Incompatible when together?

Greenlizard0

Greenlizard0

Greenlizard0

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Ok after this thread (many thanks again OcUK!!), I believe my computer will be back tomorrow. However the technician testing it said that the parts were incompatible together.

Is there anything wrong with this spec? :

AMD AM2 6000+ with Zalman Flower Cooler.
Asus M3A32 MVP Deluxe
Geil PC6400 Ram
Zalman 600W Modular PSU
Creative X-Fi Fata1ty
BFG GTS 640Mb (old type) Graphics Card (No longer Sold Here)
2xWD 500GB AAKS with Zalman Heatpipe Coolers
2x WD 36GB Raptors 16MB Cache with Zalman Heatpipe Coolers
2x Samsung SATA DVD-RW drives (No longer Sold Here)
Thermaltake Armour Case

The motherboard and PSU are new - and the former's specs indicate that it's backward compatible. Why won't this machine power on for more than a few seconds? It briefly fires up - but then it turns itself off :/
 
I've not had another system to test the memory in the house, but as the other thread in GD says, I've sent it off to technicians here in Liverpool.

They've indicated already that all components are working fine in seperate systems. :(
 
I've essentially done the bits I could from your guide Huddy, the other things I couldn't do because of how far the system boots.

According to the technicians too - the PSU works fine..
 
The odd thing was - when I tried to build outside the case - it didn't work (same problem as before), however since the tecnician people managed to get every component working - I'm starting to believe that something new is incompatible...and the only thing that has changed is the motherboard and PSU....
 
Asus Guff said:
- CPU AMD® Socket AM2+ Phenom™ FX / Phenom X4 / Phenom X2 / Athlon™ X2 / Sempron™, AMD® Socket AM2 Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 / Sempron
- Chipset AMD 790FX / SB600
- System Bus Up to 5200 MT/s; HyperTransport™ 3.0 interface for AM2+ CPU 2000 / 1600 MT/s for AM2 CPU
- 4 x DIMM DDR2 1066 / 800 / 667 / 533 Dual channel memory
- 4 x PCIe x16 with ATI CrossFireX™ support, @ dual x16; tripple x16 / x8 / x8; or quad x8 modes
- 4 x SATA 3Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, and 0+1support
- 2 x SATA 3Gb/s ports with RAID 0, and 1 support
- 1 x External SATA 3Gb/s port (SATA On-the-Go)
- Marvel® PCIe Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET 2
- Audio ADI® AD1988 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
- Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF out ports at back I/O
- 2 x IEEE 1394a FireWire ports
- 10 x USB 2.0 ports (4 ports at mid-board, 6 ports at back panel)
- ASUS AI Lifestyle Features ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution:
- ASUS Fanless Design: Cool Mempipe solution
- ASUS 8+2 Phase Power Design
- ASUS AI Gear 2
- ASUS AI Nap
- ASUS Fanless Design: Heat-pipe solution
- ASUS Fanless Design: Stack Cool 2
- ASUS Q-Fan 2
- ASUS Optional Fan for Water-cooling or Passive-Cooling only
- ASUS AI Audio2
- ASUS Noise Filter
- ASUS Q-Shield
- ASUS Q-Connector
- ASUS O.C. Profile
- ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
- ASUS EZ Flash 2
- AI ***™ (Non-delay Overclocking System)
- AI Overclocking (Intelligent CPU Frequency Tuner)
- ASUS AI Booster Utility
- Precision Tweaker 2
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Is this (bolded and underlined) fact possibly causing the incompatibility? Could this be it? I have no idea what is causing it now.

The PSU has got to be generally suitable for all computers - it'd be daft that it doesn't fit.
 
I asked the guy again who is about to drop off my machine and apparently (just to confirm) he said that the motherboard did work in a seperate system but for some reason didn't work with my own components in. Whether he built it in my case or not I don't know (possible shorting as said above)..I'll ask him when he knocks round..:(
 
Would anybody be able to give me a hand in a second please? I'm trying to navigate Asus' website to find the list of its recommended RAM (an old early version is available in the book it supplies) but for the love of god I'm finding it hard to navigate :/
 
I have tried various combinations of 1-3 sticks and nothing seems to boot. The RAM in a *different system* does work though according to the bloke who returned the machine...Just ordered some OCZ RAM. Will see if that does the trick :)
 
M0T said:
Have you tried running it out of the case?

It does sound like what happened to my mates pc when he built it and it was shorting on something.

Also does the motherboard need a bios update to work with the cpu? Is it one of those boards that undervolts the ram?
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I don't know if it will need a bios update to work with the CPU - there's nothing on Asus' website -not that makes a bit of difference as I can't boot the machine anyway :(
 
IT WORKS IT WORKS *BURSTS INTO JOYOUS SWEET TEARS*

OH MY GOD!!

It was the power supply! It must be dead on arrival or something. I got my RMA replacement back from Enermax and plugged in the power cord and the machine boots up fine. Oh sweet noisy machine how good it was to hear you again. The only difference is that this older versioned Enermax has a PSU fan plug - the newer Zalman doesn't. Think that's why it wasn't booting up? Apparently when the computer got it and tested all the components however they said that every component worked. What kind of incompatibility madness is this? :mad:
 
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