Newish Build Now Won't Start

After two months of an RMA'd mobo, RMA'd ram, three new coolers and two cases, I finally settled on my set up, until I get an SSD in a month or so.
All was well for four days, when the computer suddenly turned itself off and the fans started spinning, shut off, then started spinning again, in a continuous cycle, until the power cord was taken out. I've used one stick of ram in various slots, no joy.
When I get home, I will remove the battery for 15 minutes or so, to see if this works, but until then, I'd like to get as many options as I can please.
If that doesn't work, I'll try the 5 year old psu in another computer, maybe it's died? If that's ok, then I'll reseat the mobo, put things back one at a time.

Pretty embarrassing , I found out that my lack of cable management at the back of the case, was causing a short somewhere and when I squeezed the side panel on, it cut out.
I've currently got the panel off and will tidy this up at the weekend.

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