Doomlord52,

 

Check the contact between the CPU and the heatsink / cooling fan.  Is the contact surface of the heatsink bare or does it have the black foil on it?  If it is bare, did you put a light coating of thermal paste (thermal grease) on the contact surfaces of the heatsink and the CPU before installing it?  If there is too much thermal paste, or not enough, the CPU will overheat and automatically shut the system down.  It will sometimes take less than a minute for the shutdown to occur.

 

Steve

The heatsink came with a "thermal pad" of some sorts, we i have used. The heatsink is in the correct position. I doubt that the CPU is overheating, as i can still touch it easily. It feels slightly above room temp. (about 20c).... Well, i started it up, and for the time it ran, i went into the heat display thing. IT SAYS MY CPU IS AT 87c! That s probably the problem. But i doubt thats right, because withing 30 seconds of turning it off, i can put the CPU in my hand. (it takes about 30 seconds to pull the heatsink off).   *UPDATE!!!!* well, i re-seated my heatsink, and started it up, and it runs at a nice 40c. It seems to be stable,  as it hasnt died yet. :D

Doomlord52,

 

Glad that you have gotten it working OK.  Happy computing ! 

 

Steve