ok, i recently built a new computer. it has an AsRock dual-sata II mobo, 2 gbs of patriot mem(cas 2), an amd athlon 3000+, hiper red 580watt psu, asus geforce 6600, hitachi 80gb sata hard drive, dvd drive, cd burner, floppy drive, 2 80mm vantec tornadoes, 2 80mm aerocool x-blasters, , one UV cathode, a red led side fan, couple LED's on the front, and a standard 56k modem. i dont know if the hard drive is sata I or sata II, but i figured it wont cause this problem. when i plug everything in and hit the power button, the lights just flash, like its trying to power everything, but it wont start up. im 99% sure nothing's plugged in wrong, cuz i went through every wire like 10 times. Long story short, brand new everything, hooked up right, wont start. id really like some help with this, thanks in advance!
2006-09-07 13:23:39 · 20 answers · asked by computer guru 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
yea, it amazes me that some of you guys are stupid enough to think someone wouldnt plug it in. if it wasnt plugged in, how would the lights power up at all??
2006-09-07 13:32:06 · update #1
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2006-09-07 13:24:51 · answer #1 · answered by Ricknows 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
You may not have sufficient cooling on the CPU. The cooling compound I use is Arctic silver 2 or up. It dropped the CPU temp by 10C over any other (silicon) cooling compound.
If you are sure that this is OK, you may also have a bad power supply. These 2 things have been the most common in computers I just put together. Next is, a bad CPU. Many motherboards have diagnostic lights (either a LED number display, or four LED lamps) that display a pattern, which when looked up in your manual will give you the stage at which the computer stopped. That's how I found my first bad CPU.
Defective RAM is another source of problems. I found a memory program that will check 2 GB RAM in about 50 minutes and tell you where (address) errors are and how many errors you have.
Hope this helps
2006-09-07 20:25:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
yeah, i always see these "plug in your computer" comments here. i really wish yahoo would hire someone with the specific task of deleting those comments.
its gotta be your power supply. i once had the same problem with an older computer. assuming you are using an ATX power supply, there is a simple way to test it too. remove your power supply and get a metal paper clip. in the cord bundle that connects to your motherboard is a green wire. this connects to your fan in the power supply. stick one end of the paper clip in the hole and into any black wire hole. (these are the ground wires) then, plug in the power supply. if the fan doesnt come on, or if you see sparks inside of it, you need a new one.
2006-09-08 02:33:12 · answer #3 · answered by miserablestar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, unplug everything and start over. Just plug the motherboard/cpu/ram and try to start the PC to see if you bring up a screen on the monitor. Start adding devices until the PC won't boot. Also, you may have damaged the board or the CPU when you installed all of your parts. I actually did this and had to replace a brand new board.
2006-09-07 20:25:58 · answer #4 · answered by Brandt D 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sometimes things just don't work right - out of the box.
Nothing but lights? Quadruple check the PS. If everything is plugged in properly - 100% - get a multimeter out and check the o/p readings. If they're wrong, ....
2006-09-07 20:44:40 · answer #5 · answered by What_Did_You_Expect 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most n00bies connect their IDE cables to the motherboard (or hard disk / cd -rom, etc) backwards. Make sure you have done it correctly and also check if you have a floppy diskette drive. If its correct id guess you messed up on wiring the case to the MB.
2006-09-07 20:30:25 · answer #6 · answered by mdigitale 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it seems to me it maybe the ram error, try switching the ram to other slot. Make sure your CPU is correct installed and the heat sink is also properly installed on it. If this 2 dont work, try getting other ram and see if it is the ram problem as most problem when you cant start your computer is because of non operational ram.
2006-09-07 23:16:52 · answer #7 · answered by penguinusaf 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that you should bring it to a computer programmer, because it might just be some stupid thing that you forgot to do. If that doesn't work, then I'd recommend taking all the pieces apart and putting it back together again one by one.
2006-09-07 22:34:00 · answer #8 · answered by bluebillyblue2000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check the wiring on the board where the switch plugs in/also one can take the plug off and run a screwdriver over the pins and see if it will start
2006-09-07 20:30:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sounds to me like you have a heck of a lot of stuff. Maybe your power supply just flopped.
2006-09-07 21:11:13 · answer #10 · answered by Mortimer 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bring it to a computer specialist or programmer. Since you built it yourself, Im assuming you did something wrong unless you study computers.
2006-09-07 20:25:43 · answer #11 · answered by subzerofun 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋