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SOLVED: It turns out the new PSU I bought was faulty. I installed a new one and now everything's back to normal. Thanks for the help from everyone who chipped in!

Update: I disconnected the graphics card and the computer stayed on. So I thought: Oh, great. I just need a new graphics card then. I bought one, installed it, turned on the computer and ... it shut down after a minute. Ok, then there's really only the CPU left. It's the last thing I have not...

Sorry, I was a bit quick on the trigger there and made a daft mistake. In the heat of battle I managed to connect the PCI powercord to the ATX on the mobo ... I sorted it out and reset the correct power cords. When I started the computer it behaved in the exact same way: I could enter the BIOS...

I don't believe this. I bought a new motherboard, ASUS P5Q, installed everything and now I'm back at square one. The motherboard LED shows it gets juice, but when I press the power button nothing happens. After 5 seconds or so, I can hear a clicking sound from the PSU

UPDATE II: Hoping for a cheap and easy solution I bought and installed a new CPU heatsink and fan. It did not solve the problem. Does anyone here know whether an ASUS P5K monitors graphics card temperatures and shuts down if the card overheats?

UPDATE: I loaded into the BIOS again and went to the power menu to monitor the CPU temperature measured by the motherboard. It stayed on a stable 25 C before the computer shut down again.

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll give it a try. Uhm, silly question, though: Loading into the BIOS is by pressing F1 at start, right? thnx/slush

Good call. There's nothing but the regular start up beeps, though. None of those beeps that come with a disconnected graphics card. rgds/slush69

Hi Some days ago I couldn't start my computer. When I pressed the power button nothing happened. So I disconnected everything, opened the case and checked each connection. After a few tries, I could power it up. It ran for half a minute before I shut down again because neither my keybord nor...