Lukeh

Hey, i recently bought a ASUS P5N-E SLI Motherboard. my plan was to exchange everything out of my Dell xps 420 Desktop computer but its not going to well. From what i can see, the motherboard says it is quad core compatible, but when i put my Q6600 from my dell, into it. and attach the cooler, then power up the machine the fans will spin for about 2seconds and then it will cut off. i tried removing the ram graphics card etc, but that didn't seem to fix it. so i removed the CPU cooler and CPU, then proceeded to power up the pc. volla the fans spin and dont knock off but obv i cant do anything without a CPU

What im trying to ask is why dose it cutt off in my new Asus mobo only when i attach the CPU. The CPU is not damaged. i took it out of my dell xps 420 which is a BTX styled motherboard. the asus is ATX. would this make a difference?
I am nearly sure they are both socket 775 isent that the only socket the Q6600 comes in? i took a look at the MOBO pin layouts for the CPU and noticed they are different. the Q6600 has a "T" shaped pin layout out the main CPU. and the pin layouts on both of the mobos are different. Would buying a new CPU fix this problem? Please anyone who has a idea please get back to me. because i dont want to buy a new CPU and then it dose the same thing. Im looking to purchase this new CPU if you guys think its the problem.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...)%20-%20Retail

The Intel core 2 duo E7200, looks like a nice core 2 duo CPU. Looks very overclockable which im going to be doing once i get everything running.

By the way im using a Antec 900 for my new build, 8800GT 512MB Graphics card, Dells Stock ram 3Gigs, Corsair TX 650W PSU, the dells hard drive *cant rember size* and i think thats about it.

Please get back to me with any info you might think is critical.

Or If you need any more info from me. please reply.

-Luke