I built a computer and I put it together taking all ESD precautions. It turns on (all fans spin, hd spins up, cd-rom spins up) but the hard drive status light stays lit solid even though you can hear that the hard drive isn't under load. About a second after everything starts up it resets itself (like you pressed the reset button) and it will do that continously as long as it is powered on. Nothing shows up on the monitor and it doesnt give any POST beep codes. I checked everything to make sure it was compatible and it is. Here is a list of the things I have in it
Ecs PT890T-A Main Board
Intel Pentuim 4 630 Processor 3.0ghz with HT technology
4gb Kingston pc3200 DDR2 ram (max capacity)
320gb Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 16 mb cache HD
ATI Radeon x550 PCI Express VGA Card
500w Switching PSU
I have tried different psu's, different cpu's, different hd's, unhooking the reset switch, reseating the ram, vga, cpu....nothing seems to work. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
2007-09-14 00:30:46 · 7 answers · asked by jesus184089 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Reset CMOS. Be sure CMOS jumper is back to Normal position before powering on.
Try a bare minimum set up. NO FDD, HDD, CD drive and just 1 stick RAM. Bare set up should POST and be able to open BIOS Menu.
If still it won't start, try again w/ motherboard unscrewed from case and not touching any metal part.
If problem persists, motherboard could be defective.
2007-09-14 01:25:28 · answer #1 · answered by Karz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd suspect a DOA mobo or a DOA CPU.
It sounds like it's not clocking which means either the clock signal isn't being made, isn't being passed to the CPU or the CPU is ignoring it... but as you've tried an alternative CPU I'd say DOA mobo.
Why an ECS mobo in a custom PC? They're hardly the best out there! Whereas everything else seemd to be pretty nice spec from reputable companies, ECS is fairly low market.
2007-09-14 00:51:12 · answer #2 · answered by bambamitsdead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take the mother board out of the case and put it on the antistatic bag it came in. Then put just your memory, video card if external, hard drive and hook in power. See if it will boot up that way. If it does you have a grounding problem. If it doesn't I would say your board is the problem. Hope this helps.
2007-09-14 00:45:06 · answer #3 · answered by kleclere1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You say you have 4gb, have you tested each one by the themselves one at a time to see if it will boot up then? (I've had loads of problems with kingston, If you have nonparity memory in a computer that requires error-checking memory, or SDRAM memory in a computer that supports only EDO, the screen may be blank at boot up)
Also, make sure your fans are running properly
2007-09-14 00:48:29 · answer #4 · answered by techchick 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Make sure your graphics card is seated properly. Check the connections to the graphics card, and monitor, and make sure the monitor is set to the correct input - DVI, VGA, or HDMI. Also try plugging the monitor into the other port on the card. Also, check to see if the card is in the uppermost (closest to the cpu) PCI-Express Slot. If none of this works, RMA the card with the manufacturer, and get a new one. Hope i helped, JP
2016-04-04 20:16:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you try another motherboard as far as I can tell that is the only component not switched. Best of luck.
2007-09-14 00:45:32 · answer #6 · answered by vdmerwero 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try and get different Ram chips.
2007-09-14 00:40:38 · answer #7 · answered by Shit Mind 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋