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| Thread ID: 52815 | 2004-12-30 22:52:00 | help building pc | huntgrav (6725) | Press F1 |
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| 309110 | 2004-12-31 00:01:00 | What's your M/B Make & Model? I wouldn't rely too much on the M/B Manual, Ive seen them wrong before Are you positive the CPU is compatible with the M/B? Sounds to me like the reset & on/off switches are on the wrong connector but that probably wouldn't stop it booting up If it's a new board then plugging in the AGP card should automatically disable any onboard graphics controller, check your manual for any options & how to disable in BIOS if necessary Does the Monitor light turn green when you power up or does it stay amber/red Have you got the harddrive data cable on back to front? (wrong ends into M/B & hardrive) This will also stop bootup I also just noticed the 235W PSU, does it have the P4 connector & is it plugged in to the MOBO? Even if it does, it's a bit light for the job, a min 300W preferably 350-400W |
PcNut (6639) | ||
| 309111 | 2004-12-31 00:07:00 | i see that case comes standard with a 420watt psu so that should be fine . i would be inclined to remove the motherboard from the case and set it up out side the case . pull the psu out and connect it up (make sure mobo is sitting on somthing soft that won't short it out such as the foam packaging it came with) . connect keyboard and vid card . go through the manual that you have all the jumbers set correctly . check cpu, ram and cpu fan . fire it up then use a screw driver to short the reset button pins on the mobo . then the power buttons . if still nothing poss a faulty cpu, ram or mobo . (i would try another known psu first just to make sure) . |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 309112 | 2004-12-31 00:10:00 | the m/b is an ELITEGROUP PT800CE-A yes i am %100 sure the processor is compatible my monitors light stays orange the whole time hard drive is connnected by a SATA cable |
huntgrav (6725) | ||
| 309113 | 2004-12-31 00:11:00 | Does the monitor work on another computer? | FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 309114 | 2004-12-31 00:14:00 | i see that case comes standard with a 420watt psu so that should be fine . i would be inclined to remove the motherboard from the case and set it up out side the case . pull the psu out and connect it up (make sure mobo is sitting on somthing soft that won't short it out such as the foam packaging it came with) . connect keyboard and vid card . go through the manual that you have all the jumbers set correctly . check cpu, ram and cpu fan . fire it up then use a screw driver to short the reset button pins on the mobo . then the power buttons . if still nothing poss a faulty cpu, ram or mobo . (i would try another known psu first just to make sure) . crap this is gonna cost me a butt load |
huntgrav (6725) | ||
| 309115 | 2004-12-31 00:16:00 | Does the monitor work on another computer? yes the monitor im sure is in perfect condition |
huntgrav (6725) | ||
| 309116 | 2004-12-31 00:20:00 | I also just noticed the 235W PSU, does it have the P4 connector & is it plugged in to the MOBO? Even if it does, it's a bit light for the job, a min 300W preferably 350-400W no p4 connector. im accually not using the power supply that came with the case because it stopped working so im just using an older one but the monitor still showed no display when i had the 420watt with p4 |
huntgrav (6725) | ||
| 309117 | 2004-12-31 00:21:00 | crap this is gonna cost me a butt load how do you fiqure that ??? just start with the basics, get it going with the least amount of gear eg no hardrive,cd rom, etc etc. its all fairly simply to do, just time consuming. its quite comman for them to throw a fit on the first fire up. sometimes a bios reset helps. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 309118 | 2004-12-31 00:23:00 | If it's a new board then plugging in the AGP card should automatically disable any onboard graphics controller, check your manual for any options & how to disable in BIOS if necessary Not wanting to be contrary but I wouldn't rely too much on that PcNut... I've still seen several new boards in recent times that don't do that - always best to check the BIOS regardless when you first boot up. :) HuntGrav you also need to check the BIOS for a 'splash' screen - it's possible you are not seeing (hearing) the POSTs, errors, etc, because of that. If you have an onboard Graphics Card on the MB you should really remove the external G card you have until you have everything else working. You need to put the monitor on the internal GC and get into the BIOS and double check all the config and/or switch off the splash screen (if there is one) so you can see the memory test, HDD detection, etc... |
Mycenius (6715) | ||
| 309119 | 2004-12-31 00:23:00 | no p4 connector . im accually not using the power supply that came with the case because it stopped working so im just using an older one but the monitor still showed no display when i had the 420watt with p4 o ***! no, a 235 watt psu with no p4 connector will not fire it up . go use the orignal psu, odds are there was nothing wrong with it . |
tweak'e (69) | ||
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