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Hi all.

I hope someone can help me with my very first new build, i recently bought

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 850 "95W Edition" 3.30GHz
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-M68MT-S2 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
RAM: 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel
Cooler: AMD Stock Cooler
OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus' 500W ATX Power Supply
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache – OEM
Im using the same case and disc drive.

Unfortunately when i turn on the computer on its works for about 20 seconds before turning the system off completely, i have tried going in to the bios screen or using the disc to install windows but it turns off before i can do something.

Please can you help me?
Thanks in advance
 
Thanks Admiral i really appreciate the advice.

I didn’t have any risers, as the previous motherboard didn’t have any, unfortunate im at work at the moment so cannot try it till tonight. ill have a try tonight and let you know.

i dont have a spare cpu except for a 250 watt one and its probably not powerful enough for my parts.

thanks again
 
Hi Both, i've added the risers to my case, but still no joy im afraid. it still seems to shut down before i can get anywhere after about 20 seconds. any more suggestions?
 
Hi, i wasnt given any thermal paste, its came with, i believe a thermal pad? so i used that instead. could this be a problem?
 
thanks anyway, might just have to take a hit on taking it to the computer shop for them to fix, i suppose its a small price to pay for sorting what ever's wrong with it.
 
yeah. i think my case might already have some risers already. its certainly got bumps on the bottom of the case for the motherboard to be just off the bottom.
 
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