Hey all,
So I picked up one of these boards to go with a new Q9550, Corsair DDR-1066, and HD4870.
I just got around to installing it all today, but on booting, no video, just black screen. The HD activity suggests it's booting up, but can't see anything.
I saw that this might be due to a short, so I pulled the board and booted outside the case with minimal components. It booted ok then, so I reinstalled, test-booting as I connected various components, eventually it booted into windows no problem.
But I was installing the new drivers, and on reboot, same problem again. I went through basically the same process, and got it up and running, but again it crapped out.
Figuring I had a bum board, I went and installed all the parts into my old P5K-E, but now the old board has the same problem. I know it's not the video card, as I tried my old one already. Any idea on whether the new CPU or RAM are likely to cause this? What's the fastest way to narrow it down? It's a little difficult when I can't see the BIOS, and I can't tell what step exactly makes it responsive again (other than just disconnect everything).
Thanks in advance.
[edit] Mods: wasn't sure if this should go in the big P5Q-deluxe thread, let me know.
So I picked up one of these boards to go with a new Q9550, Corsair DDR-1066, and HD4870.
I just got around to installing it all today, but on booting, no video, just black screen. The HD activity suggests it's booting up, but can't see anything.
I saw that this might be due to a short, so I pulled the board and booted outside the case with minimal components. It booted ok then, so I reinstalled, test-booting as I connected various components, eventually it booted into windows no problem.
But I was installing the new drivers, and on reboot, same problem again. I went through basically the same process, and got it up and running, but again it crapped out.
Figuring I had a bum board, I went and installed all the parts into my old P5K-E, but now the old board has the same problem. I know it's not the video card, as I tried my old one already. Any idea on whether the new CPU or RAM are likely to cause this? What's the fastest way to narrow it down? It's a little difficult when I can't see the BIOS, and I can't tell what step exactly makes it responsive again (other than just disconnect everything).
Thanks in advance.
[edit] Mods: wasn't sure if this should go in the big P5Q-deluxe thread, let me know.
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