new build help.

slothmeister · 31 Mar 2006 at 17:15

well finally got everything plugged in a while ago and all set up but i'm getting no signal to the monitor like a lot of people, had the speakers plugged into the motherboard but heard no beeps.

So i've unplugged everything leaving just the cpu, heatsink and fan and memory in and have the 20 pin connection in place with the 4 pin connector right next to it plugged in, i also have the atx 12v plugged in, someone said that there should be 4 main connections but i can't see a 4th?

But i'm still not getting any beeps!

please help.

slothmeister · 31 Mar 2006 at 17:21

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slothmeister · 31 Mar 2006 at 19:34

anyone??

slothmeister · 31 Mar 2006 at 19:45

no it's still inside the motherboard, what you suggested was plugged in apart from graphics

slothmeister · 31 Mar 2006 at 19:57

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slothmeister · 31 Mar 2006 at 20:06

i've swapped the ram round to see if that was the problem. i'm not sure if i've connected the sound connections properly, would the onboard sound need to plug into anything to work?

slothmeister · 1 Apr 2006 at 10:38

okay so i'm starting to get worried now!

Taken the motherboard out of the case and placed it on the packing it came inside, plugged 1 stick ram, graphics, cpu and heatsink. plugged in the 24pin and 4 connections, plugged the extra power to graphics but still nothing, tried swapping the ram from the blue slots to black again nothing.

When i start the system up the light on the end of the graphics card next to where i plug in the power, comes on for a second or two and then turns off, could this be anything???

slothmeister · 1 Apr 2006 at 11:20

okay here are some pictures to make sure everything is connected properly:

motherboard connections:
number 1 is the power to graphcs card
number 2 is the 20pin + 4 pin power
number 3 is the 4 pin power

this picture is the power connection to the motherboard.
This is right i assume? Using the two connections to make a 24 pin?

i am supposed to use the p4 connection that comes straight from inside the psu right?

finally what am i supposed to plug in here? (The small 4 pin blue connection)

slothmeister · 1 Apr 2006 at 11:33

nope still nothing!

slothmeister · 1 Apr 2006 at 11:53

right i've cleared the CMOS and now the powerlight on the graphics card stays on, but still no signal.

slothmeister · 1 Apr 2006 at 13:09

again nothing!!!

slothmeister · 1 Apr 2006 at 13:43

no i havent got an old pci card, and have no computer shops nearby to try theirs. I don't have a floppy drive so don't need to plug that in.

Yes the graphics card does spin.

I have e-mailed ocuk to see what they can suggest, i believe that the graphics card was a return anyway. When i opened the box the inside cardboard had been ripped, also where the exhaust is on the end of the card, this was bent out of shape!!

slothmeister · 1 Apr 2006 at 14:02

excuse my ignorance, but where would i plug these? Do i use the cables supplied with the motherboard or one of the ones that came with the PSU and which cable??

slothmeister · 1 Apr 2006 at 14:16

well every powersocket is filled at the moment with other cables so i guess i haven't got one

slothmeister · 1 Apr 2006 at 14:30

no i don't mate, e-mail: [email protected]

slothmeister · 1 Apr 2006 at 14:41

ok thanks.

slothmeister · 1 Apr 2006 at 16:02

ah **** i missed the end of the auction i thought i had 10 secs left but it ended before i put my final bid in!!!!!

Can you see anymore?

slothmeister · 1 Apr 2006 at 16:10

cool, back to the problem in hand, my psu has the option to split or combine the 12v rail, it's currently set to split, could this be anything to do with it?

slothmeister · 1 Apr 2006 at 16:35

dammit, no that doesn't work either! i won the auction anyway so i'll have to wait for the card to come to us, and wait for OCUK to e-mail me back.

slothmeister · 2 Apr 2006 at 16:02

if ocuk offer to take back the motherboard can i ask to get a refund or can i exchange it for a different board. (providing that's the problem of course)

If so are there any other boards out there that don't seem to have as many problems as i have heard with this one, but offer the same sort of things, so crossfire etc, at around the same sort of price.

Cheers