Pc shuts off!!!

here we go..... i have a 845glm motherboard, and all i am havingis problems--i posted an earlier thread concerning my motherboard not recognizing my hard drive--now that i was finally able to install an os now my computer is shutting off--waht the hell do i do?
i double checked everything to make sure everything is supposed to be in the right place--but i am baffled the manual talks something about renaming some file in amibios and then saving it to a floppy and then rebooting trhu the floppy while the disk is inside while holding the ctrl button to force it to install--
????????huh???? i dont understand
i hope someone out there can help me out and lay it down in grunt words so this broke soldier can understand
thanks

Hi hardlrrp,
Can you provide us with your Full System Specs including your PSU Specs for better verification of the actual problem... 8)
All the Best... :D!!!

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