Newbie Builder Problem

[whoistoys]

Hi!

I've been following mechbgons very thorough and excellent guide, but I'm at the stage where I put the motherboard/ram/video card on the cardboard box to test it out

The system won't post

It gives me one long repeating beep, does the same thing when I take the ram out entirely so I'm thinking it's a ram problem

I've tried both ram sticks in both slots 1 at a time, no dice

Any help would be appreciated

Soltek k8an2e-GR
2 samsung 512mb DDR 400
Antec SLK2650 BQE
xfx geforce 6600 GT

is all that's hooked up atm
thx again
darren

 

[DnetMHZ]

Have you checked your motherboard docs to determine what that beep code means?

 

[mechBgon]

Is the ATX12V cable plugged into the mobo, and is the auxiliary power cable hooked up to your video card (assuming that card uses one)? I'm off to work but I'll try to check back when I'm on a break later today. Hang in there

Oh, and what power supply do you have, what brand & model?

 

[whoistoys]

Hi mechbgon,

It's the supplied antec 350 Watt that comes with the case

[EDIT] - Antec website says it's the smartpower 350W model

The 4 + 20 pin power connectors are in and the video card has a molex plugged into it as well

To DnetMhZ,

Apparently it means it's a ram issue

Thats not from motherboard manual however, doesn't say anything about beep code in the manual, got that from another website listing beep codes for the AWARD bios.

Thx for the speedy replies guys
still hanging on!

darren

 

[whoistoys]

Big improvement!

I got it to boot consistently even with both ram sticks in!

Only problem now is this:

I have a dvd player and a seagate barracuda 80 gig hDD

The motherboard came with a purple cable with 3 ends

Master/Slave/Blue

The dvd player seems to need one of those?
I put the dvd as master and the HDD as slave

Hard to do anythign else because the slave cable is in the middle where the HDD sits, do I have to flip these around/buy a seperate cable for the dvd player or what?

Im really happy to be @ this problem though
Less to worry about

darren

 

[whoistoys]

Just wanted to thank mechbgon for an excellent guide I am now installing Windows XP Pro

All sorted out

This is by far the greatest tech help/review site kudos to you all

darren

 

[Fern]

Originally posted by: whoistoys
Hi!

I've been following mechbgons very thorough and excellent guide, but I'm at the stage where I put the motherboard/ram/video card on the cardboard box to test it out

The system won't post

It gives me one long repeating beep, does the same thing when I take the ram out entirely so I'm thinking it's a ram problem

I've tried both ram sticks in both slots 1 at a time, no dice

Any help would be appreciated

Soltek k8an2e-GR
2 samsung 512mb DDR 400
Antec SLK2650 BQE
xfx geforce 6600 GT

is all that's hooked up atm
thx again
darren

Ummm... Howzit gonna POST w/o a CPU?

 

[Fern]

Originally posted by: whoistoys
Big improvement!

I got it to boot consistently even with both ram sticks in!

Only problem now is this:

I have a dvd player and a seagate barracuda 80 gig hDD

The motherboard came with a purple cable with 3 ends

Master/Slave/Blue

The dvd player seems to need one of those?
I put the dvd as master and the HDD as slave That should not be aproblem

Hard to do anythign else because the slave cable is in the middle where the HDD sits, do I have to flip these around/buy a seperate cable for the dvd player or what? Just use an old 40 wire IDE cable for the dvd. That way they'll be on diff IDE channels and the data between the two will move faster

Im really happy to be @ this problem though
Less to worry about

darren