My 1st PC Build has gone slightly wrong?

[Guest]

Hi everyone, my name is Vince & I'm a newbie. As the title suggests, I am having a little trouble after my 1st PC build. I have never seen this problem before, maybe one of you can enlighten me.
After turning on the PC it cuts out the power in 2 to 5 seconds, to retry, I have to pull the plug and push the power button again. It just keeps happening.
Any help would be gratefully accepted, cheers, Vince.

 

[Whtwolf]

I would first check all of the PSU connections, and it might be that your heatsink/thermal paste could not be done correctly. With no cooling, a CPU will shut down the system in seconds.

 

[Whtwolf]

I would first check all of the PSU connections, and it might be that your heatsink/thermal paste could not be done correctly. With no cooling, a CPU will shut down the system in seconds.

Hi Whtwolf
Many thanks for your answer. I think you may have hit the problem with the thermal paste. The CPU cooling fan that I bought came with a pre installed patch of paste that melts into a perfect layer (Supposedly).
I had to take the fan off and re-seat it but didn't have any more paste.
Will get some and try again. Cheers buddy. Vince.

Hope it works out well, sometimes when you get to moving stuff around is all you have to do is bump the cooler good and it will break that seal and cause overheating. I speak from doing it myself, a couple of times! I have 8 computers that I am always doing one thing or another to.