So I got a new system recently, but have had some problems with it.
I bought
giga-byte ga-7dpxdw-p motherboard - http://www.giga-byte.com/Server/Products/Products_ServerBoard_GA-7DPXDW-P.htm
2 athlon mp 2400+ processors
a coomax 450W power supply (this is what I currently suspect to be the problem, but I'm not sure)
and a case
I installed what I'd had in my old computer
3 hard drives
3 optical drives
floppy drive, case fans, etc
radeon 9600 (not pro), firewire card, soundblaster live! value, nic
2x256MB DDR 2100 unbuffered
When I installed everything, I tried to turn on the power, but no luck. The case lights lit up, the fans spun, the hard drives and optical drives spun up, but no system beep, no output to the monitor.
I borrowed some ram from a friend of mine (2x256mb ddr 2100 made by crucial, rather than my crap generic ram) and the system started up. I then replaced his ram with my own, and the system had no problems.
after about a week, the system froze up. when I went to restart, it refused to boot, once again. I tried my friend's ram again, but with no success. I am unsure as to what causes this to happen, and why it was working and then stopped. I'm guessing maybe my power supply isn't putting out enough power for the system to boot, but I really don't know. I've tried resetting the cmos on the board, and still no luck.
Anyone have an idea of what to do? Thanks for the help.
I bought
giga-byte ga-7dpxdw-p motherboard - http://www.giga-byte.com/Server/Products/Products_ServerBoard_GA-7DPXDW-P.htm
2 athlon mp 2400+ processors
a coomax 450W power supply (this is what I currently suspect to be the problem, but I'm not sure)
and a case
I installed what I'd had in my old computer
3 hard drives
3 optical drives
floppy drive, case fans, etc
radeon 9600 (not pro), firewire card, soundblaster live! value, nic
2x256MB DDR 2100 unbuffered
When I installed everything, I tried to turn on the power, but no luck. The case lights lit up, the fans spun, the hard drives and optical drives spun up, but no system beep, no output to the monitor.
I borrowed some ram from a friend of mine (2x256mb ddr 2100 made by crucial, rather than my crap generic ram) and the system started up. I then replaced his ram with my own, and the system had no problems.
after about a week, the system froze up. when I went to restart, it refused to boot, once again. I tried my friend's ram again, but with no success. I am unsure as to what causes this to happen, and why it was working and then stopped. I'm guessing maybe my power supply isn't putting out enough power for the system to boot, but I really don't know. I've tried resetting the cmos on the board, and still no luck.
Anyone have an idea of what to do? Thanks for the help.
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