New PC...No Post...No Ideas...HELP!

[Mundos]

a8n-e
3800+
2x1gb pc3200 hynix
x1800gto
wd2500ks


i tested both sticks of ram separately as well...i get no post and no picture...so either its the video card, or im missing something...im testing outside the case with a stock 420w psu and the motherboard is getting power...as are the individual components


any ideas?

 

[stu1811]

do the fans spin up?

 

[Caecus Veritas]

are you getting any beeps or is it just quiet with no video?

try testing it with just the bare minimum - mobo, cpu, ram and video card
also, make sure the video card is properly secured

 

[Mundos]

no anything...everything is powered, ie spinning...i reseated the vcard and ram...and d/c'ed the optical and hd...same deal...

i wish i had a pci vcard to try...but all i have is agp

 

[RallyMaster]

what PSU?

 

[Mundos]

just a cheap aspire...but with just those few components attached, it shouldn't be an issue


i have a noisetaker 420 but its already in the case and it'd be a total pain to hook it up...so id like to eliminate the other possibilities first...heh

 

[Mundos]

i forgot to connect the 4 pin power connector.... d'oh

 

[iamaelephant]

Originally posted by: Mundos
i forgot to connect the 4 pin power connector.... d'oh

Haha I didn't exactly the same thing when I put together my new system last week! I had never seen a seperate power plug for the CPU before so it sort of caught me off guard. I was close to asking for help on AT but decided to read the mobo manual first

 

[JM Aggie08]

Originally posted by: Mundos
i forgot to connect the 4 pin power connector.... d'oh

heh, i was about to type to check that. that happened to me when i first got my system. ended up having to go buy a new psu since my current one didnt have the 4 pin 12v connector needed for an Athlon 64 or Pentium 4 or higher.

 

[Kakumba]

Man, hope I dont make this mistake (considering how much time I have been waiting for my PSU which has the right connectors for my new motherboard, I would hope I remember them)