PC fails to boot. Turns on briefly and turns off again.
Hi guys,
My friend is here with me with his new comuter that he bought and built the other day. He had problems before getting it to boot after he built it, it didn't boot at all.
After he got his PC here, we tried to get it to work and were worried his mobo might have shorted as he didn't use any risers. We got a new mobo from PC World, but the computer just powers for a few seconds then off again.
Does anyone know what the problem might be? We're worried he's fried his CPU too. Some posts I've been digging around in suggest a PSU failure, but my friend insists the PSU worked fine before.
Thanks for your time
[edit]
We've sorted it. His case had some dodgy wiring :P. Sorry for the flase alarm guys
My friend is here with me with his new comuter that he bought and built the other day. He had problems before getting it to boot after he built it, it didn't boot at all.
After he got his PC here, we tried to get it to work and were worried his mobo might have shorted as he didn't use any risers. We got a new mobo from PC World, but the computer just powers for a few seconds then off again.
Does anyone know what the problem might be? We're worried he's fried his CPU too. Some posts I've been digging around in suggest a PSU failure, but my friend insists the PSU worked fine before.
Thanks for your time
[edit]
We've sorted it. His case had some dodgy wiring :P. Sorry for the flase alarm guys
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AMD 2400
1.gig mem
80 gig hd
usb 2.0 upgrade
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I'm having the same problem. I turn on my pc, i can see the fans and all the led's turn on, then everything goes off immediately. I have a Micro board, so I don't use all the Standoffs on my Antec 900 Case, but the only wholes that I screwed in to were the ones with standoffs in them. Could this be my problem? I mean, it supports micro boards, but I don't know if I need all the wholes in the motherboard screwed in or not.