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Computer immediately shuts off

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bizzyd1441

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