First post, by kittydeathstrike
I been acquiring bits and pieces of hardware over the past few months.My goal is to build me a retro xp gaming pc.The problem im running into is crazy as all hell. Iv'e never encountered this in my 16 years of building computers .Everything boots up fine,i can get into bios check temps play with options and save.The major issue is this tho.When i try to install windows the dvd rom drive boots up but then the power shuts off .I tried 3 different power supplies so its not the problem with PSU. I tried 3 different DVD drives and thats not it. 2 of the drives were IDE. I then tried to just boot up a linux tools cd and soon as it starts to boot up again the computer shuts off.When i say shut off i mean complete power like a switch was flipped.Temps are good idle at 50c. I tried 4 different kinds of hard drives 2 ide and 2 sata.One had a old version of xp on it.Normally windows will detect that its not the correct drivers and restart but not power off.The system is as follows
Pentium 4 prescott 3.2 ghz(new)
Soyo Dragon 2 PI475 (used)
Sapphire 1600xt AGP 8X (new) and Geforce 3 ti 200(used)
Ram 2 gbs of corsair DDR 3200 3.3.3.8 1gbx2(used)
PSU Thermaltake TR 430(NEW),XFX 750 Bronze(use) and a Cooler Master 500w (used)
Been on for like 3 hours straight but only in the bios screen.Soon i try to load up some kind of program it powers off like a light switch.