I'm building a computer and I'm a little new at this and I'm having problems. I have everything plugged in correctly according to the manual and when I turn my computer on I get no signal to the monitor. Everything powers on, the CD drives, the Harddrives, the CPU and case fan. But I don't hear a PC beep and it doesnt check my floppy drive. And I get a blank monitor. Heres what I got installed in this computer...
ECS N2U400-A Socket A (Socket 462) NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
AMD Athlon XP 2800+ Barton 2.083GHz Socket A Processor Model AXDA2800BOX - Retail
Kingston ValueRAM 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory Model KVR400X64C3A/512 - Retail
Kingston ValueRAM 256MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 266 (PC 2100) System Memory Model KVR266X64C25/256 - Retail
SAPPHIRE 100583DVIL-GN-H Radeon 9250 128MB DDR AGP 4X/8X Low Profile Video Card - Retail
2006-09-23 10:43:57 · 5 answers · asked by viper9043 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
I've tried only using one stick of RAM and still had the same problems. I've done just about every setup I can think of.
2006-09-23 10:54:04 · update #1
Monitor works fine with my other computer. And I can't load windows if I cant even get BIOS to show up.
2006-09-23 11:10:58 · update #2
And I've made sure everything is plugged in correctly, several times
2006-09-23 11:12:16 · update #3
Make sure that the video card is seated all the way into the AGP socket. Make sure the plug from the monitor to the video card is also fully seated and screwed down. Sometimes the simple stuff gets you! Make sure the monitor is plugged in and has power. Try that monitor on another computer to make sure it works okay. Try the video card on another computer (you'll have to load the drivers to that test computer) along with that same monitor. Your trying to eliminate those two things. If the card is bad, you'll know by trying it on the other computer, the same for the monitor. Hit the F2 key during bootup and see if you can get to your BIOS. If you see the BIOS screen, you'll want to change the boot order of your drives.Did you load Win XP yet? Get Windows going and load the motherboard drivers,video card drivers, and any other drivers that you have on Cds. As far as the floppy goes, it's easy to plug the IDE cable in the wrong way. Make sure the computer is off and un-plugged, then flip the IDE plug over and plug it back in. Do you have a "how to" book? Consult the "loading the software" section of it cause you are ready to load all of that stuff! Take out that one stick of 256Mb RAM and see if that works. It also could be that the video chip on the mobo is messed up. I had that happen, the computer would not come out of 4-bit mode. Had to dissassemble and ship the mobo out to Gigabyte for repair. I've got a system similar to yours.
2006-09-23 11:09:28 · answer #1 · answered by mittalman53 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back it up there, Rocket Jocky...
When we build a system, we unplug all the peripherals and test the power up with:
1. only one stick of RAM,
2 the CPU and fan connected
3. the power plugs needed for the mainboard,
4. minimal video to get monitor up, (onboard video, if it exists).
If we get the single beep that says the POST (Power ON, Self Test) is passed, and we get a list of Bios on the screen. then, we shut down, and start up again with the hard drive, then, the CD or DVD drives. Finally, peripheral things like AGP video, sound, SCSI controllers, etc.
IN THE CASE that we don't get that single POST beep. we back it up. We check that our jumpers and selectors are set correctly.
We make sure any connectors, cards, memory are inserted deeply. we vverify all fas are lugged in the right way...something is screwing with the board starting it's clock, and that could be power due to a improperly seated module, plug, or reversed connection.
The PSU (Power Supply Unit) protects itself by a crowbar that shuts it down in a few cycles unless it gets a clear feedback signal. Then, it shuts down before the POST. If no joy at this point, we get the store to test it out. Or, the nearest techie...
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Finally, we insert a diagnostic system to boot from the LiveCDrom or LiveDVDrom.
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2006-09-23 11:01:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
WOW, this a crappy setup, but anyways, make sure you have only one memory stick installed, it looks like you are mixing ram, that sometimes can be an issue, just use one for now until it boots up, the you can eliminate any possible bad ram. but overall you seem to be setting up a bad system all together, for a noob this can be tough. good luck. One more thing, make sure your CMOS clear jumper is set to normal, check your motherboard manual for that.
2006-09-23 10:48:59 · answer #3 · answered by ENRK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
does your monitor work?
2006-09-23 11:09:43 · answer #4 · answered by Chris™ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
idk that much about computers but do you have a motherboard?
2006-09-23 10:46:07 · answer #5 · answered by son 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋