Hi all, posted this yesterday but has been pointed out that I did it in the wrong forum. So here’s take 2.
Have an issue with my PC. When I press the power button, the machine whirs into life for just short of a second. Then dies. After a ~2 sec delay the process will repeat. This will continue until the PSU is switched off or the main supply removed.
I have removed all connections in an effort to identify where the issue is arising (HDD/GPU/RAM/Floppy etc.). With just the mobo and PSU, when pressed the power will remain on.
However, the moment I connect the CPU power supplies (from the PSU) to the board the aforementioned problem arises. For what it is worth this CPU lead comprises two 4-pin female connectors, marked CPU1 & CPU2 respectively. When this error occurs, literally the only things runnng are the PSU and mobo. It’s when I hook up the CPU connectors that it occurs. So no RAM, HDD etc. etc.
I have tried removing the CMOS battery and removed and checked the distance from the mobo to the case in case of grounding and have removed, reseated and repasted the CPU & CPU heatsink.
System stats are as follows:
Intel E6400 2.13GHz
Gigabyte DDR2 Mobo
9800 GTX GPU
4Gb DDR2 RAM
850w PSU
Thanks in advance for any help,
Christian
