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Asus P4B-266 + P4 1.6ghz Northwood Problems...

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GlassDaddy90

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I am working on this PC for a friend. I had it built and running somewhat already. When I very first turned on the power, the fan on the CPU would just flicker, and never spool up. The computer would not boot either. After tinkering with a few things, I'm not sure what, the thing finally booted. I installed Win XP for her and gave it to her to take home. She got it home, plugged it in and installed a few drivers, and upon reboot...well...it never did. When you hit the power switch, the HD light comes and stays on, the power light stays on, one of the CD-ROM drives light stays on, the other CD-ROM's light does not illuminate, and he HD doesn't consistently spool up. Just goofing around, I will wiggle some of the drives cables with the power on and every now and then , and with no consistency, an audible warning tone which sounds alot like a siren, starts going off. Never does the monitor power up with anything on the screen either. I have removed everything in the PC except for the video card, HD, RAM and CPU to try and narrow it down, but it still performs the same. I've swapped video cards and hd's with spares and the same thing still happens. In the Asus manual, it said that this CPU+Mobo configuration requires a minimum of a 230 watt PS but a recommended 300 watt PS. She has a 250 and I tried a spare 230 as well, and get the same results. I believe I have narrowed it down to the 1.)CPU 2.)Mobo 3.)RAMor 4.)a weak power supply. Do any of you have any ideas or have seen this before with this type of config? I would appreciate any help...thanks.

J.Beck
 
1) take the ram out and insert again. Be sure it goes back in.
2) change the fan header. Put the cpu fan in the proper header if it is not.
 
Thanks for the quick reply zzz. I have already tried removing and reseating the RAM but get the same results. I've even tried inserting them into the other slots, but still no workie. By the CPU fan header, are you talking about the plug that goes into the mobo? I have tried it in a few other places (case fan slot for one) and it still does the same erratic flickering. Any other ideas? Thanks.
 
what kind of power supply is it ? That seems to be the problem here, that would be my first guess. You should go with atleast 300 w for the P4s nowadays (brand name like Antec or Enermax).

if it is a generic PSU, thats your problem. replace the PSU and everything should be fine. oh yeah, one more thing, make sure that the PSU connecter is connected properly to the Motherboard. unplug it and plug it back on. Hmm....one more thing....Did you plug in the extra 12v plug that is required for the P4s ?

you might have been using an old PSU that doesnt has that 12v plug. Make sure you do that.
post back here and will be glad to help you again

i am 99% sure that it is your PSU. When you power it on, it is just on the edge of logic high and logic low. So it might power on sometimes while other times it wont. I would definately go with atleast a 300w PSU, would recommend a 400w though.

Thanks
 
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