Recent content by ChildeRoland

Thanks. Tried seating, re-seating the card multiple times, never once got signal.... I've ordered a cheap-o PCI graphics card from Newegg so I can test/configure the system while I wait for the replacement GPU. Green power light on the XFX 6800GT was on, so I assume it was getting the...

I may soon cry like a little girl. I got the CPU back, and it wasn't a CPU problem. With the GPU in, the post LED indicates it's hung on "processor initialization". With the GPU out, the LED goes through full post, hangs on floppy controller initialization, then when I hit enter it...

Just to be clear, you had a faulty CPU, and your PC video wouldn't come on, but all power (drive doors, fans) was on?

Still waiting on the RMA'd CPU, of course. What are the chance this condition could be caused by a failed GPU? And if the GPU was bad, wouldn't the Bios beep? Isn't that the POINT of the bios, to indicate failed hardware? Or could it be my power-supply? (PC Power and Cooling 470...

Ordered it two weeks ago, and my Dell status still says it's "in production". According to Dell support, there was a rush of orders and they're having problem meeting demand. Hopefully they're ironing out the buzzing sound and the leaning display issues during this backlog. The rep I...

Funny you should mention that, because about the same time you typed this, I found that part in the motherboard box and installed it. According to the LED lights, it hangs during the "processor initialization" phase. ONCE I got it to hang on the "floppy drive controller initialization" LED...

Yes, both the 24 pin and the 12v 4-pin were plugged in.

No problem, I appreciate the help. Yeah, speaker is connected. (Oddly the highly pimped "voice" feature of the a8n-sli never said a word, though it did beep if parts were removed) I think it's the CPU. I missed this before, but I noticed the MSI K8N Neo4 has a nice bracket with USB ports...

My problem is my other system is an Intel AGP with RDRam, so there's not much (none, actually) cross-testing I can do. I'm thinking my next course of action is to try to get NewEgg to exchange the CPU and GPU at the same time. Unless there's some other way to determine which component it is...

I've tried running it outside the case with no luck. Tried running it with just 1 DIMM, CPU, and Vid card installed, same problem - no post. Haven't tried booting it up without the CPU, yet. What will that tell me if it does the same thing with no CPU?

Monitor works, as I'm using it for my other pc. Card only has dual DVI, so I'm using DVI1 with an adapter to VGA monitor.

Hi guys, long time reader, first time poster. Please be gentle. I'm building a new PC with the following components: Athlon 64 3500+ (130nm) 1 Gig Corsair Value Select (2 Dimms) DDR PC-3200 XFX GeForce 6800GT MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Seagate 160 Gig 7200RPM Sony DVD Burner, NEC DVD...