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keven702

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Well i recently bought computer parts from newegg.com i thought it would be cool to build it by my self... this is my first time building. any ways this are the parts - Thermaltake Purepower W0100RU ATX 12V 2.0 500W Power

Supply-

ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard-

Western Digital Caviar RE WD2500YS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM-

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card


-Scythe SCMNJ-1000 80mm Sleeve "NINJA MINI" CPU Cooler-

SAMSUNG 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model SH-S203N OEM-

Patriot Extreme Performance 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)-

EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16-


AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Windsor 3.2GHz Socket AM2 125W Dual-Core Processor...



ok so luckily i got all the parts and wires to fit... and yesterday i was able to boot it up 3x and go to bios...

but when i closed it i used the i/o button on the power supply.... and after that i open to case to check if u can manually boost the fan speed on the video card.. then i plugged in the video card again.

when i try to boot it this morning the moniter didn't turn on but all the lights and fans turned on. i checked the mobo led and it was on .. i checked the fan on the video card it was on



sooo im guessing the problem is my psu not giving enough power (i heard complaints on newegg that the cpu and video card needed alot of power to run (regret only buying 500W)

or my video card problem

or a mobo problem .... im pretty sure i got all the wiring correct cuz i check bios

and pretty sure the screen works

thanks keven
 
Can you tell if its POSTing?

If not, then try this first of all. Remove all your ram sticks, and insert only one stick into the third ram slot on you mobo. This should work if its a POSTing problem.

If it POST's by doing that, then try the same stick in slot 1,2,4 etc trying to boot each time, then if that all works try 2 sticks in slot 1 & 3, then 2 & 4. If that POST's the put all 4 sticks back in.
 
try what stildawn said. if that doesnt work take out the graphics card and put it back in.
make sure you use the screw to hold it in place on the pci bracket.

500w is enough to run that computer. dont worry about people saying its not.

if it still doesnt work, remove everything.
plug in the graphics card and 1 stick of ram. no harddrive, no dvd drive or anything else.
make sure all power cable's are connected to the motherboard and graphics card if you have a cable for it.

if it works then, add the harddrive.
if that works fine, add the dvd drive.

if that works fine, then add the rest of the ram.

let us know how you get on.
 
Well thanks any ways i found out that the equipment fried because either short circuit from a loose wire or just some one touching it .
 
keven702 said:
Well thanks any ways i found out that the equipment fried because either short circuit from a loose wire or just some one touching it .
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All wires are wrapped in plastic, obviously.

The only way to fry a component is if you touch it when you're charged with static.
 
Oh dude that sucks. Is that what a computer tech said? How do you know this?

Yeah static is a mother, make sure your arm/hand is always touching the metal of the case when working on the machine, or else get one of those cool static bracelet things lol.

Hopefully your warranty is still good. :)
 
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