I am posting this from home on my old system at home and have to go to work in a few minutes and can't respond from work so I can only read your suggestions.
I have a 6 month old system I bought used form the For Sale/Trade forum. System ran fine when I tested it out and everything was fine and dandy. I set it aside while I built my new computer enclosure and when I put it in the new enclosure it ran for about 2 minutes and then rebooted. I then attempted to power up numerous times and it runs for about 20 seconds and then shuts down. Here are the specs:
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard
AMD 64 4000+ processor
Corsair XMS 3200 RAM (2GB)
Zalman 9700 CPU Cooler
Thermaltake north bridge cooler
Corsair 520W Power Supply
Sapphire 1650 Pro PCIE video card
- The power supply is new and was used in my old rig and ran just fine.
- The memory was used in my old rig and ran just fine and my old memory Corsair 3500 had same results in new build
- Using arctic ceramique thermal grease (applied twice just in case)
- Neither the north bridge or the CPU gets warm during time on so I doubt it's a heat issue.
This leaves motherboard or CPU. Which would you think is the culprit here?
Note: I don't have an extra CPU or motherboard to shotgun to find fault, so I will have to purchase one or the other to do that.
Any ideas? I will read responses at work but cannot post until I get back home. Thanks.
Update: Just for kicks, I decided to disconnect the 12V ATX connector from the motherboard to see what would happen. Well it turned on and stayed on for minutes but with no video. Then I plugged it back in (at this point the motherboard and power supply are on my table, not in the case) snugly since the motherboard wasn't in the case and now the system runs just fine. Thanks for all the suggestions anyway. I don't know why I checked that plug, just had a hunch I guess.
I have a 6 month old system I bought used form the For Sale/Trade forum. System ran fine when I tested it out and everything was fine and dandy. I set it aside while I built my new computer enclosure and when I put it in the new enclosure it ran for about 2 minutes and then rebooted. I then attempted to power up numerous times and it runs for about 20 seconds and then shuts down. Here are the specs:
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard
AMD 64 4000+ processor
Corsair XMS 3200 RAM (2GB)
Zalman 9700 CPU Cooler
Thermaltake north bridge cooler
Corsair 520W Power Supply
Sapphire 1650 Pro PCIE video card
- The power supply is new and was used in my old rig and ran just fine.
- The memory was used in my old rig and ran just fine and my old memory Corsair 3500 had same results in new build
- Using arctic ceramique thermal grease (applied twice just in case)
- Neither the north bridge or the CPU gets warm during time on so I doubt it's a heat issue.
This leaves motherboard or CPU. Which would you think is the culprit here?
Note: I don't have an extra CPU or motherboard to shotgun to find fault, so I will have to purchase one or the other to do that.
Any ideas? I will read responses at work but cannot post until I get back home. Thanks.
Update: Just for kicks, I decided to disconnect the 12V ATX connector from the motherboard to see what would happen. Well it turned on and stayed on for minutes but with no video. Then I plugged it back in (at this point the motherboard and power supply are on my table, not in the case) snugly since the motherboard wasn't in the case and now the system runs just fine. Thanks for all the suggestions anyway. I don't know why I checked that plug, just had a hunch I guess.