Okay, I'm attempting to build a very basic system for my fiancee's mother whose ancient P1, win95 266MHz system crapped out on her, finally. So I got my hands on a case and power supply and HD and a very decent P3 mobo. In the past I have upgraded and installed every single component that is possible on a PC for my own needs, but this is the first time I'm doing a complete build.
Everything looks okay, except when I turn on PC, system stays on for a few seconds, then shuts off. It doesn't even stay no long enough for the monitor to show me anything.
Although the mobo came in the original box, there was no documentation with it and couldn't find anything terribly specific online.
The components I added from my own miscellany were:
GeForce 2 MX 64MB
Soundblaster Live 5.1
Conexant 56K modem
Ricoh CD-RW
Sony DVD-Rom 1621
I suspect I didn't connect the wires attached to the power button into the right places on the mobo - but I can't find instructions on how to do that...
Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I think this would be a nice little system for someone living in the past for so long. And Tues. her b-day, so it would be like killing two birds with one stone...
thanks...!
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