Cant see anything on screen

Tarzan · 17 Sep 2008 at 11:26

Ok...Ive just put together a system (spec below) & powered on for the 1st time. Things looked ok with the system checks & was prompted 2 press F1 to continue but my keyboard wouldn't respond. So I powered off & changed the keyboard. Now the system powers up but I get nothing on the screen, the on/off button just blinks at me & 1 fan has stopped working for some reason. Any ideas on how I can get the BIOS menu up again?

Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB)
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case
HIS ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST3500320AS)
Samsung SH-S223Q/BEBN 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Reaper HPC Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2RPR10662GK)
Samsung SM-2253LW Aqua 21.6" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black
Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU
Asus P5Q Pro Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Snakedoctor · 17 Sep 2008 at 11:30

Try clearing CMOS.

bledd · 17 Sep 2008 at 11:32

check all cables are in
check heatsink is on properly..

Tarzan · 17 Sep 2008 at 11:32

Apologies for my nooby question..how do i do that (the CMOS thing)?

KHAN · 17 Sep 2008 at 11:32

I'd unplug all the stuff you dont immediately need (cddrive,diskette drive etc) reset the bios switch and boot up again. Go through all your cables and make sure they're connected right, like both black wires on the motherboard power-cable are facing each other and all GFX power cables are attatched.

Tarzan · 17 Sep 2008 at 13:11

OK Guys tyvm for all the advice....I unplugged & replugged everything & now I'm at the point of installing windows XP...just a quick question, does it matter if I format NTFS (Quick) or just NTFS? as these r the options its giving me.

mp260767 · 17 Sep 2008 at 13:14

i've tried both and never had any issues with either, i tend to favour the NTFS over the NTFS quick for new drives.

Tarzan · 17 Sep 2008 at 13:19

Ok great ty..i'll go with just NTFS. I appreciate the advice from u all ty

Zefan · 17 Sep 2008 at 13:20

Best off leaving quick for drives that've been formatted before, the standard format checks for bad sectors which you'll miss out if you only do a quick one.

:edit: Well that's what I've been told

bledd · 17 Sep 2008 at 15:47

Zefan, true

but also a good idea to run manufacturers tools on it (although it's a PITA to do that extra step)

Tarzan · 17 Sep 2008 at 16:22

Ok i'm abit confused here still. I have managed 2 put windows on but it still sometimes doesn't show any input on the screen. It has also locked up on me so Ive had 2 reboot. I wouldn't expect this from a brand new pc. Is there anything i'm missing here?

yours frustratingly

Tarzan · 17 Sep 2008 at 17:56

Guys any idea y a brand new pc would freeze?

fobose · 17 Sep 2008 at 18:05

Tarzan said:
Guys any idea y a brand new pc would freeze?

Not even voltage on the memory would be my first though.

Tarzan · 17 Sep 2008 at 21:11

After a bit of testing it seems that 1 of my sticks of ram is faulty. So its all gonna go back. Once again, thanks very much to all those who responded.

fobose · 17 Sep 2008 at 21:39

lol I meant to say "Not enough voltage". What can I say, I was watching baywatch as I was typing.