I know it's late, and Friday night to boot, but I could really use a little help ...
I've just built my first PC, but it seems to have gone a bit wrong. Here are the specs:
Intel Quad Core Q6600
2GB Corsair XMS 6400 RAM
Antec 300 Case
Hiper 530w PSU
MSI P35 Neo2 Socket 775 mobo
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
Samsung SpinPoint F1 500GB HDD
and the DVD/CD drive from my old PC
So I installed everything, took my time, made sure I did everything right (but now, who knows?) and then switched it on, connected to the monitor, mouse and keyboard from my old PC. It makes all the right noises, the fans are all spinning, so it's looking good. I get the MSI splash screen on the monitor, then a quick flash of writing (white against the black screen) that includes the word 'initializing' - then a black screen with a flashing cursor in the top left corner. And that's all. So I switched everything off, checked connections, etc, switched on again - same deal. Splash screen - 'initializing' - flashing cursor.
I've tried five times now, and it's the same every time. As I said this is my first build, so it's perfectly possible that I've connected something incorrectly, or not connected it at all, or god knows what else; then again, the rig switches on, and everything seems to be doing what it's supposed to.
It's a new HDD so there's no OS installed yet, but I don't know how to go about that because I can't get past the black screen/cursor.
If there's any other info that might help shed some light on the problem just ask.
Meantime, I'm all ears ...
I've just built my first PC, but it seems to have gone a bit wrong. Here are the specs:
Intel Quad Core Q6600
2GB Corsair XMS 6400 RAM
Antec 300 Case
Hiper 530w PSU
MSI P35 Neo2 Socket 775 mobo
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
Samsung SpinPoint F1 500GB HDD
and the DVD/CD drive from my old PC
So I installed everything, took my time, made sure I did everything right (but now, who knows?) and then switched it on, connected to the monitor, mouse and keyboard from my old PC. It makes all the right noises, the fans are all spinning, so it's looking good. I get the MSI splash screen on the monitor, then a quick flash of writing (white against the black screen) that includes the word 'initializing' - then a black screen with a flashing cursor in the top left corner. And that's all. So I switched everything off, checked connections, etc, switched on again - same deal. Splash screen - 'initializing' - flashing cursor.
I've tried five times now, and it's the same every time. As I said this is my first build, so it's perfectly possible that I've connected something incorrectly, or not connected it at all, or god knows what else; then again, the rig switches on, and everything seems to be doing what it's supposed to.
It's a new HDD so there's no OS installed yet, but I don't know how to go about that because I can't get past the black screen/cursor.
If there's any other info that might help shed some light on the problem just ask.
Meantime, I'm all ears ...
