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| Thread ID: 69936 | 2006-06-17 00:46:00 | New Build Up - Boot Problems | CaptinMoor (8392) | Press F1 |
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| 463753 | 2006-06-17 00:46:00 | Hi there guys. Need to bounce some ideas around. I have just put together a computer hosting a Winfast NF4K8AB MB - AMD Athlon 64 3000+ - Galaxy Geforce 6600 PCI-E - with a 400w PSU. I have gone through the book by the letter and have come to the stage to boot up. I have install a PC Analyzer just incase there was any problems and there is. No POST. Damb. What could I have done wrong?? The PC Analyzer comes up with a CODE: FF. And that or a Phoenix BIOS means that the BIOS already passed control to the operation system. There anit one at this stage. Tehre is no HDD activity and cannot open the Rom Drive. I dont think that I could have got this many things wrong, but who knows, stranger things have happened. I would love to hear your thoughts in regards to my little problem. Cheers guys Tim P.S. I have started this thread not get assistance with this problem. To to get into a debate how second rate the hardware is. |
CaptinMoor (8392) | ||
| 463754 | 2006-06-17 01:03:00 | I'd start by thinking your power supply is a dud. Try it in another system or try a different one. | gibler (49) | ||
| 463755 | 2006-06-17 01:34:00 | Lets not start jumping to conclusions. Logical process of elimination working backwards Pull any card and HDD cables etc, try a different Dim if you have one, check the CPU seating. Pull the reset and power button headers off the board and use a screwdriver to cross the two start button pins (eliminates power button). Try a working PSU. Remove the board from case, leave the CPU rand ram in it and attach a PSU this eliminates earthing ie hex nut out of place shorting motherboard when you built it. Anything other than logical process of elimination using spare parts to narrow it down is random guessing with a fault like this. If you don't have swap parts then you have problems. |
Battleneter (60) | ||
| 463756 | 2006-06-17 02:21:00 | Thanks for your help guys. Yes well no its not the PSU. There are lights on the motherboard. I have gone through a diagonstic flow chart and there seams to be no power to the CPU. There is power on the board but nothing is happening. There are no Beeps. I have tryed starting without RAM in in effort of getting a beep but nothing. I have tryed another PSU out of my computer 680w on and still nothing. I will just have to start from scratch again. Bugger. I bet it is something simple to. I just cant see it at the mo. | CaptinMoor (8392) | ||
| 463757 | 2006-06-17 02:24:00 | Is the ATX 4 pin connector from the PSU connected to the mobo, if theres one on the mobo. If this isnt connected, a system wont boot either. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 463758 | 2006-06-17 04:18:00 | P.S. I have started this thread not get assistance with this problem. To to get into a debate how second rate the hardware is. OK. I hate the MB. Pull everything that isn't required for boot, HDD, FDD, CD/DVD, cards. Just ram, CPU and graphics. Then try. Just because the MB gets power (LEDs) doesn't mean the PSU is fine but you did try another so we'll discount that, assuming you did plug BOTH power connecters to the MB in. Try another piece of RAM too, dead ram won't give you a beep always, beeps are usually incorrectly seated RAM. once you have eliminated everything else its probably the board.... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 463759 | 2006-06-17 08:39:00 | Is the ATX 4 pin connector from the PSU connected to the mobo, if theres one on the mobo. If this isnt connected, a system wont boot either. OMFG What a leapper I am. How could I forget to do that. Well that has sorted the problem. I am so red faced. Any way I guess these things happen. Thanks for stating the obvious Speedy. Some times its hard to see the forest for the trees. |
CaptinMoor (8392) | ||
| 463760 | 2006-06-17 09:11:00 | lol good to hear its up and running there Cap. :thumbs: | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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