I NEED HELP! FIRST TIME BUILDING A PC!

[MegaCharger]

Ok, I got:

Abit IC7
3.0c
AIW R9700 Pro
an Antec case with truepower 430 watt
120gb WD
some sony 16x dvd drive
some sony floppy
2x512mb kingston hyperx pc3500 ram
some cheap belkin nci card, which I only put in the PCI slot but didn't connect the power cable(where the heck is the power for the pci device on this board anyways~!)

I tried my best t put them together and when I try to boot up, it will keep giving off this "bee-boo-bee-boo" sound non-stop then after 5 sec or so it will shut down. Damn it! What is wrong!? Could it be that I connected the cables wrong or something? I connected that really thick cable from the PSU to the motherboard. Then connected the fans to the cables with "FAN ONLY", and I connected the 9700 pro to one of the cables, and then at the other to the harddrive. The board comes with round cables. I connected the floppy one to the floppy and then to the mobo, this I did correctly. I also connected the IDE cable to the DVD drive(master end) to the HD(slave) then to the motherboard's 1st IDE slot. Can anybody help me!? I didn't set any jumpers for the HDD because I don't know how to nor do I know where are they! Somebody help me! This rig cost me 2k and it would suck to not being able to run it

 

[alius]

Have you called abit's tech support or consulted the manual? Isn't that sound due to bad ram? I've heard its a problem with some kingston 3500 modules. Make sure the ram is completely seated as well. Good luck.

alius

 

[spanky]

i think that is a fan warning from the bios. but u should check the manual to be sure. i do not have that exact same mobo, but i remember this happened to me with another mobo... i forgot which one... maybe my epox 8k7a. i ended up just disabling the fan warning.

 

[alius]

That could be true, reset your cmos first and see if thats the case, next time don't set the fan warning so low, 60c is a good number as severe damage happens doesn't happen until past it.

 

[MegaCharger]

Hmm another thing... I think when I looked at the bottom of my HSF(stock), it looked like it's aluminum or something. I don't think I see any thermal pad on it...... Or is it too thin for me to see or something!? BTW I didn't touched it. I wear an anti-static strap whenever I work on it and I grounded myself whenever I take a brake.

 

[alius]

Have you applied any thermal paste or pad?!?! Its essential to do so on ANY heatsink, it helps fill in all the little crevices and allows heat to be taken away from the core much more effectively.

 

[MegaCharger]

I am not away that the retail cpu comes with any artic silver or anything. A while ago I asked around and almost everyone said the stock intel cpus have thermal pad ready on their HSF...

 

[MachoDonut]

Originally posted by: spanky
i think that is a fan warning from the bios. but u should check the manual to be sure. i do not have that exact same mobo, but i remember this happened to me with another mobo... i forgot which one... maybe my epox 8k7a. i ended up just disabling the fan warning.

I also believe that is the Abit fan warning. Make sure that your HSF is spinning up when you boot.

 

[alius]

Originally posted by: alius
That could be true, reset your cmos first and see if thats the case, next time don't set the fan warning so low, 60c is a good number as severe damage happens doesn't happen until past it.

You did say this though didn't you? A thermal pad or thermal paste is essential in heat transfer, your cpu could be running too hot and as sad before the temp warning bios setting is coming into effect. Did you try reseting the cmos?

 

[extro]

Disconnect the cables to all the drives, except the hard drive and pull that NIC card.

For your first boot up of a new system, you wanna go bare bones: CPU, Memory, Video Card, Hard Drive (and some people don't even hook up the Hard Drive for the first boot).

Your goal with the first boot is to just get the system up, and to go into the BIOS to make sure the system powers on and that some basic BIOS settings are properly configured, like CPU type etc.... Once that's done, then you can add the non-essentials like DVD drive and PCI cards and tweak the BIOS to optimize performance.

You should also clear the CMOS before the first boot. This involves moving a jumper, then moving it back after a few seconds - instructions are in the manual.

I don't think you should slave the DVD to the Hard Drive, that will hinder performance. Make each the master on separate IDE channels with separate cables, and double check their jumpers for proper configuration.

For your first boot up, jumper the Hard Drive as master and put it all by itself on IDE channel 1, or just leave it disconnected completely.

If my memory isn't shot, that board has built-in LAN, and a very good one too, so don't even bother installing the Belkin NIC unless you need a second network adapter.

I don't understand what you mean by, "where the heck is the power for the pci device on this board anyways?" The power for PCI cards comes from the system bus. Only recent AGP video cards (like your Radeon) need to have a separate power connector hooked to the card as they're very voltage hungry.

 

[MegaCharger]

It is spinning. But then does it have a thermal pad on it or no!? What does it look like on an INtel hsf anyways? ARGG!

 

[alius]

Originally posted by: MegaCharger
It is spinning. But then does it have a thermal pad on it or no!? What does it look like on an INtel hsf anyways? ARGG!

When you were installing the heatsink did you notice anything on the base of it? If there was a preattached pad I would be guessing it would have something like a peice of plastic covering it to prevent dirt and the like. But as has been said, try reseting the bios first.

 

[extro]

Originally posted by: MegaCharger
It is spinning. But then does it have a thermal pad on it or no!? What does it look like on an INtel hsf anyways? ARGG!

It looks like a thin piece of foam, like foam tape, on the bottom of the heatsink.

If the CPU didn't come with a copy of install instructions, you can download them in .PDF from here..

 

[MachoDonut]

Also check your manual and make sure you have the HSF connected to the correct pins and not to the one for the chassis fan for example. If you did, the fan will spin up, but the BIOS will not see it as the HSF and start screaming.