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Building a computer. Need help!
Here are the specs:
Albatron socket 775 mobo PX915P/G series
Pent. VI Prescott 3.2 ghz hyperthreaded cpu
2 sticks of pqi 512mb pc4000 DDR RAM
Seagate SATA 200gb HDD
ATI X600 256mb PCIEx16 gfx card
Samsung DVD/RW drive and Samsung DVD/CDR drive
RAIDMAX 420W power supply
I'm builidng this computer for my sister, and got the parts from newegg.com. While it's been 1 1/2 years since I last built a computer, I got her all slapped together and powered her up. It goes through POST and once it gets to the boot from CD option, it shuts off after a few seconds. At first I thought it might be the HDD, since I had never installed a SATA or really know how they work, so I swapped it out for a Maxtor IDE drive. I managed to get into Windows setup while it scans devices before it shuts off. Now I'm starting to think that the power supply is the problem. The motherboard has a 24 pin power connector on it, and the power supply has a 20 pin plug. However, I'm using a 20 pin to 24 pin adapter. I don't want to jump to conclusions though, so I thought it best to ask here for help. Thanks.
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