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Serious Hardware Problem

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AcidJiles

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I have a 3500 athlon 64, a 939 dfi lanparty sli d motherboard, 2gb ocz pc3200 platinum ram, geforce 7800gt gfx card, Aska 400W powersupply, WD sata 250Gb hdd. Ok orignally I have 1gb in 2*512 of pc3200 geil ultra ram. But when I connected it all up the pc worked but only for short periods of time before going to a black screen. I decided maybe it was memory problem as when it used memory it seemed to crash so I got the 2gb of ocz ram. also dfi board have 4 lights showing at what point the bootup is. and I got 3 when i turn it on alot of the time which meant there was a problem with memory. So i then installed the ocz ram and i still get 3 lights. Does this mean its the motherboard thats the problem and thats whats failing. I have once got 4 lights which means that it didnt find the cpu I then restarted it and it got 1 light which means it can find the video card. I then turned it off and on and it got 3 again. and now everytime I turn it on I get 3 lights. Anyone have any ideas, is it possible the bios needs to be updated? or is it a problem with the whole motherboard? thx
 
Have you tried resetting the CMOS via the motherboard jumper ?

See instructions in your motherboard owner's manual.
 
My guess is its your powersupply. I cant even get Aska to come up in Google. I wouldnt run a top of the line 400 watt powersupply on that rig let alone some off brand.
 
Originally posted by: Gnrslash4life
My guess is its your powersupply. I cant even get Aska to come up in Google. I wouldnt run a top of the line 400 watt powersupply on that rig let alone some off brand.
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sorry i meant akasa powersupply. and btw why do you think that its a powersupply problem?

 
Well, after my resetting CMOS recommendation, my next suggestion was going to be power supply.

Get yourself a good brand name 500 watt + power supply and I think most of your problems will be cured.
 
Originally posted by: Gnrslash4life
I cant believe the thing even powers on. Im assuming this setup never worked right?
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this powersupply has worked fine in the past with a 3200 64 754 socket athlon, msi neo mbd, 2 hdd, 6800gt

with the new setup I was able to install windows but the pc only stayed on for a max of 2 hours but now it wont even post
 
Originally posted by: Gnrslash4life
I cant believe the thing even powers on. Im assuming this setup never worked right?
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so you saying i need a new power supply?

if so you got a 550-600 w one you would recommend
 
I dont believe you need anything that high. As long as its a good name brand you should be fine. Just make sure it has something like 24A on the 12v line and youll be fine.
 
Originally posted by: Gnrslash4life
I dont believe you need anything that high. As long as its a good name brand you should be fine. Just make sure it has something like 24A on the 12v line and youll be fine.
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so you think it is definitly a powersupply problem?
 
Is 12 volts broken into 2 lines? Maybe you need to balance the 12 volts. Use one for the motherboard and another for video. I am not to experienced with the dual 12V but maybe you have it hooked up wrong. If 12V1=14A and 12V2=15A then the total amps would be 29A which is plenty.
 
Originally posted by: xrax
Is 12 volts broken into 2 lines? Maybe you need to balance the 12 volts. Use one for the motherboard and another for video. I am not to experienced with the dual 12V but maybe you have it hooked up wrong. If 12V1=14A and 12V2=15A then the total amps would be 29A which is plenty.
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Only thing is ive never seen a 400watt psu have 29A on it.
 
Originally posted by: Gnrslash4life
Originally posted by: xrax
Is 12 volts broken into 2 lines? Maybe you need to balance the 12 volts. Use one for the motherboard and another for video. I am not to experienced with the dual 12V but maybe you have it hooked up wrong. If 12V1=14A and 12V2=15A then the total amps would be 29A which is plenty.
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Only thing is ive never seen a 400watt psu have 29A on it.
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So do you think its the power supply or the motherboard or is there anyway to test?
 
I really want to get my pc back up and running and I would really appreciate it if someone could please tell me whether they think its the psu or the motherboard. thx
 
first off, you dont add up the two 12v lines, they will never be able to put out that much simultaneously. the value will always be a few amps less. does the psu have 20 or 24 pins? if it has 20, your mobo wont work, its a konwn issue with dfi. and dfi recomends a 480w+ psu. there is no way to test, besides borrowing somebody else's psu, if theirs is more powerful and a 24 pin. The post stopping at different lights probably means that the psu just doesnt give it enough power to continue the post.
 
Originally posted by: mountcarlmore
first off, you dont add up the two 12v lines, they will never be able to put out that much simultaneously. the value will always be a few amps less. does the psu have 20 or 24 pins? if it has 20, your mobo wont work, its a konwn issue with dfi. and dfi recomends a 480w+ psu. there is no way to test, besides borrowing somebody else's psu, if theirs is more powerful and a 24 pin. The post stopping at different lights probably means that the psu just doesnt give it enough power to continue the post.
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thing is just after i built it it would work for about 2 hours then black screen. and slowly the time it stayed on deteriorated further down to nothing at all now
 
Originally posted by: mountcarlmore
first off, you dont add up the two 12v lines, they will never be able to put out that much simultaneously. the value will always be a few amps less. does the psu have 20 or 24 pins? if it has 20, your mobo wont work, its a konwn issue with dfi. and dfi recomends a 480w+ psu. there is no way to test, besides borrowing somebody else's psu, if theirs is more powerful and a 24 pin. The post stopping at different lights probably means that the psu just doesnt give it enough power to continue the post.
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It has 23 pins
 
ok, it should work technically as it is a 24 pin, one of the pins is a blank i think cause atx 2.0 dont have -5v line. If you still dont want to buy a new psu, the next thing to do would then be to rma the motherboard. if they send you another one, or the same one if they find it works, you will definetely have to change your psu.
 
Originally posted by: mountcarlmore
ok, it should work technically as it is a 24 pin, one of the pins is a blank i think cause atx 2.0 dont have -5v line. If you still dont want to buy a new psu, the next thing to do would then be to rma the motherboard. if they send you another one, or the same one if they find it works, you will definetely have to change your psu.
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I have bought a new psu as at some point I will go sli anyway and need a new psu then. Im getting a enermax 600w noisetaker. if this doesnt work I willl have to rma the motherboard
 
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