HELP

eddiemcgarrigle · 25 Apr 2007 at 13:17

I set about building my new rig today, got everything sat in place and fired her up, then nothing, well not what I expected anyway.

I get a little green light on my board, the fans kick in, the GPU kicks in, the light on my Fatal1ty kicks in but it refuses to post. My monitor keeps telling me to check my cables. Does anyone know what might be wrong? I'm thinking CPU, motherboard or GPU. I've tried the GPU in both slots to no avail, I'd welcome any help on this.

Zefan · 25 Apr 2007 at 13:19

Need to know your specs really, but it sounds like your 3dcard.

Your sig's filesize is above the maximum allowed 20KB by the way.

eddiemcgarrigle · 25 Apr 2007 at 13:24

Motherboard - Asus P5N32-E
GPU - EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS KO ACS3
Monitor - Samsung 206BW

Does that help?

Gog · 25 Apr 2007 at 13:27

May be a silly question, and going without your specs, have you made sure that you've plugged in the 4-pin power supply to the graphics card? I've lost count of the number of times I've forgotten to do that.

eddiemcgarrigle · 25 Apr 2007 at 13:31

Yep, it's definitely powered. otherwise it lets out a high pitched beep. I also forgot to mention that I'm getting no beeps from the motherboard at all.

Zefan · 25 Apr 2007 at 13:35

All I can think of is a loose DVI cable.

eddiemcgarrigle · 25 Apr 2007 at 13:38

DVI cable was tightened up pretty well. I'm at a total loss over this. Everything seems to power up but I get no beeps from the motherboard and the bios screen won't post. There seems to be no signal going to the monitor.

LoadsaMoney · 25 Apr 2007 at 19:15

Have you tried it without the card in, could be a duff board though if theres no beeps from it.

eddiemcgarrigle · 25 Apr 2007 at 19:37

Tried without GPU, no beeps. Took out the CPU and powered up, no beeps. Motherboard is being RMA'd to OcUK tomorrow and I look forward to another board and fingers crossed, problem over. My new Samsung 206BW is in serious need of some shiny Vista loveliness.

eddie101 · 25 Apr 2007 at 20:03

Check your ram, take them both out, then boot the machine up, see if it beeps, then try with one stick.....

eddiemcgarrigle · 25 Apr 2007 at 20:45

I've tried taking out the GPU, no beep. I took out the ram, no beep. I took it apart for shipping back to OcUk so I tried it without the CPU, no beep. When everything was in place and I tried to boot up, there would be no beep and this is what pointed me to the mobo as the main culprit.

madian225 · 25 Apr 2007 at 21:17

Hi

Have you tried turning round the mobo connetion pins to the case front?

When I changed my mobo I found that the 2 pin connection had to be switched round in order to get it to work if you see what I mean

PWR was facing upwards as was the other pins then had to face downward to work even though the new M/B was the same way round.

Cob · 25 Apr 2007 at 21:38

If you're using an aftermarket cooler make sure it's not tightened too tight.

They can short the board if they are.

Egon · 25 Apr 2007 at 21:56

Could it be a PSU issue? - For some MB's no beeps often indicates a problem with the PSU... just a stab in the dark since all other options seem to have been exhausted!?