New PC problem

[mercuria]

Hi all:

I just bought an AMD 64 3000+ with a MSI K8n neo Platinum, 1 GB Corsair ValueSelect DDR400 and GeXForce Radeon 9600Pro. I also got an LG 4160B DVD/RW and Seagate 160GB SATA HD.

After I put it all together, it keeps hutting down approximately 10 seconds after I start. The POST correctly detects the CPU, RAM, DVD drive and HDD.

After it shuts down, the power LED blinks slowly and I cannot restart it immediately.

Any ideas? Does this sound like overheating? I'm pretty sure I installed the cooling unit properly, though I didn't use my own paste (used the stuff that comes with the unit).

Thanks in advance

 

[fuzzynavel]

did u install SATA drivers??

try stripping it to the bare minimum...ie get rid of DVD drive lose one of your sticks of RAM then try again

have a look around the bios and there is usually a button or keypress to allow you to set everything to factory defaults... do you have a spare hard drive cos yours may be dead!

 

[ironique]

First of all, you have a Geforce Radeon 9600 Pro? It's either a Geforce or a Radeon, not both. Those are two different products from two different companies. That's like saying you have a "Pentium Athlon 64" or somethin...... anyway, it does sound like it could be a cooling problem. Check if the CPU fan is rotating normally. Also, get some proper thermal paste in there.

 

[imported_thomash]

Sounds like your CPU is not properly mounted onto the Heatsink.

Check that there is thermal compound between them, or it hasn't come off and check there is a good tight connection between CPU and Heatsink.

 

[mercuria]

ironique: typo - i meant GeXCube

everyone: thanks for your responses. yup - some new thermal paste did the trick.

 

[Monkey muppet]

the MSI NEO plat' board comes should come with the Diagnostic LED's on a back bracket.

They've saved me from a number of time saving troubleshooting episodes