4 Sec Turn Off

[ZedBias]

Just building a new machine to be a dedicated folder and maybe firewall.

At the moment it consists of: Power supply, mobo, cpu and memory, there is nothing else hoked up yet?

But basicly it will not boot, it turns on for 4 secs and then turns off. Dosent post or nothing?

Anyone with any ideas?

[mbentley]

Originally posted by ZedBias
Just building a new machine to be a dedicated folder and maybe firewall.

At the moment it consists of: Power supply, mobo, cpu and memory, there is nothing else hoked up yet?

But basicly it will not boot, it turns on for 4 secs and then turns off. Dosent post or nothing?

Anyone with any ideas?

amd or intel? any POST?

if it's intel, make sure you plug in the 2x2 molex for the extra power...

even some amd boards need it now...

[ZedBias]

Sorry man, I should of mentioned its a AMD XP200+, and its a K7SOM mobo and some oldish power supply, but I know its not the PS coz I have changed that and I have changed the memory.

Whats the 2x2 molex, and no it does not post atall? :mad:

[Cyberwiz01]

Is the video card seated correctly, are there any beeps when you turn it on?

[Cyberwiz01]

Is the video card seated correctly, are there any beeps when you turn it on? Also, is the HS seated correctly?

Edit: oops sorry for the duplicate post, mods please delete above post.

[ZedBias]

Originally posted by Cyberwiz01
Is the video card seated correctly

There is no video card :( Very basic machine.

Originally posted by Cyberwiz01
are there any beeps when you turn it on?


I have no speaker on it at the mo, i will test now and report back.

Originally posted by Cyberwiz01
Also, is the HS seated correctly?


Thats one thing I thought of, I have reseated the HS twice now, using AS3


Thanks for all your feedback, but something I should metion is this machine has no case so that means it has no power switch. To make one I got an old case and chopped the end that goes on to the mob off and tied the two ends together to create a circut?
If that makes scense?
Dont know if that would affect it atal?

[ZedBias]

Thanx for all your help, but I have fixed it (Well my friend did :D )

It was my dodgy switch, I was creating the circut and leaving the circut connected which replicated me holding the power button in, hence the reason it turns of after 4 secs. Or 5 if you time it correct.

Thanks for your help again. :D

[lemmyslender]

On most PC's anymore, you hold the power button for 4-5 secs to turn it off. The power buttons are momentary switches, in other words, designed to be pressed and released.

I would bet that by shorting the wires like that, the mobo is interpreting it as a signal to shutdown the computer. Just touch the wires for a sec to turn it on and it should work

Sorry, didn't see the above post for some reason.