. I have some old artic silver, you think that would be worth a shot?

Hehe yes i know i havnt been around ... I have been playing Dark Age of Camelot ... I have a 50th Nightshade and working on another guy.

BaLa · Post by **BaLa** » Sat Jan 04, 2003 1:35 am

no thermal compound wtf..

bad..

might wanna check temps first to be sure

but thermal compound should help cool your proc some..

SLK · Post by **SLK** » Sat Jan 04, 2003 1:51 am

use the arctic silver. My system did the same thing. Turned on for like 5-10 seconds then turned off. I found that my cpu shim was stuck on the rubber stub of the cpu causing the heatink seated improperly.

Merc · Post by **Merc** » Sat Jan 04, 2003 1:55 am

I did all that Now I got a continious beep = no ram or runnin at low freq.

.... And I have ram ....

This keeps getting better and better

Merc · Post by **Merc** » Sat Jan 04, 2003 2:02 am

It works !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Only prob now in Bios it shows that its running at 50C .... and last time I check that was pretty damn hot

my HSF is a volcano 9 and I have 5 Fans On Case and 3 on PSU so no where should it be tha thot.

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Sat Jan 04, 2003 2:32 am

That hsf should cool a bunch better than that....50c really isn't that bad for a cheaper hsf but you should be a lot cooler.

I'd check the seating on the hsf again. Maybe pull it off, clean it off and start over.