How would i trouble shoot this???

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I push the power button the computer begins it's startup and then about 5 seconds into it it shuts itself down.

heres what i'm working with:

Full Tower ATX Case with Clear Plexi-Glass Side
600 Watt Power Supply Unit (2 Fans w/ Blue LED lights)
3 System Case Fans (w/ Green LED lights)
MSI KT-4 Ultra Motherboard
AMD Athlon xp 2400 Processor
512 MB RAM
60 GB HD
Samsung 52X32X52 CD Burner
Floppy Drive
Wired Network Adapter
Wireless Network Adapter
Nvidia G-Force 5200 FX 256mb ram
On-Board 5.1 Digital Audio w/ S/PDIF & Toslink Optical Audio Outputs
8 USB Ports (2 Front Ports)

Installed Software*


Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 with most current security updates & hotfixes

Complete Microsoft Office 2003 Suite, Including:
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Publisher
Microsoft Access
Microsoft InfoPath
Microsoft Project
Microsoft Visio

Complete Audio Creative Studio, Including:
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Image Ready
Adobe GoLive
Adobe InDesign

Complete Macromedia Studio MX2004, Including:
Macromedia Flash
Macromedia Dreamweaver
Macromedia Freehand
Macromedia Fireworks

Ahead Nero CD/DVD Burning Software

discreet Cleaner XL

reading through some of the post in here, i'm sure one or more of you know whats happenning. (fingers crossed) :)
 
Hi
First, Try to boot with less Hardware as possible.
One hard drive, graphic card, one stick of memory, cpu (obviously)
If that works, maybe there's PowerSupply problem.

Secondo, Try to boot only with PowerSupply connected to the motherboard
No graphic Card, No Ram.
For sure you'll have BEEPING witch indicate there's a problem with video card and/or memory, but just try it see if the computer stays on.

From there, if you still have the same issue, the CPU or the Motherboard could be damaged, also it can be the PowerSupply.
I'll first try another PowerSupply (easier to change than the Motherboard/CPU). Then another CPU and then another MOBO.

I think for sure it's a power problem. So start from the source (PowerSupply), then CPU then MOBO.....
Cheers
 
disconnect everything from the back of the computer even the power cord and hold down the power button for 1 min, then just plug in the keyboard. mouse moniter and power and see if that works
 
ok heres the present stage i'm in:

nothing was working refering to ideas you all had so i dis-assembled the whole thing and then re-assembled.

The power now stays on but there is no video no floppy or hard drive running though, the cd player has power.

I tried another video card with the same results the monitor doesn't kick up not even the logo window.

I tried 3 different floppy drives no change its like they're not hooked up.

Imput round 2 :)
 
I had the exact same problem, my solution was that the 4 pin power connector had come undone for some reason - make sure it's plugged in.

Regards,

Korrupt
 
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