Help Guide

[rjfvillarosa]

drisley.. Nice new board/forum why not sticky a copy of Hal's out of case trouble shooting build here, as this is going to be a help guide for new builds?

Having problems with a new build? Try this.

OK, then we're going to start from scratch.

1) Remove EVERYTHING from the case
2) Set the motherboard on a non conductive surface. The motherboard box is perfect for this. .DO NOT PLACE THE MOTHERBOARD ON THE STATIC BAG! It can acually conduct electricity! We are going to try and assemble a running system outside of the case.
3) Install the CPU and heat sink.
4) Install the RAM (only install 1 stick for SDRAM, 2 for RDRAM)
5) Install the video card
6) Connect the monitor to the video card.
7) Connect the power supply to the motherboard.
8) Connect power to the power supply
9) Do NOT connect ANYTHING else. Make sure you have the power connector on the CPU fan connected.
10) Use a small screwdriver to momentarily short the power switch connector on the motherboard.

If all is well, it should power up and you should get a display. If not, then you most likely have a faulty component. Do this and and post your results, then we will get it all assembled in the case and get this thing running.

[glc]

Done.

[tjsullivan4]

Re: running MOBO outside case. Have done as directed but still no display.
Iam using an AOPen motherboard <VKM266PM> which has an VGA port.
Iam as well trying a new GE FORCE MX 4000.
The power supply is 250W, is this strong enough to run this system??
Also using new 256 DDR DIMM RAM.
Any HELP would be appriciated.

[Cricket]

What CPU you using?

Yeah, 250 watts might be too little. What brand is it?

Do you have a compatible power supply with at least 300 watts you can try?

You really should have started your own thread about this problem, I don't think this thread is for troubleshooting specific problems.

:) Cricket

[tjsullivan4]

Hal, just wanted to let you know I followed your solution re; running
MOBO out of the case and all 10 steps. You were right it was one of the components. Surprise to me it was the power supply. Re-Newed ,
sytem now has a display and were good to go.
Thanks for your input.