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Aug 2nd, 2004 at 5:23am

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I decided to see if I could get my system goin' today (technically yesterday) and was surprised with nothing!

I turned on the juice, and the CPU and Graphics fan started spinning, and the little blue LED fan was spinning, but nothing on the monitor! Cry

All I've got pieced together is:

  • ATX Case with 300watts
    • Asus K8V SE Deluxe
      • AMD Athlon 64 +3000
      • Nvidia Ti4200 64MB
      • Phillips Sound


I installed the CPU and fan/heatsink, mounted the motherboard on the case and connected the power to the Motherboard.  Then I hooked up the power switches (case buttons) to the Motherboard and installed the sound and graphics.  Shouldn't I at least be able to set up the BIOS with this?  Or get something on screen?

PS: I forgot to mention, I did install the RAM as well.
 

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Reply #1 - Aug 2nd, 2004 at 5:31am

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The PSU sounds very weak for a system like that, is it also a generic one?  That may be your problem.
 

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Reply #2 - Aug 2nd, 2004 at 5:46am

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Dunno, came with the case, and whoops!  It was a 350watt. Wink

Quote:
Power Supply: 350W P4 and AMD ATX Ready, SATA Ready, UR, UL, FCC Approved.

MGE ECO L5 ATX

Maybe?

???
 

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Reply #3 - Aug 2nd, 2004 at 2:05pm

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Try a post @ www.overclockers.co.uk if we can't sort it. Reseat your graphics card / monitor cables.
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Reply #4 - Aug 2nd, 2004 at 4:24pm

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Somtimes my monitor wont turn on if I have turned it on before my PC.  It just doesnt seem to register the PC has turned on.

Try leaving the monitor off until your PC is on (made its first beep) then turn your monitor on.

Oh and check the obvious, that you have your monito power lead plugged in and turned on, and that your VGA plug is securely attached to your graphics card vga output socket.

Have you not fitted a HDD yet? this might be causing the problem too.
 

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Reply #5 - Aug 2nd, 2004 at 4:37pm

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I have not attached a hard drive, permanantley, but I did hook it up for a little bit to see if that was the problem, however, no differing action.

I get no beeps and such, and I suspect the rig is not entering boot up at all.  The only action I get is the fans spooling and running (albeit they're nice and quiet), and that's it. Tongue

As an interesting bit o' info, the monitor, when activated, displays green as it's little LED color, but soon orange.  This leads me to believe there is not a fault within establishing a connection between the monitor and Motherboard, but rather no information is being sent.  When no signal is being recieved, the monitor will display the LED as green, and show a small message on the screen "No video signal".  Is there a special procedure I must follow to set up the BIOS for the first time? Embarrassed
 

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Reply #6 - Aug 3rd, 2004 at 12:20pm

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Yes this is what happens to me too. Sometimes I turn PC and monitor on then the monitor light just goes orange.  I hear PC load into windows but light wont go green. 

I have to turn pc off and monitor off.  Start PC wait till its made its first beep then turn monitor on.

Short of that I am unsure as to what your problem is.
 

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Reply #7 - Aug 3rd, 2004 at 2:15pm

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Take everything off except for your processor, one stick of RAM and your video card.  When you power up, you should get a POST (power on self test) on screen.  If not, you have a problem somewhere in those 3 components or your motherboard itself.  If it works, start adding things one at a time until you get the problem again. 

You might want to have a peek at the motherboard manual and see if you need to adjust any settings (FSB, voltages, etc) and set the 'CMOS Clear/Default' jumper to make sure some weird setting isn't keeping your video from initializing.
 
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Reply #8 - Aug 3rd, 2004 at 2:24pm

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Aha!  This is what I was looking for! Grin I shall try that Meyekul!  Thanks! Wink
 

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Reply #9 - Aug 3rd, 2004 at 3:35pm

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I just had a thought.  I purchased two sticks of Corsair 512MB DDR 184-pin RAM, which was not tested and approved for use with the K8V SE.  Could this be it?
 

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Reply #10 - Aug 3rd, 2004 at 4:24pm

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It could be.  DDR ram is funny stuff and certain mobos like certain ram makes more than others.  Got any other DDR stuff you can whack in there to try? doesnt matter if its a lower FSB as it will just de-clock the rest to that FSB but least you will know if its the ram or not then.
 

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Reply #11 - Aug 3rd, 2004 at 7:39pm

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Stop looking everywhere when the Hi-D post gave you the correct answer, THE PROBLEM IS YOUR POWER SUPLY I’M 90% SURE.

I have this two pc’s at home one for games and the other one for family use, I got myself one GeForce FX 5900 for the game pc, and then I passed my good "old" GeForce 4 TI4200 to the family pc it was a:
P3 1Ghz
384MB Ram
Voodoo 4 4500
350w PSU
It worked perfectly, but when I replaced the voodoo with the TI 4200 it wouldn’t boot, there was no image no nothing, and only the fans were working.
So I bought a new 500W PSU and when I hooked it up and pushed the power button everything worked perfectly, now look at your specs you need more power to run it. Try to borrow a better PSU and see if this is the problem.

I hope you can get your system running soon  Smiley
 

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Reply #12 - Aug 3rd, 2004 at 11:11pm

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Ah, OK.  A new power supply I shall get! Roll Eyes

It just seemed like Hi-D was guessing. Embarrassed I wasn't sure. Wink
 

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Reply #13 - Aug 4th, 2004 at 8:23am

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Here's a power supply wattage calculator, that should give you an idea if you need more power, but I wouldn't go buy a new one without trying a few other things first:  http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/
 
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Reply #14 - Aug 4th, 2004 at 10:37am

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It should boot with no peripherals and hard drive though. Even if it was a 250 watter you'd think. but hey, maybe your right...... expensive to test the theory though.

You only need CPU and single RAM stick for a POST...... it will beep a video error if its working........ ummm...... if you have the speaker hooked up right that is. Remove the souncard and everything for the post test.

But wait, are you sure you got the case wiring right, that would be my first check.

I didn't look it up, but some boards need a priority install with the RAM slots, just a possibilty, check the manual.
 

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Reply #15 - Aug 9th, 2004 at 4:31pm

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Well, I was offline for awhile (only one monitor for two computers) so I ddn't see some posts, but nonetheless, the brand new 600watt power supply did the trick, I'm now up and running! Grin

Thanks guys. Wink
 

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Reply #16 - Aug 9th, 2004 at 4:40pm

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Good news! Glad you fixed it 8)
 
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