Hey to anyone who could be of some help to me. I have a problem. I just bought a new case (a custom xoxide one) and transferred my mothermoard and everything else into it. I also updated my memory while i was at it. I put 512 DDR 400 in it cause it was running on 266, and that wasnt fast enough to allow the cpu to run at full speed. It's an Athlon XP 2800+ and its on a Machspeed N2PAP Lite boad. Well anyhow i started it up and the computer goes for no more than 5-30 seconds before it shuts down. It won't start back up unless I remove the power cord for a second and then plug it back in. Does anyone know what my problem is and how I should fix it. I have some computer know how so i should be able to follow most instructions. Any help would be greatly aprreciated. Thanx
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Jump to PostThe first thing that comes to mind is heat conduction between your CPU and the heatsink...
Since you probably took the fan off the cpu during the swap did you mess up the heat transfer pad/goo
Check your CMOS settings for CPU heat temp shutdown...
Do you …
Jump to PostYep it can get real hot, real fast and shutdown...
If the heat can't get to the heatsink you can fry the cpu...
Jump to PostIt is just something you should check...
Not much to go on here...
I assume you tried it with the old ram and had the same problem...
Plus, be careful about too much grease.. Don't go crazy...
Just a nice coating at the contact point and …
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