computer starts up, then cuts out just before BIOS?

[Perkomate]

i just put everything together in my new build. the computer's fans start spinning and everything looks fine. then, just before anything shows up on the screen, it turns off. then, it tries the whole process again from the start. HELP PLEASE

 

[Doctor Varney]

Check all your connections are tight then take out the memory sticks and re-insert, making sure they snap in positively and are inserted in the right order (if applicable). I had a brand new build do this. It turned out to be a faulty motherboard but we knew the machine checks the memory first. Question is, if it doesn't check out, whether it can bring everything to a halt. So it could either be faulty memory or a fault in the board. The tricky part is finding out which...

Dr. V

 

[Perkomate]

ok. ive gotten it consistently to the BIOS. all i needa do is get it to stop botting off of the dam hard drive and boot off the DVD drive.
thanks for the help, the connections were the trouble.

 

[Perkomate]

Ok! Got it booting and loading up windows. Wish me luck

 

[Doctor Varney]

Excellent... Good luck! What did you do? Did you try re-seating the memory sticks?

Dr. V

 

[Perkomate]

i pushed all the connectors back in and re-seated the RAM in opposite slots. seems to have worked

 

[Doctor Varney]

Glad to hear it! :good:

Dr. V