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NeuromancerWGDD'U

NeuromancerWGDD'U

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I'm having some problems and need help...

I'm having major issues with a custom build I'm doing. The specs are:

350w ATX v2.03 psu
Soltek SL-75FRN2-RL
Athlon XP 2700 + stock heatsink/fan
512 megs of pc3200 dual-channeled

The rest of the specs are unimportant to the issues I've been having.

When I hook everything up, thermal paste up the processor, hook up the fans, and turn it on, nothing happens. I originally thought it to be an issue with the mobo, but after I exchanged it thinking that it would end my issues, I discovered that it was, indeed, not the mobo. I then began to suspect that it was the power supply (I knew that the 20 pin connector worked fine, but I hadn't tested the 4 pin supplimental) so I hooked up a power supply that I knew worked fine. Still nothing.

I've tried all the minor things that I could possibly imagine, jumper settings, clearing the CMOS, using a different power supply, using different RAM, and nothing has made it go vroom. I think now that (by process of elimination) it must be the processor, but I want to be absolutely sure that I've not made a critical oversight with this, because I don't have ready access to a computer of the same socket as my processor, and I'll have to go to much trouble to gain access to one without paying a hefty fee (if you couldn't tell by the specs, this was a cushion-change kinda machine to begin with, and I don't have the resources to pay to have someone look at it and test all the parts individually).

Please, if you have any ideas as to why it's not doing anything when everything is hooked up, as far as I can tell (and I'm not too terribly novice in the matters of computers), perfectly fine, please please please let me know!

Thanks...
 
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I'm going to assume that you've checked and rechecked all the connections to make sure they're correct, so :

1) is there absolutely nothing happening? no fans spinning up? If not, is there a +5 V LED on your mobo lit when the PSU is connected?
2) have you tried completely removing all components except the CPU and PSU and tried running it?
3) if you've ruled out all other possibilities then, aside from the chance that you got 2 bad mobos, you probably do have a bad CPU
 
Nope, no fans spin up (when the psu is connected to a working system it's LED's and fans start up) No LED's on the mobo, no combination of components has made it work as of yet, and from what I've heard this company's pretty good about not having many defective boards. I'm pretty sure at this point that it is the CPU. Anybody who's had a similar experience is encouraged to tell me, but otherwise I'll see if I can get it replaced. Thanks for the input.
 
regardless if your processor is bad or not you should still get LED's on your mobo when the p/s is connected. when you turn it on it doesn't do anything? not even a 2 second ON then shut off?
 
This is an odd problem. With that said, i can say this for sure, if the LED on your mobo is not even lighting up, the problem is located within the mobo. That LED indicates the mobo is receiving power from the psu. To start off, i would recommend making sure the motherboard is grounded and there are no other issues that could possibly bring on any power issues. Next, if you can, hook up another known to be good psu. If your LED on mobo lights, you have a bad psu. If not, i think it would be time to invest in a different mobo. Best of luck.
 
I don't have an LED on the mothterboard that indicates if power is being properly supplied. That's one of the things that threw me at first, but I have tested a psu that I know works, and still no luck. At this point, the only things I've not been able to test independently are the motherboard and processor, and I'm pretty sure the motherboard's fine. Thanks for the assistance.
 
With a past computer I had I would turn it on with a quick spin of the fans it would turn off. This happened each time I pressed the power button, The fans would spin up and lights would come on and then nothing. As I was sure it had to be either CPU or mobo I took it to the shop that I had bought all my parts from and they determined that it was a bad CPU as well as motherboard. If Your computer is doing absolutely nothing I would think it to be the power supply but as you've already determined that it works fine then I'm stumped. I would however still think that you have a bad CPU from all you have said. Still strange that nothing happens at all.
 
I know this sounds a bit silly... but have you considered the possibility of the power button being broken. Worth a check :)
 
Nope, I considered that as well, but the power button works fine on my other machine (as well as the fans spinning up) and I've also tested another power button. Still no-go, so I'm having a friend of my father's test the CPU (he owns a computer shop, so it should be pretty straight-forward). I appreciate the input though.
 
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