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PleaseBoot
02-05-2008, 08:50 PM
Case Antec P182
MoBo ASUS P5N-E SLI
Processor Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Hard Drive Western Digital Caviar SE16 750GB
Video Card GeForce 8800GTS 320MB
Power AeroCool ZeroDBA-S620
CPU Fan ZALMAN CNPS9500 AT 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink
RAM Kingston HyperX 4GB(2x2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM
Sound Card Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer
Card Reader Koutech Card Reader
OS Vista 64-Bit Ultimate
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First boot:
mobo light on
case light on
all fans spin, including CPU fan for 1 second only
then everything shuts down.

What to try now? Help (please)

Mike

chunkylover53
02-05-2008, 10:38 PM
My first guess is that the PSU fan is not plugged in. The 4 pin ATX12V plug that is just above and left of the cpu.

PleaseBoot
02-07-2008, 04:10 PM
Plugged in the 12V connector and it booted right up. Thanks Chunky!

Now I have to get Vista loaded. First time it made it all the way through to where it does a few reboots and it hung after the second reboot. Second attempt hung while "expanding files". Third attempt made it further then the second but not as far at the first (loaded all the files and started the install but went to a black screen somewhere before the reboots.)

I'll keep trying - it looks like this could be just a Microsoft thing, but does anyone have any suggestions?

The Wise Monkey
02-07-2008, 04:55 PM
Make sure you do a full format of the HD before trying to install. Also, check to see if your disc is scratched/dirty at all.