A8N-E Boot up problem

[Belly5uk]

System spec

AMD (Venice) Athlon 64 3500+
Asus A8N-E SKT 939 NFORCE 4 AUDIO LAN PCI-Express ATX
Maxtor 6L160M0 Diamondmax 10 160GB 7200RPM SATA/150 8MB Cache
Pioneer DVR-110D 16x DVD±RW Dual Layer Internal IDE
Sapphire Radeon X300SE PCI-EXPRESS 128MB DDR TV-Out
Zalman (CNPS7700-CU) 120mm Super Flower Cooler AMD and P4
Crucial memory CT2KIT6464Z335 (2 x 512MB) DDR PC2700 ? CL=2.5 ? UNBUFFERED ? NON-ECC ? DDR333 ? 2.5V ? 64Meg x 64

I have just built this system for a friend.

I have put it all together and pressed the on/off button the Zalman fan spins up the light comes on on the DVD writer and that's it. NO beep, nothing on the screen. the fans still spin etc. etc. but no post beep or anything on the screen :|

Has anybody else had this problem or can recommend how I can get over it 😕

The other thing is, the friend has stated that they did not want a floppy drive fitted as they had a USB one that they would use as and when they needed to. I have read the forums and there seems to be a problem with booting from the SATA drive. any recommdations please 😕

 

[WobbleWobble]

Are you able to swap out parts with your own PC? Try swapping out the RAM, video card or anything else. What power supply are you using? There are compatibility issues with the Antec NeoHE.

As for the SATA needing floppies, if you connect your SATA drive to the nVidia ports instead of the Silicon Image ports, you will NOT need to load any special drivers during Windows setup.