New Build NEW PROBLEMS !!

[Kurtis]

the sob story
In the past 4 months I have gone through 3 systems just trying to play quake 4. First was a 3.0/1mb/800 p4 with a 9800. something was wrong and I could not pin point the problem tested everything with new and different hardware no go 30 fps in source also tried custon cfg's. Second was a amd 3700 2.2/1m/2000ht's with just a onboard x300 ECS rs482-m and it was running fine intill I noticed the cpu temps were off by 20c. According to the site the new bios fixed that problem and half way through the flash It froze " not in windows" Rebooted and no visual. I was about to buy just a new bios chip but I decided to go with SLI and got Abit kn8 SLI

Heres my specs
Abit kn8 SLI
AMD athlon64 3700+ san d core
6800gs EVGA
2x512mb Kingston HyperX Duel Channel ddr400
37gb sata raptor
Logisys 480w 24pin psu "not sli ready"

Ive purchased just about everything on new egg and I can say the ram , psu, hard drive , and cpu are 100% in working order. I just ordered the board and card recently and once I got everything together I get it to boot, everything powers up, all the board lights turn on but I just get no visual. Ive took it apart put it back together , triple checked my connections , tried both pcie slots , tried a old pci video card and still no visual =/. Id like to try a few more things but I cant think of anything else to do. Id also like to know if there was a way to find out if its the new board . the new video card or both ????????



I do have to say though I ordered this yesterday from newegg and got it today only paid for 3 day ups to !!

[humancondition]

Had no visual on mine a time or two. sounds to me like the board might be damaged or you did get a bad vid card. You should be able to take both into a pc shop and get them tested releatively cheap. The other thing i am thinking of is if your vid card has a fan onboard, does the fan come on when the pc is turned on? I know obvious question but no power = no visual. That can be a problem with mail order parts. You never know how the company that handles it treats it. Sorry i cant give you more tech info but get the parts tested then go from there.

[freakitchen]

Follow the steps in this thread, for an out of case build with minimum components.

http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=132409

Have you also remembered to connect the additional 4-pin 12v power connector to the motherboard? It's needed on most boards in addition to the main 24-pin connector.

FK

EDIT: Is this your power supply? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817170012

If so, that's of horrible quality. You can't buy a quality unit for $15. I'd seriously consider replacing that whether it's the source of your problem or not. Apologies if this isn't your PSU, but it's the only 480w Logisys I can find on Newegg

[Kurtis]

ya unfortunatly thats it ! ive owned it for a year now and have ran 3 pc's with it. I have rma'd the board. I called abit and they said its either my cpu or the board since im getting no beep. There is a light on the board indicating that im getting good power. When I get another card for sli I do plan on getting a Antec true power which is sli certified.

[glc]

You might want to get that power supply NOW. Something took out your board and/or the CPU, and that's the most likely suspect. I wouldn't even trust a $15 power supply to power a cheap build with onboard video.

[Kurtis]

lol I must have alot of faith then. ive monitered my systems underload and with no load and voltage is as steady as a 2x4. I honestly think the board came doa and ive already sent it back for another one. Ive been reading the reviews for my abit kn8 on newegg and about 15-18% of the people that got these got doa's. Of couse the ones that worked people left exelent reviews.