Please help me!

[b1grod]

Hi, I have this problem. I just spent a lot of money on a comuter that I just built. I was hoping one of you might be able to help me. Everything is plugged in properly and ready to go. AFter trying several things, we decided to try and see if it was the processor. The bios finally came up for the first time and went threw the first screen fine...however, it did say, "CPU have been changed" in big bold letters at the bottom. When it started to go to the next screen to boot up, it randomly died on us. After wondering to ourselves, "what the hell" we turned it off and tried to do it again, it would not even turn on again. The light on the motherboard was on showing there was power, but nothing else would turn on. Please help me! Thank you for your time.

 

[LtPage1]

unfortunately, i have no idea. but you could use a bump, so someone sees this and helps you out.

if it was me, i would triple check everything, unplug and replug, until it worked. since you got the message about the cpi, i would guess your problem is the processor, somehow.

 

[oldman420]

you have to press f1 when you get that error on boot and it will continue

 

[b1grod]

BUMP

 

[Fern]

Hi b1grod and Welcome to the Forums!

First, please list the specs (including make & model of PSU). It's difficult as is to diagnose problem long-range. Damn near impossible if you don't know what the parts are

When putting to gether a new build, I ALWAYS assemble the bare minimum parts outside the case to make sure the new parts are not faulty. Just because they're new doesn't mean they work. Only known-good working parts are NOT suspect in my book.

Take the mobo outta the case, install CPU (plus HS+F), ram and vid card. Hook up KB, mouse and monitor. Set the mobo on a phone book near the case so you can hook up power button (unless you know how to short the pins so you can start it up.) See if it will POST. If it does, start plugging (drives, PCI cards etc.) things in.

Fern

 

[b1grod]

All I know is the graphics is: geforce 5600 ultra, 512 corsair pc3200 ddr ram, 200 gb 7200 rpm hdd, processor is either a 2600+ athlon XP or 2800+....mobo is asus and gigabye, don't know the models. Theres the specs that I know of and thanks for your help.

 

[DrCool]

b1grod

is this your system or a friends system?

if you don't know what motherboard you have, your in for a world of hurt.. I suggest you sit down and start reading every product manual in reach of your grubby little hands..

 

[Fern]

Originally posted by: b1grod
All I know is the graphics is: geforce 5600 ultra, 512 corsair pc3200 ddr ram, 200 gb 7200 rpm hdd, processor is either a 2600+ athlon XP or 2800+....mobo is asus and gigabye, don't know the models. Theres the specs that I know of and thanks for your help.

First, slow down and explain a little better. Mobo's is Asus and Gigabyte? Those are two different mobo's. Is this one system or two etc?

Anyway, first thing to do is what I suggested above about taking the mobo outta the case, leaving only bare components (which I enumerated above) installed. This will help a great deal towards determining if you have some essential hardware problems. Also eliminates possibility of shorting to the case and IDE cable foul-ups etc.

Do you have the manual(s) for the mobo(s)?

Did your psu (power supply) come with the case? If so, see if you can determine the make/model, or at least name the case it came with. Lets hope its not a Powmax.

Also, POST means pre-operating system test. It's a black DOS screen. See above about getting mobo to post with bare min components

If you harddrive has a previously installed op sys (ex. win XP) from another system, that's gonna cause problems which we can address later. After you get to the POST stage

Do you know how to "clear the CMOS" ? (see mobo manual if you have one)

Fern

 

[superlie]

Fern is right. Sometimes my computer play hard on me too after I overclock it about 50%... hehehehe...

What I would do is to take apart all the parts, then reassemble. I don't know why, but sometimes it works.

Good luck!

 

[b1grod]

This is my friends computer so I don't exactly know everything about it right now. I'm not a computer expert either, which is why I am here. I will get all the specs though and get more info from him. Thank you for your effort to help me, I appreciate it. I will get back to you all.