Hello all,
First up i am a total noob but i have tried to do some background work prior to starting this thread.
I decided to build my own PC and I have run into a problem. My mother board does power up, the green LED light comes on, my cpu fan turns, the graphics card fan turns, dvd powers up and opens, the keyboard lights up for a second but the optical mouse does not lite up nor does the monitor show anything other than the initial blue button glow.
I have read the other threads i could find in the forum dealing with simular issues. I have switched the ram around, so either they are both bad or that is not the problem. I do have one mobo attaching screw not in place, did not have the spacer in the screw bag that came with the tower, but cant think that is problem. So i am at a loss and thought would try and get some input on as to why it isnt booting up.
my details on the system are
ASUS M2R32-MVP MOBO
AMD ATHLON X2 64 CPU
CORSAIR DDR2 2X GIG RAM
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4650 1 GIG GRAPHICS CARD
RAID MAX SMILODON TOWER
500W PSU
Other thoughts; I am utilising my 2.5 sata HD from my recently defunct HP laptop that has vista OS on it... i know that there isa very good chance it will not work and i will have to buy a new OS but wanted to give this information.
thanks in advance for the help on this.
Mike
First up i am a total noob but i have tried to do some background work prior to starting this thread.
I decided to build my own PC and I have run into a problem. My mother board does power up, the green LED light comes on, my cpu fan turns, the graphics card fan turns, dvd powers up and opens, the keyboard lights up for a second but the optical mouse does not lite up nor does the monitor show anything other than the initial blue button glow.
I have read the other threads i could find in the forum dealing with simular issues. I have switched the ram around, so either they are both bad or that is not the problem. I do have one mobo attaching screw not in place, did not have the spacer in the screw bag that came with the tower, but cant think that is problem. So i am at a loss and thought would try and get some input on as to why it isnt booting up.
my details on the system are
ASUS M2R32-MVP MOBO
AMD ATHLON X2 64 CPU
CORSAIR DDR2 2X GIG RAM
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4650 1 GIG GRAPHICS CARD
RAID MAX SMILODON TOWER
500W PSU
Other thoughts; I am utilising my 2.5 sata HD from my recently defunct HP laptop that has vista OS on it... i know that there isa very good chance it will not work and i will have to buy a new OS but wanted to give this information.
thanks in advance for the help on this.
Mike