today my friend and I built two computers: one for myself, and one for my brother.
my brother's is a little dated.
ATI RADEON 9700 PRO
Maxtor DiamondMax 9 80GB
Intel P4 2.53GHz
ASUS P4S533
Creative Audigy
512MB Corsair XMS memory (1 stick)
Antec True 430w
that's all I can remember at the moment. its very late; I'll try to add more specs later.
the problem with this computer is that although it seems to boot up fine, the monitor does not detect a signal. we have tried clearing the CMOS, switching and reseating the memory, switching and reseating the video card, tried using different monitors, and maybe some other things. does anyone have any idea whats wrong and how we should go about fixing it? if more information is needed, please ask.
edit: I don't think its the PSU since everything else seems to be working fine. I don't think its the graphics card either since it did not work with a pci graphics card and the graphic card's fan seems to be running fine. the monitor isnt at fault either, since those monitors I tried worked for my other computer. memory doesn't seem to be the problem either since the other memory we tried didn't work either.
the second system is better, but there's still a problem.
AMD Athlon 3500+
ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe
eVGA 6800 GT (PCI Express)
1GB Corsair Value Select PC3200 memory (2x 512MB)
Creative Audigy 2ZS
Fortron 530w PSU
we've managed to get this system to boot up and we've managed to install xp. after installing the drivers for the mobo, gfx card, and soundcard, as well as directx 9, the computer became very slow. After booting up, the screen is black for quite some time, and then loading windows and logging in takes forever. Once it gets past logging in, the desktop background appears but nothing else does, except for the cursor. Nothing happens for awhile, and then the system just locks up and freezes. What could be the cause of this? I'm thinking it has something to do with the drivers, so later I'm going to try and get into safemode and see what's up. are there any other ideas on what may be happening?
thanks for taking the time to help me!
my brother's is a little dated.
ATI RADEON 9700 PRO
Maxtor DiamondMax 9 80GB
Intel P4 2.53GHz
ASUS P4S533
Creative Audigy
512MB Corsair XMS memory (1 stick)
Antec True 430w
that's all I can remember at the moment. its very late; I'll try to add more specs later.
the problem with this computer is that although it seems to boot up fine, the monitor does not detect a signal. we have tried clearing the CMOS, switching and reseating the memory, switching and reseating the video card, tried using different monitors, and maybe some other things. does anyone have any idea whats wrong and how we should go about fixing it? if more information is needed, please ask.
edit: I don't think its the PSU since everything else seems to be working fine. I don't think its the graphics card either since it did not work with a pci graphics card and the graphic card's fan seems to be running fine. the monitor isnt at fault either, since those monitors I tried worked for my other computer. memory doesn't seem to be the problem either since the other memory we tried didn't work either.
the second system is better, but there's still a problem.
AMD Athlon 3500+
ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe
eVGA 6800 GT (PCI Express)
1GB Corsair Value Select PC3200 memory (2x 512MB)
Creative Audigy 2ZS
Fortron 530w PSU
we've managed to get this system to boot up and we've managed to install xp. after installing the drivers for the mobo, gfx card, and soundcard, as well as directx 9, the computer became very slow. After booting up, the screen is black for quite some time, and then loading windows and logging in takes forever. Once it gets past logging in, the desktop background appears but nothing else does, except for the cursor. Nothing happens for awhile, and then the system just locks up and freezes. What could be the cause of this? I'm thinking it has something to do with the drivers, so later I'm going to try and get into safemode and see what's up. are there any other ideas on what may be happening?
thanks for taking the time to help me!