Possible Motherboard issue?

ukulele_ninja · 10-15-2007, 11:09 PM

Ok so my computer is all put together and I turned it on for the first time but I cant get it to load pass the startup screen, each time it gets there and thinks for a few minutes it restarts itself. Im thinking I dont have something configured right on the motherboard. I have the ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Ready motherboard

It comes up and says ASUS motherboard and all that good stuff and if I press tab it displays the post boot screen which says it reads my 2gigs of ram, my processor, and my graphics card.

Do I have a jumper plugged in wrong or any ideas? Also, My Cd drives wont open at all although they are plugged into the power supply.

addle_brains · 10-16-2007, 07:24 AM

Have you set things right in BIOS? I'm guessing you're using SATA. Check BIOS settings, especially that your drives are set up properly, as well as your boot order. You normally press 'DEL' during boot to get into it.

eztrog88 · 10-16-2007, 05:44 PM

reach check all your connections and start with the obvious. Can you enter BIOS setup? Do you have an OS installed? On which drive? What is the boot order? Is your mobo capable of booting from a SATA drive (some still aren't)? Can you boot from a bootable disk like memtest86, a Linux live CD, or your Windows install CD?

10-15-2007, 11:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
ukulele_ninja Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,275	Possible Motherboard issue? Ok so my computer is all put together and I turned it on for the first time but I cant get it to load pass the startup screen, each time it gets there and thinks for a few minutes it restarts itself. Im thinking I dont have something configured right on the motherboard. I have the ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Ready motherboard It comes up and says ASUS motherboard and all that good stuff and if I press tab it displays the post boot screen which says it reads my 2gigs of ram, my processor, and my graphics card. Do I have a jumper plugged in wrong or any ideas? Also, My Cd drives wont open at all although they are plugged into the power supply.

10-16-2007, 07:24 AM	#2 (permalink)
addle_brains Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Highfields, QLD, Australia Posts: 304	Have you set things right in BIOS? I'm guessing you're using SATA. Check BIOS settings, especially that your drives are set up properly, as well as your boot order. You normally press 'DEL' during boot to get into it. __________________ ASUS P5K Deluxe /Wifi API Intel Core2 Duo E6750@3.37GHz 2 x 1Gig 667 RAM Inno3D iChill Nvidia 8600GTS XStriker3 2 x Seagate 250Gig SATA HD Samsung DVD-RAM Thermaltake Beetle CPU cooler Thermaltake 850watt Toughpower CoolerMaster Mystique Silver Aluminium Case

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10-16-2007, 05:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
eztrog88 Bronze Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Masshole Age: 20 Posts: 82	reach check all your connections and start with the obvious. Can you enter BIOS setup? Do you have an OS installed? On which drive? What is the boot order? Is your mobo capable of booting from a SATA drive (some still aren't)? Can you boot from a bootable disk like memtest86, a Linux live CD, or your Windows install CD?