Its not really a power failure, but I have an amd athlon 800 mhz - 1.0 ghz board with an 800 and 2 256 memory sticks, and an amd compliant 300 watt power supply. Every time I take the processor out, of course nothing loads and the comp just sits there with the fan on, but when I put it in, the keyboard lights go on and the fans come on and occasionally the monitor will flicker and then it shuts down by itself. I can't figure this out. I don't know what it could be because I have 2 of everything that i said above because one of my family members has them too. I've tried their mobo and cpu, and it still happens and I would think the likelihood of that happening is slim. The only thing that I've kept in were the memory sticks. I haven't tried using the other 2. Has anyone ever heard of a comp shutting down on boot because of misseated memory or faulty memory? I've looked all over and all I could find is that someone had the same trouble with a laptop b/c of the memory. We've seated the memory many times also and it's not the first computer I've set up. Or better yet, has anyone ever experienced anything like this. Oh, the memory is SDRAM.

Side Note:
I got all this stuff from Tiger which I think was a mistake b/c they say they don't offer a warranty for the board just in case it is, and I called the board place and they say call the reseller b/c they would know most about the system, not to mention they are long distance and expect you to wait 20 + minutes for a live person. They also say they only offer their warranty for mobo's bought directly through them. So even though they sell through Tiger, they only offer warranties if you buy through them. And yet Tiger is supposed to be a good reseller but they sell this businesses mobo's. Thats the worst crap i ever heard.

Lavon Russell
LookHard Mods
lavon@lh.links247.net