Here's the situation.
I got a P4 2.6 GHz CPU, some Corsair PC3200 DDR RAM, the latest P4 ASUS mobo, an 80GB Maxtor HDD, a n ATI Radeon 9800, a SB Audigy, and a something or other X-Pider case.
Now, when I assembled all the parts into the case, I cleverly* decided to string all the fans, the video card, and the hard drive power lines together into one line. This did NOT bode well at all for the power supply, little did I know it was doomed to burst into smoke and flames as soon as I turn the switch.
*not cleverly
Now I've got a new power supply, and when I hook that up, with no other ocmponents in the mobo, the fan of the CPU starts up, but then it turns off again about a second later. I can push the power switch to do this again, and doesn't seem to be doing any harm to the CPU, mobo, or power supply.
Any ideas what's wrong? I'd like to know what other parts, if any, would have been damaged in the initial power supply burn out. I've been tossing this around in my head for a few days now, but I don't want to mess with it. Any advice is appreciated.
~bleak
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by bleak on 07/08/03 03:17 AM.</EM></FONT></P>
I got a P4 2.6 GHz CPU, some Corsair PC3200 DDR RAM, the latest P4 ASUS mobo, an 80GB Maxtor HDD, a n ATI Radeon 9800, a SB Audigy, and a something or other X-Pider case.
Now, when I assembled all the parts into the case, I cleverly* decided to string all the fans, the video card, and the hard drive power lines together into one line. This did NOT bode well at all for the power supply, little did I know it was doomed to burst into smoke and flames as soon as I turn the switch.
*not cleverly
Now I've got a new power supply, and when I hook that up, with no other ocmponents in the mobo, the fan of the CPU starts up, but then it turns off again about a second later. I can push the power switch to do this again, and doesn't seem to be doing any harm to the CPU, mobo, or power supply.
Any ideas what's wrong? I'd like to know what other parts, if any, would have been damaged in the initial power supply burn out. I've been tossing this around in my head for a few days now, but I don't want to mess with it. Any advice is appreciated.
~bleak
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by bleak on 07/08/03 03:17 AM.</EM></FONT></P>