Another M2N32-SLI Deluxe Problem: System Turns Off after 5 Seconds of Turning On

Hi everyone,

I would sincerely appreciate any help with my problem. I will try to
describe the problem and steps I took to fix the computer as closely as
I can. I hope that doesn't bore you. If there is anything I said that
is inappropriate, please accept my apology.

I I built a system using the following components during the weekend
after the Thanksgiving week (literally on December 1, 2007).


- ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI
MCP ATX AMD Motherboard
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Windsor 3.2GHz Socket AM2 Processor Model
ADX6400CZWOF
- Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
- Rosewill Stallion Series RD500-2DB ATX V2.2 500W Power Supply
- Zalman CNPS9700LED Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler
- Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2
6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model BL2KIT12864AA804
(4-4-4-12 2.2Volts)
- OCZ 2GB ( 2 X 1GB ) Platinum PC2-6400 800MHz 240-pin DDR2 Memory -
OCZ2P800R22GK (CL 4-4-4-15, 1.9 - 2.0 Volts)
- XFX PVT84GUDF3 GeForce 8600GTS 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16
HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
- Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
Hard Drive
- LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW
12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache IDE
20X DVD¡ÀR DVD Burner
- Rosewill RCR-102 52-in-1 USB 2.0 Black Card Reader - Retail
- Arctic Silver 5
I can only honestly said that I have witnessed the system working
beautifully for about ONE hour. After I put the component togethers,
installed Windows XP, I put the assembled computer back into the Antec
900 box and readied it to be shipped back to China (I currently live in
China so I took my thanksgiving holidays in the US, bought the computer
parts and built the system) as a check-in baggage when I go back to
China on December 6.

Fighting the jetlag, I opened the box, took out the computer, SWITCH
THE POWER SUPPLY UNIT TO 230 VOLT, connected to monitor, turnred on the
beautiful computer, all the fans and blue lights from the case, PSU and
Zaleman HS were all working, but NOTHING on the screen.

My immediately reaction was something came loose during the flight. So
I opened the computer case and found the 1934 connector was loose, but
thought that was not the problem. I searched the internet and found
suggestion that said I should clear the CMOS (RTC RAM). So I did that,
no luck. I then began to take out the memory sticks and re-seated them
and that didn't work. Then I left only two sticks of the Crucial
Ballistics, still didn't work. So I tried to remove the retention
bracket that locked the Zaleman HS to the retention module base (the
black rectangular rail surrounding the AM2 socket). This was very
difficult to do. So I unscrewed the retention module base, and the
Zaleman and CPU poped out very easily. Then I removed the CPU from
heatsink and re-seated back to the socket and reattached the heatsink.
Turned on the computer, this time, the PC turned on for about 5 seconds
and then everything shut down by itself.

So, now I am stuck with a PC that won't boot at all. I saw some post
that it might be the motherboard and some post said that it might be
the PSU. Since I don't have any spare part here, what can I do to
further diagnose the problem?

Does anyone have any idea what the problem could be? I would be very
grateful for any help.


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Hi everyone,

I would sincerely appreciate any help with my problem. I will try to
describe the problem and steps I took to fix the computer as closely as
I can. I hope that doesn't bore you. If there is anything I said that
is inappropriate, please accept my apology.

I I built a system using the following components during the weekend
after the Thanksgiving week (literally on December 1, 2007).


- ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI
MCP ATX AMD Motherboard
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Windsor 3.2GHz Socket AM2 Processor Model
ADX6400CZWOF
- Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
- Rosewill Stallion Series RD500-2DB ATX V2.2 500W Power Supply
- Zalman CNPS9700LED Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler
- Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2
6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model BL2KIT12864AA804
(4-4-4-12 2.2Volts)
- OCZ 2GB ( 2 X 1GB ) Platinum PC2-6400 800MHz 240-pin DDR2 Memory -
OCZ2P800R22GK (CL 4-4-4-15, 1.9 - 2.0 Volts)
- XFX PVT84GUDF3 GeForce 8600GTS 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16
HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
- Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
Hard Drive
- LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW
12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache IDE
20X DVD¡ÀR DVD Burner
- Rosewill RCR-102 52-in-1 USB 2.0 Black Card Reader - Retail
- Arctic Silver 5
I can only honestly said that I have witnessed the system working
beautifully for about ONE hour. After I put the component togethers,
installed Windows XP, I put the assembled computer back into the Antec
900 box and readied it to be shipped back to China (I currently live in
China so I took my thanksgiving holidays in the US, bought the computer
parts and built the system) as a check-in baggage when I go back to
China on December 6.

Fighting the jetlag, I opened the box, took out the computer, SWITCH
THE POWER SUPPLY UNIT TO 230 VOLT, connected to monitor, turnred on the
beautiful computer, all the fans and blue lights from the case, PSU and
Zaleman HS were all working, but NOTHING on the screen.

My immediately reaction was something came loose during the flight. So
I opened the computer case and found the 1934 connector was loose, but
thought that was not the problem. I searched the internet and found
suggestion that said I should clear the CMOS (RTC RAM). So I did that,
no luck. I then began to take out the memory sticks and re-seated them
and that didn't work. Then I left only two sticks of the Crucial
Ballistics, still didn't work. So I tried to remove the retention
bracket that locked the Zaleman HS to the retention module base (the
black rectangular rail surrounding the AM2 socket). This was very
difficult to do. So I unscrewed the retention module base, and the
Zaleman and CPU poped out very easily. Then I removed the CPU from
heatsink and re-seated back to the socket and reattached the heatsink.
Turned on the computer, this time, the PC turned on for about 5 seconds
and then everything shut down by itself.

So, now I am stuck with a PC that won't boot at all. I saw some post
that it might be the motherboard and some post said that it might be
the PSU. Since I don't have any spare part here, what can I do to
further diagnose the problem?

Does anyone have any idea what the problem could be? I would be very
grateful for any help.



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Have you connected the CPU fan to the wrong mobo connector, the bios will
expect the cpu fan to be on the correct connector otherwise the machine will
think the fan is not spinning and shut the power off after a few seconds to
save the CPU.

thanks for the reply -- will double and triple check all connection
again. The video card is powered by the PCIE slot... I have actually
disconnected the power to the DVD drive, trying to "preserve" more juice
for the PSU, in order to see if the PSU is the problem. Since the Antec
900 case comes with 4 Fans, wondering if I should disconnect those as
well. Some postssaid it might be the PSU not pushing enough AMP to the
video card.... however, the system was working in the US. Could it be
that using a different voltage in China for the PSU (230volt vs. 115volt
as in the US) causing the PSU to respond differently???

Also wondering whether or not that the heavy Zalman HS has caused the
MB/Socket damaged during the transit..... sigh.. so many uncertainties
to eliminate.


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thanks for the reply -- will double and triple check all connection
again. The video card is powered by the PCIE slot... I have actually
disconnected the power to the DVD drive, trying to "preserve" more juice
for the PSU, in order to see if the PSU is the problem. Since the Antec
900 case comes with 4 Fans, wondering if I should disconnect those as
well. Some postssaid it might be the PSU not pushing enough AMP to the
video card.... however, the system was working in the US. Could it be
that using a different voltage in China for the PSU (230volt vs. 115volt
as in the US) causing the PSU to respond differently???

Also wondering whether or not that the heavy Zalman HS has caused the
MB/Socket damaged during the transit..... sigh.. so many uncertainties
to eliminate.


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"zoro" wrote in message
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Hi everyone,

I would sincerely appreciate any help with my problem. I will try to
describe the problem and steps I took to fix the computer as closely as
I can. I hope that doesn't bore you. If there is anything I said that
is inappropriate, please accept my apology.

I I built a system using the following components during the weekend
after the Thanksgiving week (literally on December 1, 2007).


- ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI
MCP ATX AMD Motherboard
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Windsor 3.2GHz Socket AM2 Processor Model
ADX6400CZWOF
- Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
- Rosewill Stallion Series RD500-2DB ATX V2.2 500W Power Supply
- Zalman CNPS9700LED Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler
- Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2
6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model BL2KIT12864AA804
(4-4-4-12 2.2Volts)
- OCZ 2GB ( 2 X 1GB ) Platinum PC2-6400 800MHz 240-pin DDR2 Memory -
OCZ2P800R22GK (CL 4-4-4-15, 1.9 - 2.0 Volts)
- XFX PVT84GUDF3 GeForce 8600GTS 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16
HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
- Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
Hard Drive
- LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW
12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache IDE
20X DVD¡ÀR DVD Burner
- Rosewill RCR-102 52-in-1 USB 2.0 Black Card Reader - Retail
- Arctic Silver 5
I can only honestly said that I have witnessed the system working
beautifully for about ONE hour. After I put the component togethers,
installed Windows XP, I put the assembled computer back into the Antec
900 box and readied it to be shipped back to China (I currently live in
China so I took my thanksgiving holidays in the US, bought the computer
parts and built the system) as a check-in baggage when I go back to
China on December 6.

Fighting the jetlag, I opened the box, took out the computer, SWITCH
THE POWER SUPPLY UNIT TO 230 VOLT, connected to monitor, turnred on the
beautiful computer, all the fans and blue lights from the case, PSU and
Zaleman HS were all working, but NOTHING on the screen.

My immediately reaction was something came loose during the flight. So
I opened the computer case and found the 1934 connector was loose, but
thought that was not the problem. I searched the internet and found
suggestion that said I should clear the CMOS (RTC RAM). So I did that,
no luck. I then began to take out the memory sticks and re-seated them
and that didn't work. Then I left only two sticks of the Crucial
Ballistics, still didn't work. So I tried to remove the retention
bracket that locked the Zaleman HS to the retention module base (the
black rectangular rail surrounding the AM2 socket). This was very
difficult to do. So I unscrewed the retention module base, and the
Zaleman and CPU poped out very easily. Then I removed the CPU from
heatsink and re-seated back to the socket and reattached the heatsink.
Turned on the computer, this time, the PC turned on for about 5 seconds
and then everything shut down by itself.

So, now I am stuck with a PC that won't boot at all. I saw some post
that it might be the motherboard and some post said that it might be
the PSU. Since I don't have any spare part here, what can I do to
further diagnose the problem?

Does anyone have any idea what the problem could be? I would be very
grateful for any help.



--
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Have you connected the CPU fan to the wrong mobo connector, the bios will
expect the cpu fan to be on the correct connector otherwise the machine
will
think the fan is not spinning and shut the power off after a few seconds
to
save the CPU.


It sounds like it is your power supply failing.

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:20:57 -0600, zoro
had a flock of green cheek
conures squawk out:


thanks for the reply -- will double and triple check all connection
again. The video card is powered by the PCIE slot... I have actually
disconnected the power to the DVD drive, trying to "preserve" more juice
for the PSU, in order to see if the PSU is the problem. Since the Antec
900 case comes with 4 Fans, wondering if I should disconnect those as
well. Some postssaid it might be the PSU not pushing enough AMP to the
video card.... however, the system was working in the US. Could it be
that using a different voltage in China for the PSU (230volt vs. 115volt
as in the US) causing the PSU to respond differently???

Also wondering whether or not that the heavy Zalman HS has caused the
MB/Socket damaged during the transit..... sigh.. so many uncertainties
to eliminate.

Make sure that voltage switch has been moved completely to the 220v
position. Or, that switch is bad.

Stephen
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