new computer not booting up
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Yummm Toast with butter & strawberry jam......
It seem like you may have a short there somewhere,remove the board only use a video card,ram,cpu,heatsink & see if it powers up outside the case.
It seem like you may have a short there somewhere,remove the board only use a video card,ram,cpu,heatsink & see if it powers up outside the case.
One neat trick is running the power supply without the mobo attatched. ATX powersupplys stay on as long as they get the "power good" signal from the mobo. Thats how windows can shut em off now, end the power good signal. But you can also duplicate the power good signal, heres how.
Look at the power lead that goes to the mobo, see that theres only one green wire? It leads to the 13th pin on the connector. Grab ya a piece of wire or a paperclip and stick it into that bad boy.
Now stick the other end into any of the black ones.
Now plug in the powersupply. If the fan comes alive the powersupply is prolly good.
Pull out the wire/paperclip. See the powersupply shut down? Neat trick, eh?
Look at the power lead that goes to the mobo, see that theres only one green wire? It leads to the 13th pin on the connector. Grab ya a piece of wire or a paperclip and stick it into that bad boy.
Now stick the other end into any of the black ones.
Now plug in the powersupply. If the fan comes alive the powersupply is prolly good.
Pull out the wire/paperclip. See the powersupply shut down? Neat trick, eh?
TimeKeeper
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first clear the cmos with the jumper or by taking out the battery, there may be a bad setting
if nogo, next swap out whatever parts you can, ram, cpu, video
still nogo? Then take out mobo and powersupply, set up on a wood table or sumthin non conductive with only, cpu ram and video, that way you can be sure nuthing in the case is groundin, including ide cables and such.
still nogo? Then take out ram cpu or videa and see if you get beeps. if you can take out a part and still get no beeps, yer problem is prolly whats still on the mobo. process of elimination should lead you to which is the issue.
if you get beep codes for ram, cpu and video, then set the system on the ground and go drink lots of warm water.
if nogo, next swap out whatever parts you can, ram, cpu, video
still nogo? Then take out mobo and powersupply, set up on a wood table or sumthin non conductive with only, cpu ram and video, that way you can be sure nuthing in the case is groundin, including ide cables and such.
still nogo? Then take out ram cpu or videa and see if you get beeps. if you can take out a part and still get no beeps, yer problem is prolly whats still on the mobo. process of elimination should lead you to which is the issue.
if you get beep codes for ram, cpu and video, then set the system on the ground and go drink lots of warm water.
Just wondering per say that the LED did turn on then what can you conclude about the system because that is the exact problem I am getting.
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I had a problem like this once. I purchased like a thousand dollars worth of parts for a server I was building. I put everything together, pressed the power button and nothing happened. I must've tested each and every part of the system to see if it was the problem but it turned out to be a very simple solution. It turns out that the way that the motherboard was screwed in was shorting out the whole computer. Just make sure that you screwed everything in correctly, and if the board came with a little padded nut-kinda thing, make sure you use them to insulate the screws.
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that can be dangerous...there's a reason why it doesn't work without being connected, it can damage the power supply, and in turn, it *could* hurt you.....
Ohhh it wont hurt nuthin power supply, we've dont it fer years without anything shorting on us.?
And c'mon, I've been shocked by some big bad boy powersupply's on our 4U servers, puts hair on yer chest heh. And makes ya leap away from the computer like Kramer enters a room on Seinfield.
Its more funnny then painful...kinda.. heh
And c'mon, I've been shocked by some big bad boy powersupply's on our 4U servers, puts hair on yer chest heh. And makes ya leap away from the computer like Kramer enters a room on Seinfield.
Its more funnny then painful...kinda.. heh
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its a steady, single beap. The mobo has an LED display that shows you where in the POST it is stalled, it is stalled at C1, or checking DRAM. So I thought my RAM was DOA. So I went down to CC and picked up another chip, that one doesn't work either...perhaps my motherboard is fried after all?
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What brand of memory is it? it could just be a compatability issue, but if not then it's down to the board being the most likely culprit.
My soyo board has fan monitoring and shuts down if the CPU fan is not running. The problem: My 80cm fan spins too low so the board always shuts down. I had to connect a fast spinning 60 fan to boot into the bios where I could disable the monitoring.
Another one is my old asus k7v, which is booting for a second after I plug the power in and then shuts down again. Then I press the power button and everything spins up normal. This was confusing for the first time.
Another one is my old asus k7v, which is booting for a second after I plug the power in and then shuts down again. Then I press the power button and everything spins up normal. This was confusing for the first time.
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