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Thread ID: 92821 2008-08-24 05:56:00 Home Built Pc Booting issues fatesjester (13456) Press F1
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699911 2008-08-24 05:56:00 HI, i have assembled my own pc. it consists of:

Intel Pentium D E2180 2.0ghz
gigabyte S-Series GA-EP35-DS2L Motherboard
ASUS En8600gt
2gb DDR-800 on 1 stick
40gb IDE hard drive
Samsung DL dvd writer
450w PSU

I am having some seriuos troubles trying to get this to boot. Everything will power on, but it will not POST, nothing will come on the screen. Any help is extremly welcome
fatesjester (13456)
699912 2008-08-24 06:08:00 Did you connect the ATX 12v adapter to the mobo, from the PSU?

If its got one? Its required otherwise it wont boot

I take it, theres something on the hdd?

The hdd and dvd, are they connected to one IDE connector, or one on each IDE connector?
Speedy Gonzales (78)
699913 2008-08-24 06:16:00 hi, the HDD was pulled from an old pc, we have tried using an alternate one to see if that was the problem but it was still the same. The HDD and DVD are on seperate IDE, and the ATX plug is plugged in fatesjester (13456)
699914 2008-08-24 06:24:00 Did you format the hdd / install windows, before you tried to boot from it??

You will have probs, if you take a hdd from another system, and put it in another. And expect it to work
Speedy Gonzales (78)
699915 2008-08-24 06:26:00 I didnt format it, i was told i didnt have to. and anyway, how is this stopping the POST fatesjester (13456)
699916 2008-08-24 06:30:00 Did you format the hdd / install windows, before you tried to boot from it??

You will have probs, if you take a hdd from another system, and put it in another. And expect it to work

But as I read this it will not POST! And if it will not POST it will not BOOT regardless of the bootable media or O/S used.


"I am having some seriuos troubles trying to get this to boot. Everything will power on, but it will not POST, nothing will come on the screen. Any help is extremly welcome"
Sweep (90)
699917 2008-08-24 06:31:00 Unless the old system is exactly like this new one, it'll pay to format .

If you dont want probs . If its XP .

Only other thing I can think of is the molex power plugs arent in properly .

Have you configured the BIOS to boot from the hdd?

Yer yer sweep . Well obviously something is dead, if its not working
Speedy Gonzales (78)
699918 2008-08-24 06:33:00 HI, i have assembled my own pc. it consists of:

Intel Pentium D E2180 2.0ghz
gigabyte S-Series GA-EP35-DS2L Motherboard
ASUS En8600gt
2gb DDR-800 on 1 stick
40gb IDE hard drive
Samsung DL dvd writer
450w PSU

I am having some seriuos troubles trying to get this to boot. Everything will power on, but it will not POST, nothing will come on the screen. Any help is extremly welcome

Any beep on startup or a series of beeps?
I would start with only having the ram and video card inserted.
As you have no video I would start there. Do you maybe have onboard video plus another card like a pciE?
Sweep (90)
699919 2008-08-24 06:34:00 If i cant get anything on the screen, how am i supposed to get into the BIOS................

& Sweep, i havent heard any beeps so far, but i will try agian to night and see what happens
fatesjester (13456)
699920 2008-08-24 06:42:00 Umm another reason why its not booting, could be, because the BIOS thats on the system doesnt support the CPU that you've installed

Until you update the BIOS. If youre sure everything is connected properly

I would check the gigabyte site for this mobo, to see what BIOS revision you need for that CPU.

And if this is the case, you'll have to go back to the shop and ask them to install a lower spec CPU then flash it to a later BIOS, then reinstall this CPU.
Speedy Gonzales (78)
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