Purchase date: Today to ~3 years ago
Motherboard: MSI X58A-GD45 LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130500
Processor: Intel Core i7-940 (1st Gen LGA 1366)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115201
Graphics: XFX GX280NZDF9 GeForce GTX 280 1GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150309
RAM: Triple Channel 6GB (3x2GB) Corsair Dominator RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145224
Triple Channel 3GB (3x1GB) Corsair Dominator RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145225
Power Supply: Corsair TX650
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020
SSD: Samsung 120GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147188
DVD drive: LG DVD Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136247
Monitor: ASUS VS208
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236200
Keyboard: Old Micron keyboard (not USB)
Mouse: USB Logitech trackman marble
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104249
My cousin gave me several hand me down parts after his motherboard developed BIOS problems and he moved on to a new PC.
Everythings piled into an old cooler master case, I believe.
Flip power switch, power button on MOBO lights up orange.
Push power button. All fans start to spin.
Keyboard lights light up, motherboard boot screen appears.
It initializes the BIOS, asks me to press [ctrl]+[m] to access the BIOS or [space] to continue.
When it continues it asks me to press any key to access the boot menu.
It can't detect any bootable devices.
Then it shuts itself down and the power light on the mobo's power button no longer lights up.
I accessed the BIOS menu, but it doesn't detect the DVD drive, only the SSD. I tried moving about in the BIOS menu, but then after about 30 seconds it powered itself off again and the orange light on the mobo power button did not come on.
SATA 1~6 (3Gb/s) supported by Intel ICH10R (currently hooked up to DVD drive with red SATA cable)
SATA 7/8 (6GB/s) supported by Marvell SE9128 (currently hooked up to SSD with white 6GB cable)
SATA9 (3Gb/s) supported by JMicron JMB362 (Tried DVD drive with red SATA cable)
So, what do I do? It boots, doesn't detect the DVD drive, and it turns itself completely off after less than a minute.
I'll try the DVD drive in a few more SATA ports and cables, but it's time consuming because I have to pull out the graphics card to get to it.
UPDATE: After the BIOS finishes it arrives at the screen that asks me to press any key to access the boot menu. Doing so gives me the option of selecting the CD/DVD drive to boot from!
I selected it and it said no bootable devices detected. Then I am returned to boot menu. I tried the same thing again to no avail.
After that it powered off by itself and turned off all lights again. Is it overheating somehow? Does that mean I should try reseating the CPU/Heat sink fan?
EDIT: Yes, the problem was the heat sink fan. One of the mounts was broken so it was hanging loose of the CPU. It overheated easily and turned itself off.
Motherboard: MSI X58A-GD45 LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130500
Processor: Intel Core i7-940 (1st Gen LGA 1366)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115201
Graphics: XFX GX280NZDF9 GeForce GTX 280 1GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150309
RAM: Triple Channel 6GB (3x2GB) Corsair Dominator RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145224
Triple Channel 3GB (3x1GB) Corsair Dominator RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145225
Power Supply: Corsair TX650
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020
SSD: Samsung 120GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147188
DVD drive: LG DVD Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136247
Monitor: ASUS VS208
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236200
Keyboard: Old Micron keyboard (not USB)
Mouse: USB Logitech trackman marble
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104249
My cousin gave me several hand me down parts after his motherboard developed BIOS problems and he moved on to a new PC.
Everythings piled into an old cooler master case, I believe.
Flip power switch, power button on MOBO lights up orange.
Push power button. All fans start to spin.
Keyboard lights light up, motherboard boot screen appears.
It initializes the BIOS, asks me to press [ctrl]+[m] to access the BIOS or [space] to continue.
When it continues it asks me to press any key to access the boot menu.
It can't detect any bootable devices.
Then it shuts itself down and the power light on the mobo's power button no longer lights up.
I accessed the BIOS menu, but it doesn't detect the DVD drive, only the SSD. I tried moving about in the BIOS menu, but then after about 30 seconds it powered itself off again and the orange light on the mobo power button did not come on.
SATA 1~6 (3Gb/s) supported by Intel ICH10R (currently hooked up to DVD drive with red SATA cable)
SATA 7/8 (6GB/s) supported by Marvell SE9128 (currently hooked up to SSD with white 6GB cable)
SATA9 (3Gb/s) supported by JMicron JMB362 (Tried DVD drive with red SATA cable)
So, what do I do? It boots, doesn't detect the DVD drive, and it turns itself completely off after less than a minute.
I'll try the DVD drive in a few more SATA ports and cables, but it's time consuming because I have to pull out the graphics card to get to it.
UPDATE: After the BIOS finishes it arrives at the screen that asks me to press any key to access the boot menu. Doing so gives me the option of selecting the CD/DVD drive to boot from!
I selected it and it said no bootable devices detected. Then I am returned to boot menu. I tried the same thing again to no avail.
After that it powered off by itself and turned off all lights again. Is it overheating somehow? Does that mean I should try reseating the CPU/Heat sink fan?
EDIT: Yes, the problem was the heat sink fan. One of the mounts was broken so it was hanging loose of the CPU. It overheated easily and turned itself off.