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Originally Posted by Kal-EL

same psu on both machines?

the dell is a laptop and the 478 is a disktop board
and when i was testing the 478 with the P8600 i was using the psu from my main system that i am typing on right now

Originally Posted by DrNip

CPU heatsink not seated well and system shutting down due to the CPU getting too hot? On both, could happen I guess.

system will not even power on it will just flash and nothing
shouldn't be overheating because system is not even power on at all
i seems like the computer is in some kind of mode that's keeping it from powering on