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06-21-2006, 08:24 PM
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Cant get my brand new assembly of parts to work. Need massive help
I bought a new bunch of parts to assemble into a computer. A Pentium D 930, MSI motherboard P4N SLI, NVIDIA 6600 GT, Maxtor SATA HD, 2 GB OCZ DDR2, and DVD Burner and CD Drive. I installed all the parts and put the wires in the right places to the best of my knowledge. When I power the thing on the processor fans kick on and the HD spins and the Video Card processor fan spins but I get nothing in the display. I also cannot open the CD Drives when the ribbon cable is connected to the IDE port. Does anyone have any suggestions on what may be causing this problem. I tried another video card on the board but that didn't help anything. Please e mail me or reply if you have any advice and can save some frustration. Thanks
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06-21-2006, 08:31 PM
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isn't that vid card AGP?
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06-21-2006, 08:41 PM
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THe 6600GT can be either PCI-E or AGP. Judging from the fact that saintpcr's system went together alright, it's probably the PCI-E version.
saintpcr -- try taking the video card and/or RAM out and see if you get beeps.
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06-21-2006, 08:44 PM
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Back to basics. Take it out of the case and follow this:
http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=132409 |
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06-21-2006, 09:16 PM
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What Power Supply are you using? That hardware doesn't require a super dooper powersupply, but please list the brand, wattage and model number.
Check once more to make sure everything has been connected properly - including all power cables to the motherboard, harddrives, opticals, etc. If the out of case build fails, post back.
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06-21-2006, 09:38 PM
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My power supply is 450 watts. the video card is PCIe. I've taken everything out multiple times now to no avail. Could it be a blown motherboard?
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06-21-2006, 09:44 PM
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Gotta give us more information. Who makes it? Antec? Thermaltake? Deer?
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06-21-2006, 09:46 PM
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Quote:
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06-21-2006, 10:04 PM
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It might be a fried motherboard. I am going to individually test each component and see if i can narrow down what the problem is.
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06-21-2006, 10:05 PM
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Have you done an out-of-case build yet?
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06-21-2006, 10:07 PM
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Nope should i try that?
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06-21-2006, 10:09 PM
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Yep. The link for how to do it is posted above.
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06-21-2006, 10:18 PM
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still nothing. anyone else had this problem before?
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06-21-2006, 10:24 PM
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If the system does nothing out of the case, you have a defective component.
I would start by trying a new power supply. What is the brand of the one you have? |
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06-21-2006, 10:26 PM
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While we're on the topic of PSU manufacturers...
http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=131195 A nice guide to good and bad ones. |
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06-21-2006, 10:26 PM
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I think its a generic brand in a Diablotek case... is there another way i can check?
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06-21-2006, 10:27 PM
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Generic... that could be your problem. Time to take a look at that link I posted and get a PSU from the "good" list.
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06-21-2006, 10:29 PM
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Open up the case and tell us what is on the label. Thats the easiest way.
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06-21-2006, 10:31 PM
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it says XION its not any name brand PSU. All the fans spin up and stuff. Why wouldn't the monitors be showing anything?
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06-22-2006, 02:12 AM
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Xion power supplies are junk.
If you bought a SLI motherboard, you should get a SLI-certified power supply. http://www.slizone.com/object/slizone2_build.html Got all the connectors hooked up? That board requires a 24 pin main ATX *and* a 2x2 ATX +12v connector to be connected. |
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06-22-2006, 04:42 PM
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But why would all the fans work and the hard drive spin if the power supply isn't working?
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06-22-2006, 04:54 PM
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It can work just fine but still be a bad PSU.
What they are trying to tell you is its a proven to not be a good quality made PSU in which if it goes bad it can take everything else with it Motherboard, CPU etc |
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06-22-2006, 05:25 PM
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A computer PSU puts out several different voltages. If any one voltage isn't working up to par; the computer won't start but the other voltages still can provide current to run fans/drives/stand by led on mobo/etc.
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06-23-2006, 04:17 PM
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found out the problem. tigerdirect.com misstated the motherboards specs and it cannot handle a PD 930 series processor. so i sent everything back and am getting a new ASUS PWD motherboard, Pentium D 940, 2 GB of 800 mhz ram, and a SATA300 hd in replacement.
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06-23-2006, 05:30 PM
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Quote:
 Post back if you encouter any problems arrise the next time around.
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06-23-2006, 05:51 PM
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everything should work this time. i double checked everything and looked on ASUS's website and made sure everything was compatible. i'll let you know
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