Computer immediately shuts off

[bizzyd1441]

Hi. I've got a problem with my computer turning off seconds after booting it up. This has happened before, but that was fixed by buying a new mobo. I recently found my problem online, which said that it could be the ram voltage that was wrong. Currently, my ram is supposed to be at 2.0 - 2.2v. I'm not sure, but I think my mobo has it set at 1.8v. Would that be likely to cause the problem? I could easily change the voltage in the bios, but the problem with that is that I can't access the bios b/c my computer shuts off within seconds. I would try using other ram to change it, but none of them fit into the motherboard. Any suggestions?

Specs:
Team Xtreem 2GB DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel
Evga nforce 680i atx
q6600 2.4ghz with Thermaltake CL-P0114 120mm CPU Cooler
CORSAIR 620HX ATX12V v2.2 620W

 

[PolymerTim]

There's probably a lot of possible causes, but this happened to me once and turned out to be thermal protection. Apparently I hadn't properly seated my CPU-HSF and would usually cause the comp to turn itself off during the boot process. This is something you can probably rule out quickly, just to make sure.

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: PolymerTim
Apparently I hadn't properly seated my CPU-HSF and would usually cause the comp to turn itself off during the boot process.

That's definitely a possibility. To solve the RAM problem, remove one stick, raise your vdimm, save the change, then install the other stick.