Help Please!!! DESPERATE!!

*Chris

*Chris

*Chris

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Just put together a new company PC, but there's a slight problem with it in that it doesn't work.

I plug all the power wires in, Red light comes on mobo, i press the on switch but then all the fans wirr for a second then stop, then repeat this.

Any ideas? The computer is brand new and I'm sure I've done something wrong, but everything looks ok to me.

P.S: Spec. is: Abit IP35-E Mobo
Intel Core2duo E6750
OCZ Platinum 2GB Ram
Cheapo PCI-E Graphics card.
With a 520W Corsair PSU to power it all.

Help please!!
 
Firstly recheck all power and data cables. Is the additional 8/4 pin power connector to the motherboard plugged in? If the PCI-E card needs extra power is that cable plugged in?

Reseat the RAM just to make sure it's in correctly. Is it in the correct two slots?

If this still doesn't work try disconnecting everything but the graphics card, memory and processor from the motherboard and booting. It obviously won't see anything to boot to but it should get to BIOS.

If it still isn't working try reseating the CPU and HSF.
 
Update: Just tried clearing cmos twice and it seems to boot up okish now.

Will test with a monitor.

But light is still red. Thanks, will test these things.
 
helmutcheese said:
In older set ups, Red light meant AGP voltage/fault issue, it should be Green on any mobo.
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On my old Abit its a red light when the power is connected, then a green light comes one once you've pushed the power button and everything is running. Unless of course mine is busted too, but its been like that for 2 years!

PK!
 
Stopped again, if i clear cmos a couple of times then it seems to go properly but only booted once.

And yeh my Green light comes on when i turn on the PC.
 
Got into bios twice, only havent got the HDD plugged in (wouldnt boot without it either).

Will update when tested with the HDD.

CPU Idling at 27, so heatsink must be ok. Will test for a while and try other things if it gives up.

Thanks
 
Update update: I upped the voltage to the Ram, as was defaulting at 1.7V where is rated at 1.9-2.0.

Thanks again for the help, i'll come back here if i have any more problems.
 
Chris i had a near exact problem with my Abit IP35 Pro board. Upping the voltage helped for a while but then the problem reoccurred. Flashing the bios to the latest revision has eradicated the problem. I believe the Abit boards have some compatibility issues with some RAM and the latest bios revision fixes it.
 
Ahh ok great, thanks for the heads up.

Would have been able to do it when I first turned it on, but the person its going to would never overclock or whatever, so thought he wouldnt need it, and I wasnt exactly sure which mobo was coming :P. Will flash it as soon as I get XP installed. + 500GB Harddrives are a pain in the arse to format!!

The PC that is coming for me though is a different story haha.
 
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