Help with broken build !

nelson666 · 27 Apr 2007 at 19:40

I bought a pc from ebay for 266pounds, however the motherboard and possibly cpu are broken. After it worked perfectly for a day, i had to do a restart, and it posted to the cpu info, then stopped. It keeps doing this and wont even let me into the bios, any ideas?
(939pin amd64 3800+ and gigabyte ultra-sli mobo) So i am left with...

an antec p180 case
550W qtec psu
1gb ddr ram
7800gt 256mb ram

17inch tft
optical drives
ide 200gb hdd.

Im thinking of upgrading to a conroe setup, to play css, ut2007 and crysis.

Could anyone advise me what to do... i do not really want to spend much money and may possibly wait until summer to build it (a month and a half)

Again, as little money as possible - im a student.

4300 - overclocking to 400 fsb to match the ram.
2gb ocuk value ram - possibly 4gb ?
gigabyte ds3 - possibly quadcore compatible board for future upgrade.

What do you guys think ?

Oddw1re · 27 Apr 2007 at 19:44

Dodgey Dealer

the new build looks ok tho

mp260767 · 27 Apr 2007 at 19:50

first off is the psu a qtec or qtechnology ?

if its a qtec see if you can lend a psu off a mate.

main thing i reckon will be a psu if its a qtec rest of the system should be ok for the time being.

Munky1080 · 27 Apr 2007 at 20:16

i'd go for the e4400 as opposed to the e4300, the 10x multiplier will be better for overclocking

nelson666 · 27 Apr 2007 at 20:23

mp260767 said:
first off is the psu a qtec or qtechnology ?

if its a qtec see if you can lend a psu off a mate.

main thing i reckon will be a psu if its a qtec rest of the system should be ok for the time being.

Its a gold q-tec, cheapo psu, i dont think its the problem.

Are you suggesting that it could be the reason my pc wont post... or that it will not be powerful enough to run a conroe setup?

I will consider the higher multiplier. Thanks. However, im also wodnering whether to go for a quad core supporting ds3, and better ram, then buy a quad core later.

RJC · 27 Apr 2007 at 21:07

Hi,

Going back to your original build, have you tried resetting the BIOS!
and checking all cables are tight.

If this fails try starting with minimal items ie remove all USB devices 1 stick of RAM if you have 2 sticks and then go from there.

Rob

mp260767 · 27 Apr 2007 at 22:29

nelson666 said:
Its a gold q-tec, cheapo psu, i dont think its the problem.

Are you suggesting that it could be the reason my pc wont post... or that it will not be powerful enough to run a conroe setup?

both.

but for the moment the fact the system wont post, some people have had the qtec run fine but mainly they are nothing but trouble from posts i've seen.

as mentioned by RJC try working with a minimum system, if the mobo has on board graphics use that instead of u're gfx card.

Ambro · 28 Apr 2007 at 00:34

First try resetting the Bios then make sure the motherboard is fitted correctly with mounting studs as your motherboard could be shorting out which would cause random crashes. As far as i've heard cpu dont normally go wrong and when they do they go black and you see smoke coming out of them!

MofoKilla · 28 Apr 2007 at 01:33

I had one of those psu's on a old machine very unreliable id change that and see if it fixes your problem.it was causing my machine to crash and reboot at random.