Computer won't post help!

[imported_Adonis]

Just bought a bunch of parts:

amd 64 p3p 3200+
asus a8v deluxe
1 gig corsair twinx
1x 74 gig raptor wd
1x 200 gig seagate sata
1x 6800gt

It won't post, beep, or anything!

With the psu connected, all the fans spin up. The neon lights come on. The processor fan comes on, and the mobo led comes on.

But no beep, and no screen on the monitor.

Anything else I could try to see if my mobo is dead?

 

[pcman83]

you have the 12volt plugged in? Have your keyboard and mouse in the right ports? Asus boards wont boot if they are plugged in wrong. Try unplugging all unnessary excessories.

 

[imported_Adonis]

so far I've been booting without the mouse or keyboard attached. I assumed it would atleast get the bios screen without them, then later complain, am i right? All the psu connections to the mobo have been made by the way.

 

[pcman83]

plug the keyboard and mouse in.. See if that makes a difference. Also try taking the board out of the case and booting it to see if its a grounding issue.

 

[imported_Adonis]

I tried booting with the keyboard in, and the mobo outside the case, same result, absolutely nothing.

Arrgthg!!1

 

[pcman83]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...... Someone help us.... Maybe a bad board. Try different ram.. PSU.. Video card. To try and figure out the exact issue. I am hitting the sack man. ttyl and good luck

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: pcman83
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...... Someone help us....

*puts on cape*

So Adonis, could I trouble you to hit the Quote button and fill in your own info in place of the partially-ficticious rig below:

• CORE HARDWARE
  
  • Power supply Antec TruePower 430W
  • Motherboard Asus K8N-E Deluxe
    • Revision 1.03
    • BIOS 1005
  • CPU Athlon64 3000+
    • Core 130nm Clawhammer
  • Memory (2) 512MB Corsair XMS 3200C2 modules
    • Voltage Manually set to 2.7 volts, not AUTO
    • Timings AUTO, results in 2-3-2-6 @ 200MHz DDR
• CARDS
  • Primary video card ATI Radeon 9800Pro AGP 8x
  • PCI slot #1 (top) empty
  • PCI slot #2 empty
  • PCI slot #3 LeadTek Winfast TV/FM tuner card
  • PCI slot #4 Creative Audigy 2 ZS
  • PCI slot #5 LSI Logic Ultra160 SCSI
  • PCI slot #6 (board only has five PCI slots)
• DRIVES
  • Boot drive 160GB Seagate 7200.7
    • Interface Serial ATA
    • Controller hosting this drive nForce3 SATA controller
    • Jumper setting not applicable (SATA)
  • Additional hard drive 40GB Seagate 7200.7
    • Interface Parallel ATA
    • Controller hosting this drive nForce3 standard ATA controller, primary channel
    • Jumper setting Master
  • Additional hard drive 18GB Seagate Cheetah 15k.3
    • Interface SCSI
    • Controller hosting this drive LSI Logic U160 card
    • Jumper setting SCSI ID 01
  • Optical drive #1 NEC 3500A DVD burner
    • Interface Parallel ATA
    • Controller hosting this drive nForce3 standard ATA controller, secondary channel
    • Jumper setting Master
  • Optical drive #2 Lite-On combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW
    • Interface Parallel ATA
    • Controller hosting this drive nForce3 standard ATA controller, secondary channel
    • Jumper setting Slave

 

[imported_Adonis]

I don't have a different board to try on.

The psu powers up everything, but it won't post, so i don't think it's the problem.

It might be the ram, might not .. right now I've got the system apart to check the cpu for damage, it appears to be fine. I'm too tired to put it all back together to test ram so I think I'm gonna rma the board and try a new one on monday.

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: Adonis
I don't have a different board to try on.

The psu powers up everything, but it won't post, so i don't think it's the problem.

It might be the ram, might not .. right now I've got the system apart to check the cpu for damage, it appears to be fine. I'm too tired to put it all back together to test ram so I think I'm gonna rma the board and try a new one on monday.

Don't give up yet. Fill in my template and I bet I can nail the underlying issue(s) for you.

 

[imported_Adonis]

Originally posted by: mechBgon

Originally posted by: pcman83
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...... Someone help us....

*puts on cape*

So Adonis, could I trouble you to hit the Quote button and fill in your own info in place of the partially-ficticious rig below:

• CORE HARDWARE
  
  • Power supply enermax noisetaker 470watt
  • Motherboard asus a8v deluxe 939
    • Revision 2.00
    • BIOS factory stock i assume, can't get into bios screen yet to check
  • CPU Athlon64 3200+ 939
    • Core 90nm winchester i believe
  • Memory (2) 512mb corsair twinx pc3200 cas 2
    • Voltage voltage unknown at this time
    • Timings I have no idea what my stock timings are right now
• CARDS
  • Primary video card chaintech apogee 6800gt
  • PCI slot #1 (top) empty
  • PCI slot #2 empty
  • PCI slot #3 empty
  • PCI slot #4 empty
  • PCI slot #5 empty
  • PCI slot #6 empty
• DRIVES
  • Boot drive 74 gig wd raptor sata
    • Interface Serial ATA
    • Controller hosting this drive k8t800 on board
    • Jumper setting not applicable (SATA)
  • Additional hard drive 200 gig seagate barracuda sata
    • Interface sata
    • Controller hosting this drive k8t800 on board
    • Jumper setting Master
  • Additional hard drive none
    • Interface SCSI
    • Controller hosting this drive none
    • Jumper setting SCSI ID 01
  • Optical drive #1 none at this time
    • Interface Parallel ATA
    • Controller hosting this drive none
    • Jumper setting Master
  • Optical drive #2 none at this time.
    • Interface Parallel ATA
    • Controller hosting this drive none
    • Jumper setting Slave

• 
  

 

[mechBgon]

Fantastic Now look at your BIOS chip, located in this location, and it'll have several numbers on it, one of them is the BIOS version that it shipped with. It'll be 100x, such as 1006 or something. What's its revision on yours?

If it is before 1007, then put one memory module in slot DIMM_B1 and see if it'll fire up now. This appears to be a workaround so that you can get the BIOS updated to 1007 or 1008, which gives the board proper Winchester support. If you need an assist with updating the BIOS, I can give more details on the traditional boot-floppy method.

edit: by the way, if it does fire up on one module, go into the BIOS and raise the memory voltage to 2.7 volts, then do a Save & Exit, and let it proceed all the way through the next POST until it stalls, so it knows that the new setting is OK to retain.

 

[imported_Adonis]

A8V04
1007
891C
GM 25H

1007 is appears.

 

[mechBgon]

Hmm, then you could try the single-module-in-DIMM_B1 trick but that is probably not the issue. If it does work, upgrade to 1008.

Let me ask you some potentially-dumb questions next:

1. Is the motherboard mounted on standoffs
2. Is the ATX12V cable plugged into the mobo
3. Does the 6800GT have its auxiliary-power cable hooked to the power supply
4. Check that the PSU is set for the right voltage for where you live, 115 volts or 230 volts, on its slider switch (assuming it has one)

*crosses fingers*

 

[imported_Adonis]

I tried booting the system with a single module in the ram slot closest to the processor.

Yes, the board was on the brass standoffs.

I had both the 20 pin main power connector plugged, as well as the 12volt next to the cpu.

The psu IS set for 115 volts.

 

[mechBgon]

Is the one by the processor DIMM_B1? I'm over at my folks' house and don't have my A8V Deluxe manual (and I'm on 56k ). And the 6800GT, it has its power pigtail straight to the power supply too, correct?

If so, then I'm out of easy ideas and sorry to keep you up when you're tired Good luck, in any case!

 

[imported_Adonis]

No, it's not ... hmm ... it's a bit of work, but I'll put it back together just to check on that.

 

[mechBgon]

Congrats on getting a really decent power supply, by the way. The last two A8V Deluxe troubleshoots I tried to help with, they had really marginal PSUs to make things extra fun

 

[imported_Adonis]

if the ram in the b1 slot doesn't help, do you think it's the board that's fuct?

 

[ShizNet]

dude.. u r in da BEST as u can be
u get to BIOS >> set everyThing to minimum: such as memory to 100, 133, 166.. (anyThing but 200, or timing relaxed) - will give u idea about your memory

set your voltage as hi as u can.. to see where u r in this DEP. either PSU or MoBo needs more juice

try to remove every card but video (also try to boot w/ PCI card if u have)

check your HardDrive jumpers (master, slave) - and unplug any CD/DVD drives

make sure that floppy (if there is one) is pluged right: someTimes it's easy to mess up last pair while pluging in..

last thing: to post u need (min) mobo, cpu, mem, vid, HD (psu ofCourse) unPlug as much as u can... and start slow - BIOS is good news.. not BAD

 

[stevty2889]

Do you have the PC speaker connected? If so try booting up with no ram, and see if it beeps at you..

 

[imported_Adonis]

Originally posted by: ShizNet
dude.. u r in da BEST as u can be
u get to BIOS >> set everyThing to minimum: such as memory to 100, 133, 166.. (anyThing but 200, or timing relaxed) - will give u idea about your memory

set your voltage as hi as u can.. to see where u r in this DEP. either PSU or MoBo needs more juice

try to remove every card but video (also try to boot w/ PCI card if u have)

check your HardDrive jumpers (master, slave) - and unplug any CD/DVD drives

make sure that floppy (if there is one) is pluged right: someTimes it's easy to mess up last pair while pluging in..

last thing: to post u need (min) mobo, cpu, mem, vid (psu ofCourse) unPlug as much as u can... and start slow - BIOS is good news.. not BAD

Ummm ... i can't get into my bios, the comp won't post. Black comp screen, nothing.

 

[ShizNet]

like last dude said: speakers r pluged?
there r 'ton' of small cables to mobo from your box... and beeps can give u idea what's wrong

 

[mechBgon]

You might also check the Clear CMOS jumper just in case it's been shipped to you in the Clear position instead of the normal running position.

Also, if you have another known-working AGP card you could test in the rig, and if you can validate that your 6800GT works in another computer, that helps build your confidence level that the mobo is faulty and needs RMA'ing. Ditto for the RAM, you can try a stick of mild-mannered PC2100 or something in place of the Corsair, and test the Corsair in another DDR-compatible system. The CPU should run with PC2100.

Last gasp: the AGP slots can be pretty stiff when new, sometimes. And there are two layers of contacts in there. I'm sure you already checked the seating of the video card, but just in case... ream it in firmly.

 

[ShizNet]

good point about CMOS jumper, but AGP issue should be handled by BEEPS from mobo as well as RAM

 

[ShizNet]

which one of HDs u r trying?? looks like one of them (or both) r sATA.. try may be some IDE (old school, just any)