Before I begin, here's my specs. Yes, I know I did some silly things, especially with the PSU, but I'm going to be using the same rig for the next four years or longer, and so I future-proofed as much as I could.
ASUS M2N-E AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra MCP ATX AMD Motherboard
ASUS EAH4850/HTDI/512M Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI 700W ATX12V Power Supply
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Windsor 3.2GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 125W Dual-Core Processor
Alright, here's my problem. After I flip the hard power switch on my PSU, and the green light on my mobo lights, I press the power button on the front of my case. My entire system lights up (fans, both case, CPU and video card) for approximately three or four seconds, and then immediately powers off again. All the cables appear to be connected properly, and I've tried booting without the video card, but the same result. The only problem I've had prior to this point was an aftermarket cooler that just wouldn't fit onto my mobo...after cleaning the CPU very thoroughly with alcohol and coffee filters, I just installed the default CPU fan and heatsink. I've tried connecting my LCD monitor to see if it starts POST, but unfortunately I don't think the system is up long enough to begin diagnostics.
Any ideas/comments/suggestions? I'd love to have a fully functional computer for college, so any advice is good advice. Thanks.
ASUS M2N-E AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra MCP ATX AMD Motherboard
ASUS EAH4850/HTDI/512M Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI 700W ATX12V Power Supply
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Windsor 3.2GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 125W Dual-Core Processor
Alright, here's my problem. After I flip the hard power switch on my PSU, and the green light on my mobo lights, I press the power button on the front of my case. My entire system lights up (fans, both case, CPU and video card) for approximately three or four seconds, and then immediately powers off again. All the cables appear to be connected properly, and I've tried booting without the video card, but the same result. The only problem I've had prior to this point was an aftermarket cooler that just wouldn't fit onto my mobo...after cleaning the CPU very thoroughly with alcohol and coffee filters, I just installed the default CPU fan and heatsink. I've tried connecting my LCD monitor to see if it starts POST, but unfortunately I don't think the system is up long enough to begin diagnostics.
Any ideas/comments/suggestions? I'd love to have a fully functional computer for college, so any advice is good advice. Thanks.