ok, well here we go:
I originally installed everything in the case, here are the exact specs:
Case = Thermaltake Xaser Lanfire Series VM2000A
Power Supply = Thermaltake Xaser Silent Purepower 480W
Processor = Intel P4 2.8C Ghz 800 Mhz HT
Motherboard = ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe
Sound Card = Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS (not platinum or pro, just the standard)
Video Card = ATI Radeon 9600XT 128mb
RAM = 1GB Kit HyperX DDR 400MHz (2 x 512) (Kingston)
Floppy = Standard 1.44mb
Hard Drive = Western Digital Internal SATA 160GB 7200RPM OEM (WD1600JD)
CD-RW Drive = Lite-On 52x32x52 [Model = LTR-52327S]
DVD Drive = Lite-On XJ-165H 16X DVD-ROM Drive
I then turned it on, everything began running smoothly and it gave me the first screen and told me to press DEL to enter setup...POST then started to take place. It seems to be great, then all of the sudden (without any beeps), it mentions a CMOS error and the computer shuts down. I try to turn it on, no response, i then unplug the power cord and wait 10 seconds. After that, I plugged the power cord back in and attempted to turn on the computer, it then started up (fans included), and half a second later, shut down. I immeaditley tried turning it back on...same result as earlier. This process could be repeated endlessly.
Then I did what HAL told me to do in post #1, same result, the cpu fan began to run for half a second and then shut off. I then tried switching out the RAM with a 64 mb stick, same result, then removing all RAM, same result.
I'm stumped, plz help me
