PC won't get past BIOS screen/shuts down after time period
Hai all,
I installed new hardware last night, got it running turned the PC on, pressed F1 like it said and it shut down- it shuts down repeatedly on boot and won't get past the BIOS screen- when I get there it shuts down after a certain time anyway- It got far enough to get a BSOD then shut down. If I don't get this fixed tonight I will fail my ICT GCSE. Kinda urgent, any help apprciated
I installed new hardware last night, got it running turned the PC on, pressed F1 like it said and it shut down- it shuts down repeatedly on boot and won't get past the BIOS screen- when I get there it shuts down after a certain time anyway- It got far enough to get a BSOD then shut down. If I don't get this fixed tonight I will fail my ICT GCSE. Kinda urgent, any help apprciated
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What was the hardware that remains, to include the PSU?
New hardware:
ASUS P5N-SLi mobo
2.67GHz Core 2 Duo LGA775
CD/DVD Drive
Antec 900 PC case
2x1GB DDR2 HyperX Memory (SLi Ready)
Existing hardware, installed in the new configuration
nVidia 7600GT
160GB HDD
Not sure about the PSU
Did you change any bios settings? Can you get into the bios and have a look at the system information provided there, temperatures and voltages. If you are not sure if the values are okay just post them here.
Good look with you test!
HALP
Hmm, well, I wasn't sure about installing the CPU as it didn't go in very easily, the fan was also being a bit of a pain to install, but the case has 7 fans all making the case insanely cold inside, it even has a 20 CM fan 5cm away from the processor itself. Could it really overheat that fast?
If the heatsink is not sitting right on the cpu, it will heat up almost instantely and the pc will shutdown to protect the cpu. I am not sure if your symptons really match this case. Just a reason I could image for your problem.
Also you could disconnect all the drives to take some load of your PSU to see if you can get into the bios then. Might tell us if your PSU is to weak. Could you post some info about the PSU and about the hardware you had running with it before.
But I have gone from a GA-8S649MF motherboard to an ASUS P5N-SLi
From 2GB DDR to two GB DDR2
From a 3.0GHz Celeron D to a 2.67GHz Core 2 Duo with 1.3GHz FSB
From no case fans except for a HDD cooler to 7 fans including a PCI card
A new DVD/CD burner
In the new case the PCI card fan is putting out more cold air than before in the case with less things running off the PSU. How is that? Or is it not related?
It would appear you need to purchase a new PSU.
Cowboy
thats when your temps are the hottest.
I mean this nice but be careful!' That heatsink/fan is now mounted to where the MB does not shut it off automatically to save ya.... If its mounted better it might work better but not really right yet...
The heatsink/fan combo needs to keep your cpu cool at full load.
Cowboy
Download and install Core Temp. Run it, and tell us what the core temperatures are. After you've accomplished that, we'll move on to full load (to run your CPU at 100% utilization) as Tex advised.
(Taken while gaming and playing music)
Actually the CPU you bought is a pretty good Overclocker. So if you feel like you need more CPU power, you could investigate in how to do it and learn some more about computers, BUT overclocking would most likely require a new PSU.
If you wish to test 'full load' operations and see what temperatures that brings, try one of the following:
Orthos
Prime 95 (get the version that runs two cores simultaneously)
EDIT: Staying steady at 41-40/41C
Awesome I'll go and ask how to overclock it in the appropriate forum then :P Thanks all Swift fix and excellant advice. Gogo Icrontic! *cheer*