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I've never been so frustrated (building new computer)

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pkomma

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Here's the run down so far:
I put everything together, I try and start it and it just wouldn't do anything. People sugested flipping cmos, etc. didn't do anything. I switched power supply (300w) with a old 145 w power supply I had and it started churning along. No video, but it turned itself on. So I figure power supply is bad, I drive 2 hours and they change it up. I put the new power supply in there, and it boots up. On epox 8k7a, I get 00 on leads, no beeps, no video, no lights on mouse or keyboard. I try and mess with cmos again, etc. Next thing I know, the fans stop, and only the power/hd light stays on. I turn it off, then after that it won't turn on again. Everytime I reset cmos and turn it on, the fans like move 1 inch, but do not completely start. I switched to a different power supply, and it still won't do anything. IS this motherboard bad? I'm so confused, never had this much trouble _just getting it to start_. Jeezus, any ideas, before I begin to throw stuff around room?
 
HMM. first thing i would do is check the wire running from the ON/OFF button to your motherboard. Second check the Voltage switch on the back of the power supply and verify that its the correct amount for your country. Then try getting a different comp and trying on the new parts in it to verify which parts are good. Then you can go on from here 🙂
 
dude i hear you when i was building my last comp it seemed like every thing that could go wrong did but i guess thats the way life works
 
When you reset the bios are you removing the power cord from your system? Even with the power switch off, there is still power on the motherboard.
 
you might want to take a close look at the way the motherboard is mounted. sometimes the mounting points (standoffs) can short against the back of the board and cause all kinds of strange behavior. Try booting with just the motherboard and a video card. If it still won't post it has to be either the card, the PSU or the prosessor. You should be able to post and gain access to the cmos menue with just these things installed. One more thought, now and then even the best manufacturer lets a bad board or processor slip by. Good luck
 
i personally have always had bizarre problems when i try to start comp for first time w/ both mouse and keyboard plugged in. just weird quirk mb but that's helped me many times, unplugging mouse till it boots once then restarting and plugging mouse back in.
 
Empty the mainboard...

Leave ONLY the mainboard, case, cpu, and cpu fan connected and mounted.
Remove/disconnect- video card, ram, NIC, floppy, cd, eveything else.

Now will it power on? If it does you will get the beeps, don;t worry about that you want it power up before installing the other stuff. If it powers on then add the video board and try to power up, does it power up? If so, then add your NIC, and power up, does it power up?

You get the idea, start from a BASIC install and add til you find the problem.

Now if it won't power up with just the mainboard, cpu, and cpu fan....
Then chances are the board is grounding out on the case. Time to recheck isolate your mounts.

Best of Luck and BECAREFUL!
 
Ok, I'll admit to a problem that made me blush.

I've bought dozens of cases from a local computer store to build computers for friends and clients so I got to know the owner pretty well. One system I put together, just did not want to boot. I spent an hour or so trouble shooting, pulled everything back out of the case and setup the system on the bench with another power supply. Lo and behold it booted fine. Brought the case back to my buddy and told him the story.

He looked at the back of the case and flipped the AC input jumper on the supply from 220V to 110V. ooops, it happens. Check that...


Good Luck.


Johnny
 
I don't know if this will help you any but my roomate just had a simalar problem on a system he was building, he would go to turn it on and it would power on for like 1/4 a second and then turn off, it turned out to be that he did not have his fan plugged into the CPU fan header on the MB, he connected the chipset fan there and it powered right up
 
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