new setup shuts down after 10-30 sec

poppa pump · Post by **poppa pump** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 7:27 pm

Hi

I'm new to this forum and to the world of BP6 boards.

I run 2 cel. 400mhz @ default speed, 2 x 128mb ram, 2mb pci graphic, nic. The system boots fine, and I can enter BIOS. Temps look ok, 30-32c idle, but I get shutdowns after 10-30 sec when idling in bios? I tried to boot on an pre-installed drive, got the same result?

It shuts itself of for no reason what so ever....

I would like to read though the whole forum, but I haven't got the time:) any quick fixes, or possible solutions, or things I could try out

Regards
Jesper, Denmark

davd_bob · Post by **davd_bob** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 12:33 am

check the caps. look for bulging or leaking.
if you can get the MBM and check the voltages.

you surely have a hardware problem somewhere

Post by **Derek** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 11:27 am

Maybe the power button on the case is stuck?

davd_bob · Post by **davd_bob** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:26 pm

Derek wrote:Maybe the power button on the case is stuck?

dooh!!

poppa pump · Post by **poppa pump** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 7:13 am

caps are ok, no visible defects. Power button is not stuck

bc there is no powerbutton. I just *touch* the power-on pins with a screwdriver to power up

right now I only these things connected:

mobo (lays on table)
graphics (old AGP)
hd (win xp preinstall)
ram (128mb apacer)
keyboard/mouse

I will boot up fine, reach the win xp load screen and then shut down!

If I only boot into bios and leaves it there it also shuts down after a while.

Temps are 30-32c on the cpus(in bios), voltages are within +/- 5% = ok, all setting in bios are default

Ceramicat · Post by **Ceramicat** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 4:47 pm

Did you swap out the powercord? I had caps problems and even after the repair my tower was rebooting. I changed the powercord and the problem went away. Sometimes the simplest things trip us up ehh?
Cathy

davd_bob · Post by **davd_bob** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 8:55 pm

If that power cord thing doesn't do the trick for you maybe you need to swap the psu. If there is a weakness in the psu...Windows is a power hog while booting up, but it might take a while to overheat a weak regulator when you are just looking at the BOIS. Does it smell funny?
Try a different one psu.

poppa pump · Post by **poppa pump** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 9:10 pm

well even with one cpu in, it still does this. I've tried one in each socket, one in the "left" socket, one in the "right" socket.

The psu is a 16A @ 12v

tried 3 different cords now

I gonna try with another pci graphic-card soon, maybe the AGP port has some issues. Bc it looks like with no graphiccard it doesn't do this :/

davd_bob · Post by **davd_bob** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 9:32 pm

Try an ISA video card.
What wattage is the psu?

poppa pump · Post by **poppa pump** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 9:54 pm

psu is a 450w unit

well I did get into windows once, actualy tonight.

on boot I entered bios, set cpu to user define, 66mhz/6x multiplier, 2/3on AGP and it booted?!? This was with one cpu in the board! It ran windows for ~1 min after boot.

Tried with 2 cpus = no luck. Got to post, and then it shut down.