[resolved] how to tell which part is broken?

[mathfield]

I have purchased the following hardware:

Asus A8N-E
AMD Atholon 64 3200+
Abit RX700 Pro-256 PCIE
1GB Corsair PC3200 DDR memory

I put them in without any other hardware. Booting up the computer, everything seems well powered, but there is no display. How can I figure which part is defective? Is there an immediate suspect to more experienced guys?

Thanks. This is the first computer I am building on my own.

 

[QueZart]

Sounds like a grounding issue, you may not have any part that is"bad"

Take it all out of the case, reassemble it on top of the Motherboard Box (outside of the case)
Usually done by just layign the case on its side next to the assembly, or you can take to PSU out also

Make sure you have all the proper power connecters on (MB main Connector 20/24 pin, the CPU 12 power a 4 pin connector, and the vid Card if it reqires one) If it posts Just fine then you just had in the case screwy..

 

[mathfield]

How is the motherboard grounded? Does it ground thru the metal screw connected to the metal case? Because I put some plastic ring between the screw top and the board (they came with my case, which had no manual, I figure that's what they are for...)...Pardon my ignorance.

 

[wpshooter]

Mathfield:

First off, do you know for sure that your monitor/LCD is good ?

Have you tried another monitor ?

Are you getting power to other components, hard drive, fans, etc. etc. ?

 

[Fern]

Firstly, I have found it WAY profitable to test my mobo, cpu, ram & gfx card out of the case b4 ever installing. Get it to post, then install.

You may have a screw between the mobo and case causing a short. It's pretty common to install brass standoff in the wrong place on the case. When you lay the mobo down the standoff is hidden but makes contact.

Otherwise unplugg your PC and reseat the cards and ram. Some cards are difficult to get fully seated in a new mobo.

Do you hear any beeps?

Fern

 

[mathfield]

This turns out to be another instant of not RTFM. The mobo manual insist that I installed the two memory sticks I have into certain slot. Oddly, I suspected this was a problem and removed one of them--only to remove the wrong ONE!

Here's the deal:
This mobo has 4 slots for memory, one blue-black pair marked (A1 A2) and another blue-black pair marked (B1 B2). I had the two memories installed on A1 and A2. So I removed A2, hoping it'd work--no it didn't. So I ended up striping the mobo form the case removing everything (including the cpu) to make sure very thing's nice--still no luck. Then I finally spoted on the manual that to install a single memory module, it must be installed on B1 (must say, not very intuitive...)

All appears to be good now -- except I still don't have hdd, but at least I get the BIOS.

Thanks guys...

 

[dsa1971]

that stuff happens to everyone at some point or another. why no hard drive?