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OMG I f'ed up my computer somehow please help!

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fatlaxg30

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OK i thought i was doing well for my first build until i started messing with it. Here are my specs:

P180
MSI K8N Neo4 SLI
AMD 64 3000+ Venice w/ Zalman 7000
1GB Geil Value Ram
BFG 6600 PCI-E
120GB Seagate 7200.7 SATA
80GB Western Digital HD
NEC 3540 DVDRW
Floppy drive
Antec Truepower II 550W PSU

Originally I had the Seagate drive, dvd drive, video card, and ram hooked up and everything worked great. It was prime stable for 8 hours till i stopped the test, boot times were fine 3DMark scores were good all that stuff. Then I hooked up everything listed above, and for the sake of neat cabling I took the case fans out of the molex listed "Fan Only" and plugged both top fans together then into a normal molex. I pushed the power button, everything started as normal for about 2 seconds, then the fans stopped spinning and the power stopped and nothing happened. Now when I press the power button, absolutely nothing happens, no clicking no fans nothing. I reset the CMOS and plugged the fans back into "fan only" molexes and still nothing.

I know this was long but i would really appreciate any help. I'm so upset and i have no idea what to do. Thanks guys
 
What does the D-Bracket2 that supports the 4 LED diagnostic display indicate? You may have the processor or heatsink installed incorrectly. The application of the thermal material between the two is very important. I would use an 80 pin IDE cable for the harddrive. The jumper settings need to be correct. I would put the NEC drive on the secondary master by itself. You could disconnect the new parts to see if that eliminates the problem.

The fan only connection on the Antec is used to slow the fans to save energy and less noise when the temperature is down. The Antec would regulate the fan speed. The fans will probably just run at full speed the way you have it hooked up.

If it is not powering on at all you could have a short somewhere. You might want to pull everything and try and start it up on a piece of cardboard.
 
The other thing coming to mind is that WD ATA/100 hard drives want to be jumpered for Single Master (not regular Master or any other setting) if they've got an IDE cable all to themselves. Single Master is easy, just take the jumper cap off the pins and leave it off. Try that.

Also,

1) check that your case's Power Button wire is still on the mobo's pins, maybe it's gotten pulled lose while you were adding stuff.

2) if the system powers up when you plug it into the wall after having it unplugged, but then powers down again after a few seconds, maybe the case's actual power switch, located behind the power button, is jammed in the "held-down" position. That sometimes does happen, and could be from a faulty power switch or from a faulty bezel button or from the bezel just not being attached quite right.


/brainstorms

good luck! 🙂
 
thanks guys took it all apart and now its working back in the case but doesnt want to register the WD hdd that i have as a slave to the NEC
you think i should put them on two separate cables?
 
Open up the Control Panel and under Administrative Tools you will find Disk Management. You will probably have to Partition and Format the drive from there, since you added the drive after the original SATA drive installation.
 
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