So last night my computer arrived. . So i got it all out of the boxes and started wit the motherboard. . I went from 7pm to 4am until it was all built i got it all arranged on my desk started it up and it says vga no signal. it says this for all the things like hdmi . . . I'm guessing its my vid card i have a Xfx 4850. And a asus 21.5 hd monitor. If you need all my specs then click on my name and go to statistics and click on this is the final set. . All my specs are the same just different case
Startup problem.
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bomberboysk
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KiD [720];1236954 said:
Ok, lets start from the basics. Do you have the power connector attached to the video card, and do you get any post beep codes when you push the power button?
Sedah
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what he said, double check everything to make sure its all being powered. I had the same problem w/ my HD when I was building mine, it wasnt being powered. silly me >.<
Yes i have the power connected to the video card, the only thing is, i get a red light on the video card when the computer powers up.... so i dont know what i did wrong and no i dont get any beeps on startup
Did you put the standoffs under the board in all the right places. Did you plug in the 4X4/8 pin CPU power connector?
I've looked through all manuels and nothing says what the red light is could it be the mobo or monitor?
bomberboysk
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Also, you have connected the monitor cable to the port nearest the motherboard correct? When you push the power button what happens, do fans spin up/etc? PLus just to verify, the correct pci-e connector is connected to the video card right? It should be a 6pin connector on the rear of the card.
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Silly me, haha i didnt plug in the 4x4/8 pin power connector -_-, i feel like a dumba**, o well now i know the problem thank you.
Yes the cable is connected nearest to the mobo, fans spin and all LEDs work, and yes the 6-pin is connected...i've went over everything but the 4x4 power connecter for CPU -_-..but ya guys thanks for the help
Silly me, haha i didnt plug in the 4x4/8 pin power connector -_-, i feel like a dumba**, o well now i know the problem thank you.
Yes the cable is connected nearest to the mobo, fans spin and all LEDs work, and yes the 6-pin is connected...i've went over everything but the 4x4 power connecter for CPU -_-..but ya guys thanks for the help
bomberboysk
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KiD [720];1238271 said:
So once you put the cpu power connector in its booting now correct?
I was at school when i posted, i remember looking at that last night before goin to sleep. . I'll post up again when i get home
Grrr
Ok, i have one more problem, i got it booted up and everything, when it booted i had the option to go to edit the CMOS and BIOS and the post screen etc. then it went onto a screen that said varifying....i cant remember but anyways the mobo's not reconizing the hard drive, when i enter the bios cmos etc it says its there and taht i have 320gb...but its not reconizing it anyone know what i need to do, i will go into more detail when i get home.
Ok, i have one more problem, i got it booted up and everything, when it booted i had the option to go to edit the CMOS and BIOS and the post screen etc. then it went onto a screen that said varifying....i cant remember but anyways the mobo's not reconizing the hard drive, when i enter the bios cmos etc it says its there and taht i have 320gb...but its not reconizing it anyone know what i need to do, i will go into more detail when i get home.
bomberboysk
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Its not going to boot to anything if you dont have any kind of operating system installed, have you tried to install the os yet?
No when i turn it on it goes to a gigabyte screen and gives me the option to go post screen and some others then the screen goes black and says windows cannot start because of a hard disk configuration please refer to the hdd manuel it didnt come with a manuel so i'm not sure what to do
bomberboysk
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Was this a fresh install of windows?
bomberboysk
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Hmm... I would look through your bios options to see if you have any kind of raid or whatnot enabled.
bomberboysk
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KiD [720];1239000 said:
Also, check your boot order, etc. Do you have an exact message that windows is popping up? That could also be helpful
This is a Gigabyte board right. Just start tapping F12 when its first booting. The Boot Order screen should pop up. The just pick the CD/DVD drive that you have your XP cd in.
If not then, go into your bios and make sure your Sata ports are set to Native mode.
If not then, go into your bios and make sure your Sata ports are set to Native mode.