Problems is in the title - I threw together a build with old computer components. When I press the button to power it on, it does for a second or so, fan spins up drives on etc, and powers off. Problem occurs with any one of 3 DDR2 667 ram modules I install.
With all ram removed the computer remains on.
Any pointers on where to start the troubleshoot? I get the feeling (subconscious memory) of this being a really common problem that I have fixed a dozen times but I cannot remember the solution to.
Any links to appropriate guides which my search skills failed to find would be appreciated as well.
Build is BIOSTAR P4M900-M4, Pentium 4 3.2 GHZ HT (Prescott or something,) budget DDR2 677 1gb sticks that resided in an ACER PC for a while, and 2 WD 250 Cav IDE'S with Sata adapters which will be raid 0'd if build succeeds. and an Radeon HD 2400 from the ACER system. Still worth slightly than the sum of its minerals less recycling costs? IDK.
I could also test with an Asus ATI EH5450 silent or even yank out my 5870 - ok not worth it and would require PSU swap...
Off-topic: This is the result of me clearing out a couple bins of old hardware to see what works.
Is there a market (i.e. nostalgia hobbyist, collector MUSEUM???
) for anything from old ISA (ye olde PCI) cards to early 2000's era budget mainboards and 4-5 GPUs spanning those decades? 2 GB -15 GB hardrives, SDRAM, or DDR and other stuff too... Or are they gifts for the gold digging recycler man? At least I got case-screws.
With all ram removed the computer remains on.
Any pointers on where to start the troubleshoot? I get the feeling (subconscious memory) of this being a really common problem that I have fixed a dozen times but I cannot remember the solution to.
Any links to appropriate guides which my search skills failed to find would be appreciated as well.
Build is BIOSTAR P4M900-M4, Pentium 4 3.2 GHZ HT (Prescott or something,) budget DDR2 677 1gb sticks that resided in an ACER PC for a while, and 2 WD 250 Cav IDE'S with Sata adapters which will be raid 0'd if build succeeds. and an Radeon HD 2400 from the ACER system. Still worth slightly than the sum of its minerals less recycling costs? IDK.
I could also test with an Asus ATI EH5450 silent or even yank out my 5870 - ok not worth it and would require PSU swap...
Off-topic: This is the result of me clearing out a couple bins of old hardware to see what works.
Is there a market (i.e. nostalgia hobbyist, collector MUSEUM???
) for anything from old ISA (ye olde PCI) cards to early 2000's era budget mainboards and 4-5 GPUs spanning those decades? 2 GB -15 GB hardrives, SDRAM, or DDR and other stuff too... Or are they gifts for the gold digging recycler man? At least I got case-screws.
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