Machine turns itself off

Ive recently installed a new motherboard but after 5 minutes after it gets into vista it will turn off, could it be that the psu isnt powerful enough is it something else,

this is the motherboard if it helps

http://www.advancetec.co.uk/acatalog/Gigab...otherboard.html

If it turns off only when it gets to vista then it may be an OS problem. Try leaving it on for 5 minutes or more in the BIOS and see what happens. What PSU are you using?

If it turns off only when it gets to vista then it may be an OS problem. Try leaving it on for 5 minutes or more in the BIOS and see what happens. What PSU are you using?

psu is this 1 http://www.colors-it.com.cn/03_products/pr...ro_id_search=86, its the 1 that came with the case but im looking at replacing it for a higher wattage 1 as ive got a graphics card to go in at some point, ill trry the bios thing and post back what happens,

well i got it into the bios and i thought it was going to be ok as itgot about 4 minutes and it turned off, where would i go from here

Edited by DCFC79, 28 September 2009 - 04:15 PM.

Post your specs too.

Post your specs too.

ok well the motherboard and psu has been posted, heres the psu http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...&CatId=3587, oh the ram is http://www.ebuyer.com/product/106133
anything else

i thought if i could get into vista i could format the smaller hard drive, the psu is 400w so thats why i was going to replace it,

i do have a clean(when i say clean i mean unused) hard drive i guess i could try to see if its not the hrad drive, i hope the 1TB drive is ok a sive not had it long,

Edited by DCFC79, 28 September 2009 - 04:42 PM.

Did you try Mich1 posted yet?

Looking at your specs my suspect is that PSU, I take it you don't have a spare or anything lying around that you can try?

Things you can do, remove 1 RAM stick; and turn the computer on, wait for however long it takes for it to restart. If it restarts, turn the comp off and take out the current RAM stick and try the other one; if it restarts again the problem lies elsewhere.

Without having spare parts to test it'll hard to determine the problem. You can try re-install the OS again and see if that works. If it doesn't I'd advise buying a new PSU now. A few suggestions are.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/144085/show_product_reviews
Enermax PSU's are probably the best PSU's in the market.
Or
Corsair 520 HX I have this myself and it's great.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/114945

If you get a new PSU and problem still happens, it could be the mobo.

p.s: You could also try a bios update too.

Edited by IrishGrimReaper, 28 September 2009 - 05:59 PM.

Did you try Mich1 posted yet?

Looking at your specs my suspect is that PSU, I take it you don't have a spare or anything lying around that you can try?

Things you can do, remove 1 RAM stick; and turn the computer on, wait for however long it takes for it to restart. If it restarts, turn the comp off and take out the current RAM stick and try the other one; if it restarts again the problem lies elsewhere.

Without having spare parts to test it'll hard to determine the problem. You can try re-install the OS again and see if that works. If it doesn't I'd advise buying a new PSU now. A few suggestions are.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/144085/show_product_reviews
Enermax PSU's are probably the best PSU's in the market.
Or
Corsair 520 HX I have this myself and it's great.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/114945

If you get a new PSU and problem still happens, it could be the mobo.

p.s: You could also try a bios update too.

yes i tried what mich suggested and it still turned off,


ill give some background which may or not help

the board that ive linked to is a new 1 that id bought yesterday and id swapped the new board with the 1 that was in the case previously which is now in another pc being used, the psu was fine before id swapped the boards round, i was trying to get it sorted last night and this error came up 0xc000000e
ill try the ram suggestion

the psu has to be matx though as ive got an matx case

Edited by DCFC79, 29 September 2009 - 06:00 AM.

Ok im getting ubuntu installed and ill try either xp or vista next

tried the ram suggestion and its still the same,

ok ive reseated the cpu and fan and its now ok or so far it is

Edited by DCFC79, 29 September 2009 - 10:06 AM.

Ok drop a line if it happens again. Hope it's sorted!