Recent content by ScottTheRobot

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    Computer Shuts Off Automatically!

    Yeah, you're right- it's a 300W... sorry. I'm incredibly impressed with your knowledge of all this stuff- thanks for the help. But, I'm not sure which cable is the main ATX power cable or ATX 12V cable- or where they are actually supposed to plug in. I think there is a good possibility that...
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    Computer Shuts Off Automatically!

    The power supply was bought with the rest of the computer off newegg.com about a year ago. Yeah, there is only one hard drive in the computer though- one 40gb hard drive.
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    Computer Shuts Off Automatically!

    To make it clear- I was trying to install a second hard drive. And we've been using this computer for over a year now without problems.
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    Computer Shuts Off Automatically!

    I guess I didn't make that clear - i never actually got the hard drive plugged in. Umm, lets see- the power supply looks like it's a SmartPower 100W output (model sl300s). It's an AMD Athalon XP 2500+, 1.83Ghz, 1G Ram. The motherboard is a Shuttle mainbord (MN31N) with nVideia nForce 2 IGP...
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    Computer Shuts Off Automatically!

    So, I was trying yesterday to install a new hard drive. I'll admit, I didn't know what I was doing- and I never actually figured out how to get it hooked up. Anyhow, one thing I do know is to make sure I am grounded before I open a computer at all. I tried to make sure to do that. But, I...