If you have a second free, and have any knowledge of computers.....

[Yeeny]

Please help, before I end up bald. Problems. I can't figure out whats going on, and its really driving me crazy. Thanks in advance if you can help me, and if not, well, thanks for reading this anyway.

 

[pillage2001]

You could try checking if there's any short circuit on the board. This is a common problem. Put a washer in between the screws and the board before you screw them on the mobo.

 

[Yeeny]

I thought of that pillage, but it would run fine for four or five days, and then just die. The mobo was screwed in tightly, so I know it didn't shift and touch anything. Thanks though.

 

[loup garou]

You're saying the system doesn't turn on at all, or that it turns on (fans & HD's go, etc), but the monitor doesn't come on? It doesn't beep at all does it?

 

[Yeeny]

Everything is getting power, HD spins, fans spin, etc, but the monitor light stays orange. No beeps at all.

 

[loup garou]

hmph...I thought it might have been the vid card needing more power, but if it doesn't beep, it's probably not. Sorry.

 

[Bluga]

so the mobo was fine on 3 different psu's?

 

[Yeeny]

No, the mobo had problems on three different psus, the processor was fine when it was tested out of the mobo, in my friends mobo. Ack, thats a mouthful.

 

[yiwonder]

Wow, today's been busy, huh? Driving and now this? Wow. You should throw your arms up in the air and just say "hmmppfff".

Will it post with just the "minimal" amount of components (like video card, 1 stick of RAM, CPU, and I'm sure I'm forgetting something here....I'm tired)?

 

[Bluga]

have u tried clearing CMOS?

or boot WITHOUT 30 gig Maxtor 7200 HD + Soundblaster Live

or try different RAM?

 

[Yeeny]

It won't post with just the cpu, ram and video card, I tried that. And yes, its been quite a day, maybe I should crawl into bed and just hide for a while.

 

[Yeeny]

<< have u tried clearing CMOS?

or boot WITHOUT 30 gig Maxtor 7200 HD + Soundblaster Live

or try different RAM? >>



Yes

Yes

and I don't have any different ram, just the stuff I am using now. But it works in this computer, so it must be fine I would think.

 

[yiwonder]

Did you try the video card on someone else's system or try a different video card? (Sorry if you answered this somewhere, but I don't think you did...)

 

[Yeeny]

Yep, I am using that now too. Everything is in this system I am on now, except for the cpu, the psu and the motherboard.

 

[yiwonder]

Are there metal stand-offs between the case and the motherboard? Did one maybe touch the motherboard outside of that metal "ring" around the screw hole on the board? (I know, this is a stretch, but it's just the next thing that came to mind...)

Edit: Does the PSU work with your current computer?

 

[kamiam]

did the problem withBOTH boards start out on the SAME piower supply??? if so it might be a poorly regulated power supply thats getting "flakey" but only intermittently...do you have the computer on a surge proctector??

 

[Yeeny]

<< Are there metal stand-offs between the case and the motherboard? Did one maybe touch the motherboard outside of that metal "ring" around the screw hole on the board? (I know, this is a stretch, but it's just the next thing that came to mind...)

Edit: Does the PSU work with your current computer? >>



The puter I am on now has an AT power supply, and the other one has a ATX, so I can't test that, hmmm. Maybe thats something looking into, but it was two different psus..... arrg, I am getting frazzled. Thanks for trying though, I really appreciate it. And I took the standoffs out that I was not using. It also ran for days before doing this, so I don't think its shorting out.

Kamiam: No, I used a different PSU and tower for the second mobo, just in case that was the problem, but it did the same thing.

 

[yiwonder]

I KNOW THE ANSWER!!!!







You're cursed.

 

[Yeeny]

<< I KNOW THE ANSWER!!!!







You're cursed. >>



DOH!!

BTW, thanks, I needed that laugh right now.

 

[lowtech1]

Try boot the system at default cpu/bios setting (drop the bus to 100 or 66mhz) to see if their is problem with the bus or ram.

 

[Narse]

<<

<< Are there metal stand-offs between the case and the motherboard? Did one maybe touch the motherboard outside of that metal "ring" around the screw hole on the board? (I know, this is a stretch, but it's just the next thing that came to mind...)

Edit: Does the PSU work with your current computer? >>



The puter I am on now has an AT power supply, and the other one has a ATX, so I can't test that, hmmm. Maybe thats something looking into, but it was two different psus..... arrg, I am getting frazzled. Thanks for trying though, I really appreciate it. And I took the standoffs out that I was not using. It also ran for days before doing this, so I don't think its shorting out.

Kamiam: No, I used a different PSU and tower for the second mobo, just in case that was the problem, but it did the same thing. >>



I think you are still having a PS problem, If all you componets are running in another computer minis the board and PS then its the PS

 

[yiwonder]

Well, maybe you should sleep on it, come back tomorrow, and the answer might just be looking you in the face.

I remember a couple months ago, I was routing my cables in my case so that they weren't a jumbled mess. Well, I thought I'd go ahead and round the cables while I was at it. I removed the cables, rounded them, and then went to put them back in. Well, I was running a RAID array at the time, so I had to put the IDE cables from the hard drives into the RAID controllers and not the regular IDE connectors. Well...guess what I did... I put the HD cables into the wrong IDE connectors. I sat there for 40 minutes wondering why it couldn't find a RAID array or an OS to boot too... I went to sleep, woke up the next morning, glanced in my case, and immediately realized what I had done. Boy did I feel stupid!!

Edit: Yes the PS looks like it could be it, but you said the same thing happened with two different motherboards being setup and run for the first time with different PS's, so I really don't know. Maybe it's something you did when you put it together.

 

[pillage2001]

Simple, get a Dell.

 

[Yeeny]

<< I think you are still having a PS problem, If all you componets are running in another computer minis the board and PS then its the PS >>



So, should I try a stronger PSU with this? I thought 300w would be more than ample enough for what I have.

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

I have to laugh just a bit, I don't think she knows there's other forums. GH, etc.