PC woes

[arakis]

Hello everybody!

These past few weeks have been horrible! OK here is the problem!
Im building a new computer and everything is installed. When i power up there is no signal on my monitor. All the fans are going all the lights inside light up (mobo light) the fan on the graphic card goes everything is running. Ive tried to listen to the beeps but i hear nothing :/ im sooo lost!

Here is the setup for my computer

P5N32-SLI- DELUXE Mobo
2 x 1 gig kingston valueram
P4 650 3.4 cpu
7800gt BFG gfx card
x-fi creative sound card
80gb HD *(planning to bring over my old HDs from old rig)
530w PSU
DVD drive
DVD burner

Any ideas?

[Gizmo]

Welcome to PCMechanic, arakis!

What brand is that PSU? Make sure you have the motherboard BIOS speaker hooked up in order to hear BIOS beeps. Try this, so you can start ruling out the motherboard shorting/groundng to the case and if you have any defective parts.

[arakis]

The PSU is from Aspire and its 520w i made a mistake :/ from above. How do i make sure that the bios speaker is hooked up? for example where on the board is that connected?

Im gonna try to remove everything in a few ill reply whats up after. TY in advance.

[Cricket]

Originally Posted by arakis How do i make sure that the bios speaker is hooked up? for example where on the board is that connected?

The BIOS speaker (PC case speaker actually) is the speaker attached to the front of the chassis or to the plastic face plate. You connect the speaker connection to the correct pins on the front panel header. The motherboard manual will have a diagram of the layout of the front panel header pins and the location of the header on the motherboard.

Cricket

[Mr.Ferrari]

You know, i had that same problem. Turned out to be 1 of my 2 sticks of memory was faulty.

[regans cortina]

Make sure that graphics card is slotted in all the way . you shouldnt be able to see the golden notches on it above the slot. I had no picture years ago , and it was down to a new board and card not fitting in correctly.

[jayb1234]

Aspire makes lousy power supplies. You should replace it with one from a quality brand as soon as you can.

Is the 4 pin auxillary power connector near the CPU plugged in?

[arakis]

JB not it isnt! I didnt know i needed to plug that in!

[arakis]

it has 8 holes above it but the only plug left i have is 4 pin... :/

[arakis]

thanks all i figured out what my problem is!!! Now that its working im not sure why the computer turns itself off every 10-2o min. Any ideas?

[regans cortina]

Tell us what the problem was m8.

[blue60007]

Originally Posted by arakis thanks all i figured out what my problem is!!! Now that its working im not sure why the computer turns itself off every 10-2o min. Any ideas?

You still using that Aspire power supply? Right there might be the problem. Or the CPU could be overheating.

[arakis]

Regans the original problem was that i didnt plug in the aux power lol

The new problem is the shut down. that i mentioned above.

Blue how many watts do you suggest to get for my powersupply? And should I replace the stock fan on my CPU? i was looking at a Thermaltake CL-P0114 120mm Cooling Fan/Heatsink read some reviews on Newegg they say its good. Any other ideas guys?

[blue60007]

Originally Posted by arakis Blue how many watts do you suggest to get for my powersupply?

I'm thinking maybe 500W from a good solid brand: Antec, Enermax, Seasonic, XClio, Forton Source (FSP), just to name a few.

Originally Posted by arakis And should I replace the stock fan on my CPU? i was looking at a Thermaltake CL-P0114 120mm Cooling Fan/Heatsink read some reviews on Newegg they say its good. Any other ideas guys?

The stock cooler should be fine...using a aftermarket one would void the warranty.