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Homebuilt Computer Help

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My friend built a new computer and it wont work can anyone help?

What Happens is whenever you try to install windows it gets all the way to the screen where you have to the option to repair, install etc. It sits there for about a second and then powers down but the front power light stays on and the reset and power buttons will not work. And you also have to turn the power supply on and off before it can be restarted.

Anyone got any ideas?
 
more info on the set up like the specs -
cpu, ram, motherboard, power supply, hd, cd rom, etc.
IF it is a dual channel board - put only one stick of memory in during windows install (windows doesnt know what to do with dual channel until after the board's drivers are installed...)
make sure the heatsink, and all connections are properly seated.
Are you using usb mouse/keyboard? if so swap to ps2 during install (same reason as dual channel)
double check the psu connection with the motherboard
a cmos clear might be a good thing to try too
 
I had a similar problem when I upgraded my system. I would progress to a certain stage of the windows installation process and then the system would shut down. Every single time I tried I would get the same result. I fixed the problem by using a more powerful PSU. I had a 300watt PSU in the system in my sig. and I guess it couldn't provide enough juice. It's worth a try if you have a spare PSU. If you don't have a spare then try removing all non-essential peripherals (printers, sound cards, lan cards, etc) and booting. Another thing worth trying is using a different Windows CD.
And like HvyMtl said, system specs would help a lot.
 
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