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snalegion · 03-17-2006, 10:08 AM

1st time start-up, 3 sec. bios. writtendate:14march06
Ok on my first start ups after build, computer starts up, hold down "delete" button to get to bios, and 2-3 secs into bios computer shuts down. power unit is 3 months new, tested on old gamer. ram is 1 - 2 years old, came from old server. hard drives 4 days new, same as motherboard, and cpu. called ASUS tech's, and was told that they use a 3rd party heat sink, bla bla bla. dont know the difference unless the bios by default is set-up that anything less than "god mode" is below them. could it be the stock cpu fan in to slow by the bios standards? Ive taken the processor off as well and it powered up just fine. of course no bios without a chip. Thanks for any help
ASUS A8N32-SLI DELUXE
AMD 4000 CPU, STOCK HEATSINK
2X WD 250GIG 16M SATA 3GIG
EVGA 7800GTX 256 SLI
CORSAIR XMS 2X 512 = 1GIG
ANTEC 500W SLI PSU

03-17-2006, 10:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
snalegion Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1 OS: xp	1st time start-up, 3 sec. bios 1st time start-up, 3 sec. bios. writtendate:14march06 Ok on my first start ups after build, computer starts up, hold down "delete" button to get to bios, and 2-3 secs into bios computer shuts down. power unit is 3 months new, tested on old gamer. ram is 1 - 2 years old, came from old server. hard drives 4 days new, same as motherboard, and cpu. called ASUS tech's, and was told that they use a 3rd party heat sink, bla bla bla. dont know the difference unless the bios by default is set-up that anything less than "god mode" is below them. could it be the stock cpu fan in to slow by the bios standards? Ive taken the processor off as well and it powered up just fine. of course no bios without a chip. Thanks for any help ASUS A8N32-SLI DELUXE AMD 4000 CPU, STOCK HEATSINK 2X WD 250GIG 16M SATA 3GIG EVGA 7800GTX 256 SLI CORSAIR XMS 2X 512 = 1GIG ANTEC 500W SLI PSU