Ok, it's time to call in some big guns on this one. As of now, my new baby rig is DOA. Unfortunately, because everything on the build is new, and there's a dearth of parts for me to swap out, I've got a few problems here I'm struggling to interpret.
This is a fairly straightforward build based around a Biostar T-Power P45, a q6600, and a gtx 260. A complete rundown of my parts from Newegg can be found herehere .
Got the last few parts (monitor, GPU) today and put them together. I'm still getting the same post code from before (AMI bios, post code 03). Before, I'd been lead to believe it was b/c I didn't have a video card inserted yet, which, now that I think about it, is pretty funny. Anyways, since the monitor and video card wasn't here yet, I wasn't sweating it that much.
Now, I've got two problems. First, the mysterious "03" code and what I need to do about it. Second, my monitor shows no DVI output.
The monitor works, and does recieve signal from my older P4 build. Sending video signal is about all that build is good for, though, and my normal web-surfer, my laptop, died promptly after I placed my order for the new build.
As such, please note that I'm left without a computer to research this stuff with! Uber-annoying! I'm out at a public library right now, and it sucks balls. I'll coax the GF into bringing over her laptop after work tonight, but I wanted to get going on this ASAP.
Problems:
[*]Doesn't look like the mobo is getting past post code "03", as shown in the digital readout on the Biostar T-Power P45. The manual included with the mobo isn't very clear on what that means, or what I should do. I forgot to bring the text with me to quote, but it said something about disabling parity, NMI, and some other stuff. None of which I know how to do atm, especially w/o video output or some kind of interaction with the actual BIOS.
[*]No output, whatsoever, from the video card to the monitor. I double-checked to make sure my mobo was set up for the 1x16 PCI-E, not 2x8 crossfire, and that my jumpers and everything were in the right spot. The video card is recieving power (fan turns on).
I'm looking into both of these issues right now, but any experience with these cards would be helpful.
I've gone back through the build and double-checked my connections to both the PSU and the mobo. I'm stumped at the moment. I'll keep looking into it, but this seemed like a good time to make a post and then check back later for possible answers.
Thoughts:
- Both the mobo and the vid card are new, and untested. It's hard for me to tell whether the BIOS boot-up isn't getting far enough to output anything to the video card, or whether the video card is DOA. There's no immediately available way for me to check this (ie, no friends have compatible hardware, and I don't have anything extra lying about).
-S
This is a fairly straightforward build based around a Biostar T-Power P45, a q6600, and a gtx 260. A complete rundown of my parts from Newegg can be found herehere .
Got the last few parts (monitor, GPU) today and put them together. I'm still getting the same post code from before (AMI bios, post code 03). Before, I'd been lead to believe it was b/c I didn't have a video card inserted yet, which, now that I think about it, is pretty funny. Anyways, since the monitor and video card wasn't here yet, I wasn't sweating it that much.
Now, I've got two problems. First, the mysterious "03" code and what I need to do about it. Second, my monitor shows no DVI output.
The monitor works, and does recieve signal from my older P4 build. Sending video signal is about all that build is good for, though, and my normal web-surfer, my laptop, died promptly after I placed my order for the new build.
As such, please note that I'm left without a computer to research this stuff with! Uber-annoying! I'm out at a public library right now, and it sucks balls. I'll coax the GF into bringing over her laptop after work tonight, but I wanted to get going on this ASAP.Problems:
[*]Doesn't look like the mobo is getting past post code "03", as shown in the digital readout on the Biostar T-Power P45. The manual included with the mobo isn't very clear on what that means, or what I should do. I forgot to bring the text with me to quote, but it said something about disabling parity, NMI, and some other stuff. None of which I know how to do atm, especially w/o video output or some kind of interaction with the actual BIOS.
[*]No output, whatsoever, from the video card to the monitor. I double-checked to make sure my mobo was set up for the 1x16 PCI-E, not 2x8 crossfire, and that my jumpers and everything were in the right spot. The video card is recieving power (fan turns on).
I'm looking into both of these issues right now, but any experience with these cards would be helpful.
I've gone back through the build and double-checked my connections to both the PSU and the mobo. I'm stumped at the moment. I'll keep looking into it, but this seemed like a good time to make a post and then check back later for possible answers.
Thoughts:
- Both the mobo and the vid card are new, and untested. It's hard for me to tell whether the BIOS boot-up isn't getting far enough to output anything to the video card, or whether the video card is DOA. There's no immediately available way for me to check this (ie, no friends have compatible hardware, and I don't have anything extra lying about).
-S
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