Nothin appears on screen

[mgsfreak]

Hey guys,
I bought a new motherboard Ausus A8N-Sli SE, new processor amd x2 3800+, new graphics card GeForce 7300GT and a new power unit. So everything is plugged in correctly me thinks and the pc does boot up by pressing the power button. All the fans start spinning and the cpu sounds like its working yet nothing appears on the moniter.. The cpu keeps making beeping noices like 4 beeps. So im hoping you guys can help me so i can get bac on world of warcraft

Ohh heres a video just incase that helps http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...gAnch=imgAnch1

and i havent plugged in these cables: http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...gAnch=imgAnch2

They are 2 bunches
The first bunch says:
Port -
Port -
Port +
Port +
VCC
VCC
G
G on each lil black plug thingy

And the second bunch says

L
R
Mic
G
Don't know if that has anything to do with nothing on the moniter? Please help

[rjfvillarosa]

Originally Posted by mgsfreak They are 2 bunches The first bunch says: Port - Port - Port + Port + VCC VCC G G on each lil black plug thingy And the second bunch says L R Mic G Don't know if that has anything to do with nothing on the moniter? Please help

Those are your front USB and Mic/Headphone sockets.
4 beeps sounds like a memory issue, how many sticks of memory have you got plugged into the board?

[mgsfreak]

Thanks for clearing that up

I have 3 sticks in.. one 1Gig memory and two 512mb memory stick in.

I took out the hard drive, floppy drive, the dvd drive and the two 512mb ram sticks out to try and get a display and now i get 3 beeps.... one long one and two short beeps.

[mgsfreak]

Sorry its gone back to making four quik beeps....
I really want to get to the next stage and install the new bios etc but nothing is going on the moniter!

[Cricket]

Originally Posted by mgsfreak now i get 3 beeps.... one long one and two short beeps.

That usually indicates you have a memory problem (either the system memory or the video card memory). I'm guessing that you may be trying to use RAM that is incompatible with the motherboard for some reason.

Please post the complete system specs for this computer. List the parts by brand and model including the power supply.

Cricket

[rjfvillarosa]

Originally Posted by rjfvillarosa 4 beeps sounds like a memory issue, how many sticks of memory have you got plugged into the board?

Originally Posted by Cricket That usually indicates you have a memory problem (either the system memory or the video card memory). I'm guessing that you may be trying to use RAM that is incompatible with the motherboard for some reason.

If I were you I would try the 512 sticks one at a time to see if that clears it, from what you say everything you have tried has included the 1gig stick of ram, maybe that is your problem.
Please do as Cricket asks and supply us with some specifications of your hardware.

[mgsfreak]

Well i have a:
Hynix pc3200U-30330 512mb ddr 400mhz cl3 HYMD5646B8J-D43 AA-A
Kingston 512mb KVR400X64C3A/512
Hynix HY5DU12822BT-D43 1 gig

The manual has a ddr300 qualified list and the kingston is on it but not any hynix ram.

[Cricket]

Please post the complete system specs for this computer. List the parts by brand and model including the power supply.

Cricket

[mgsfreak]

The Psu is jeantech JNP-400P 400watts
The graphics card isGeforce 7300GT
The processor is amd X2 3800+
and the motherboard is an asus A9N-SLI SE

[mgsfreak]

I dunno what i jsut did but it now works with all ram inside!! thanks for all your help but now im going to try and do the bios and all this hard stuff
Thanks again rjfvillarosa and Cricket

[oryx]

Assuming you have compatible DIMMs, be sure the DIMMs are in the correct slots.
Examples
- When using 1 DDR DIMM, install into DIMM B1 slot only
- When using 2 DDR DIMMs, install into DIMM A1 and DIMM B1 slots only

[flanzig1]

You really don't need to do a BIOS upgrade just yet. If there is an upgrade, do it only if the up-grade corrects a problem that you have(once the system is up and running).

[mgsfreak]

My hard drive was used on the old motherboard and had xp with sp2 installed on it, do i have to reformat it or something because my pc won't boot normally or in safe mode I tried updating the bios but it wouldnt plus flanzig1 said it isnt necessary so what shall i do next peeps?

[rjfvillarosa]

What type of XP installation is on the harddrive? is it a OEM manufacturer type like Compaq, HP or Dell? or is it an original copy that you bought?
Do you still have the disk?

[mgsfreak]

The computer shop i originally bought it from installed the os for me and was gonna charge me an extra £60 to buy the disc so i left it at that so sry im not sure what type of xp is on it

I don't mind reformatting or whatever i just want it up and running 2nite because my mums boyfriend has an xp disc on him with sp2

[rjfvillarosa]

The reason I ask about the disk is that you can do a "repair install" basically this wiil replace all of your system files and recover the existing installation of XP, BUT you need the exact version ie: XP Home, XP Pro, XP Home SP1 or 2 or XP Pro SP1 or 2 that was installed on the machine originally, you cannot use any thing else.
In respect to your mother's boyfriends copy of XP, it is one copy of XP per one computer, if his copy of XP (his CD key) is installed on another machine then you cannot install it on yours, you can use his disk provided your CD key will activate his copy of XP. so again it must be the same version as your original.

[mgsfreak]

ohh the computer shop didn't give me the cd nor the cd key
so does that mean im stuffed? im going to have to buy a new os

It doesn't attempt to boot from cd for some reason... in the setup menu it is the primary drive so it has been recognised yet it won't boot any cd?

[Cricket]

Originally Posted by mgsfreak It doesn't attempt to boot from cd for some reason... in the setup menu it is the primary drive so it has been recognised yet it won't boot any cd?

Is the optical drive set to AUTO in the BIOS?

Cricket

[mgsfreak]

errrm if you mean bios as in the motherboard menu thing then yes, sry i havent really done any of this before

[mgsfreak]

When i press f8 it lets me choose my os which is xp home edition and gives me a few more options like debuggin etc but all leads to a blue screen and restarts

How do i get it to read a cd during post?

[flanzig1]

In the BIOS, you need to set the boot order. CD-rom first/HD second/ and any other drives after that.

[mgsfreak]

cool thanks flanzig1 ill try that now

[mgsfreak]

Ok i pressed a button to start the boot cd and it started to install me mums bf xp cd and the setup wass loadin all these files when this error came up:

Stop: COOO221 UNkown Hard Error
/systemroot/system32/ntdll.dll
mean anything to anybody