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So I just built my first rig, and had a blast and it was much easier than I thought it would be. I've been inside a comp and know my way around but never built one from scratch. So I try to install the OS today and while it's 'loading windows files' it shuts off. Hm... I think, so I try it again. Same thing. When I turn it on, I get 2 beeps. When there is no OS disc I get a screen that says something like "insert boot media in selected boot device", I have tried to get into BIOS but I never got a CMOS setup screen. In my mind I'm thinking Motherboard at this point. Yet, it shuts off on a timely manner. It stays on for anywhere from 10-20 seconds then shuts off, here I think PSU. Yet if i try to boot it up again right after shutting off, it is only a second or two that it stays on, and here I think CPU. I saw one thing on another site it could be misinstalled Ram, which I removed and put back in only one and doesn't have an effect.
So here is where I am, and looking for your advice and knowledge. Motherboard, CPU, PSU? And how do I check and go about this.
Thank you all in advance.
EDIT: System Specs are.
AMD Athlon II X4 640 Propus 3.0GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor.
Antec TruePower New TP-750 750W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91
PowerColor AX5770 1GBD5-H Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16
ASUS M4A78LT-M AM3 AMD 760G HDMI
Western Digital Caviar Black WD5002AALX 500GB
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
Edited by Samunder, 21 March 2011 - 10:32 AM.
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