Recent content by Stroud

Nevermind about the processor and the beep.. it only beeps when the hard drive is plugged in, so it's some kind of HD thing. I think all that's left now is that the motherboard must be damaged..

Turbo-Cool 350 ATX (from PC Power and Cooling) edit : I would try the power supply from the other computer (it's also ATX), but it's a Dell, heh..

The graphics card I have is an ATI Radeon 9700 Pro.. I just got it in the mail today. When I came upon this problem I tried using an old nVidia GeForce2 mx from a different computer, and the problem remained, so I don't believe it's the video card. There is nothing about on-board video in any...

I just realized I may have answered my own question in that post.. The P4B533-E, by default, uses voice messages during the POST instead of beeps. I haven't changed any of the jumpers or switches (it also uses "jumper-free mode" by default), so it shouldn't beep when I start it up. At one...

I'm beginning to worry that something may be seriously damaged. I have an ASUS p4b533-E motherboard, a Radeon 9700 Pro graphics card, and a Samsung SyncMaster 955df monitor (I don't believe that the floppy drive, processor, etc. are relevant). Both the monitor and computer are plugged in, the...

Putting together a computer, I wanted to power up the system without any drives, graphics, or a keyboard just to test the processor and memory on the motherboard before I continue. However, when I turn it on I hear nothing except fans running. I think the problem could be that I have an asus...

I want to thank everyone, by the way. The posts in this thread have been very helpful :)

Ahh, I understand :D Maybe with my next computer.. At the moment I'm just trying to get the hang of this, and I've had enough tweaking for the time being (I've spent the past five or six years tweaking an old computer just to keep it running - toward the end it was an abomination..).

"if you plan to do any overclocking (and i dont see why not with that cpu....)" heh..what, is 2.26ghz already that outdated? :)

I just put a P4B533-E board into my case, but I'm having trouble with the system panel (power/reset switches, hdd led, power led, speaker). I can't tell which wires are the ground wires (none of them are black), the +5V wires, etc. If I can turn on the computer without damaging anything if I...

I am working on my first computer, and just came upon something that doesn't quite follow with what I've learned. I got a pentium 4 2.26ghz processor, but the heatsink has no thermal tape and the instructions don't include anything about glue (which I got with the case I ordered from PC Power...