Computer Problem

[Clevee]

Hi, my cousin just built me a computer with pretty much all new parts. Everything seemed to work fine and everything started up nice the first day. Well now when i'm on my computer it will just turn off for no reason. I think it might be the RAM but i'm not sure... please help!

Specs:

Antec HE 500w psu
nVIDIA eVGA 6800GS g-card
OCZ Dual Channel 512mb Performance ram
Asus A8N-E nvidia nforce 4 motherboard
maxtor 74gb 7200 rpm HD
3800+ Venice 2.4 ghz amd athlon 64 cpu

 

[pkme2]

You might want to check your memory. Run with 1 stick. If it keeps happening, then check your PSU

 

[myocardia]

Put your RAM on a divider (run it slower, in other words), and it will stop happening. Windows XP, by default, will shut down if you have a page fault (memory fault).

 

[Clevee]

so insted of having the sticks in the first and third slots, put them in the first and second slots?

 

[coupland]

No, I think they mean underclocking the memory. I've also seen random power-downs caused by CPU overheating or an over-taxed PSU.

 

[boomerang]

Call your cousin. He built it, let him fix it.