First Time Power Up --- Something's Wrong --- I'm scared....

ADE · 09-08-2006, 09:31 PM

I had the same problem. Took it to Circuit city and it didn't post is what they said. The MOBO was shot. x_x dead, gone, *pituwy*. you using a GPU? Even with a GPU on mine it didn't works. And the thing is, I didn't do a gosh darn to pickin conflabin darn too-tin thing to it. I was like "what the hay ho didaly o yo?" Then I got a new MOBO. Things were better from then on.

DavidWright05 · 09-08-2006, 09:40 PM

damn,,, i have to go through the whole shit again...........

**Praetor** · 09-09-2006, 01:40 AM

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I "finished" building my PC I guess, I had the HD connected via SATA power and SATA data, my DVD/RW drive connected up via old school, and everything should have been in place...

Please have a look at Questions 101

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BTW... when i tried to turn it off, it wouldnt turn off... I had to flip the switch in the back.

Did you hold it for 4seconds or so? Current generation power supplies require you to hold them to actually turn them off (which isnt very intuitive really)

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ok the second power up attempt I heard NO grinding noise which is good I guess...

Prolly just a fan chewing the cable up. Make sure all your cables are clear of fans.

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- My MB (Asus p5B) does not have Crucial RAM on it's list of "Qualified Vendors" in the Manual. I am using Crucial DDr2 667 1GB RAM... I thought it should work anyway...

Oh god hehe the joy of that mobo. If you're not getting a beep when you're booting up... that's because the ram really isnt supported. You can try flashing to the latest BIOS but no gurantee it will work (i.e., my OCz EL Gold XTC wont post at all)

To rule out the very likely scenario of completely incompatible memory, are you getting a POST beep?

DavidWright05 · 09-09-2006, 03:47 AM

i'm gettin no beep

how do i flash it if the monitor isnt even connecting?

do u think it might be a problem w/ vid card? All i need to do is plug the vidcard into the pci slot right? I dont need to power it or anything...

**Praetor** · 09-09-2006, 03:50 AM

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i'm gettin no beep

Yeah, short of some really wierd crap happening, that's ram not playing nice with the machine

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how do i flash it if the monitor isnt even connecting?

Get some ram (either buy some cheap stuff, borrow from friend, or bring into a small computer store and often if you play nice they'll let you borrow a stick for a few min)

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do u think it might be a problem w/ vid card? All i need to do is plug the vidcard into the pci slot right? I dont need to power it or anything...

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Originally Posted by Me

Please have a look at Questions 101

ADE · 09-09-2006, 04:04 AM

do you have an onboard option? If you do try that. Some video card require that you install drivers BEFORE you install them. That sux though for a MOBO with no onboard...... and did you say PCI?????? Not PCI-E? if so your going to need A LOT of RAM....

DavidWright05 · 09-09-2006, 04:08 AM

hey, sorry for not checking the questions earlier.

Anyway good call on checking the fan of the Gfx card... It IS spinning so i guess thats not the problem...

I cant believe these guys dont build there shit to take corsair

DavidWright05 · 09-09-2006, 04:10 AM

no no, I didnt mean PCI plain, it's actually PCI-Ex16 or whatever...

I have no onboard unfortunatly

**Praetor** · 09-09-2006, 04:11 AM

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Some video card require that you install drivers BEFORE you install them.

Such as? All videocards are required to support basic VGA mode -- as is the operating system so what you've suggested should never be an issue

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and did you say PCI?????? Not PCI-E? if so your going to need A LOT of RAM....

? Having more RAM isnt going to make a difference unless its an onboard VC

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I cant believe these guys dont build there shit to take corsair

Hehe Corsair aint the only "victim" so to speak... but its really dependent on the mobo

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no no, I didnt mean PCI plain, it's actually PCI-Ex16 or whatever...

I have no onboard unfortunatly

In that case, what videocard do you have? (and not having onboard is generally a good thing)

DavidWright05 · 09-09-2006, 04:16 AM

The VidCard is an Asus Radeon 256Mb ... (not much of a gamer here)

http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16814121544

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09-08-2006, 09:31 PM	#11 (permalink)
ADE banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Age: 15 Posts: 3,372	I had the same problem. Took it to Circuit city and it didn't post is what they said. The MOBO was shot. x_x dead, gone, pituwy. you using a GPU? Even with a GPU on mine it didn't works. And the thing is, I didn't do a gosh darn to pickin conflabin darn too-tin thing to it. I was like "what the hay ho didaly o yo?" Then I got a new MOBO. Things were better from then on.

09-08-2006, 09:40 PM	#12 (permalink)
DavidWright05 Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 126	damn,,, i have to go through the whole shit again...........

09-09-2006, 03:47 AM	#14 (permalink)
DavidWright05 Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 126	i'm gettin no beep how do i flash it if the monitor isnt even connecting? do u think it might be a problem w/ vid card? All i need to do is plug the vidcard into the pci slot right? I dont need to power it or anything...

09-09-2006, 04:04 AM	#16 (permalink)
ADE banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Age: 15 Posts: 3,372	do you have an onboard option? If you do try that. Some video card require that you install drivers BEFORE you install them. That sux though for a MOBO with no onboard...... and did you say PCI?????? Not PCI-E? if so your going to need A LOT of RAM....

09-09-2006, 04:08 AM	#17 (permalink)
DavidWright05 Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 126	hey, sorry for not checking the questions earlier. Anyway good call on checking the fan of the Gfx card... It IS spinning so i guess thats not the problem... I cant believe these guys dont build there shit to take corsair

09-09-2006, 04:10 AM	#18 (permalink)
DavidWright05 Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 126	no no, I didnt mean PCI plain, it's actually PCI-Ex16 or whatever... I have no onboard unfortunatly

09-09-2006, 04:16 AM	#20 (permalink)
DavidWright05 Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 126	The VidCard is an Asus Radeon 256Mb ... (not much of a gamer here) http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16814121544