New Build wont boot atall - Help!

schnipps · 16 Feb 2007 at 20:42

Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C5 800MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400DC)
Samsung SpinPoint P HD160HJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM
NEC AD5170 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail

With an x1800xt, all put together and when i power up fans go but nothing on screen, no error beep or anything, totally stumped, anyone got any help?

schnipps · 16 Feb 2007 at 21:13

tried memory in and out and in diff slots, unplugged all drives and booted and nothing, gfx card works in other system,just nothing atall, no beeps or anything, its got to be the chip or the board, what do i do?

schnipps · 16 Feb 2007 at 21:21

Ronaldo said:
what PSU do u have?

One that came with the antec case 380 watt thing, thing is the motherboard doesnt even have an error code led on it so you cant tell what it is

schnipps · 16 Feb 2007 at 21:32

niteflite01 said:
I had the same mobo and RAM and, even though it worked for about an hour or so, the problem you describe soon reared it's ugly head - and I didn't ever find a way to fix it hence the board was returned.

I've seen this quite a lot over the last week or so around this board and a few others. Looks like there could be a dodgy batch of DS3's doing the rounds.

I im reluctant to think its the PSU as i have been running a similar setup on a crappy thing, its got to be the mother board.

schnipps · 16 Feb 2007 at 21:41

Ronaldo said:
fine but remind me to say told you so.

any one who used many different systems and PSU would say your PSU is weak for the spec of your system.

regards

Would a 380 totally stop it from booting though? I mean not even get to bios, i have ran a pentium D 820 in my packard bell with a none brand psu, i mean i would love to think its the psu but how sure can you be its not a dodgy motherboard?

schnipps · 16 Feb 2007 at 22:12

Ronaldo said:
i aint 100% sure but chances of it being PSU is very high,

I once bought a mini case which came with 220watts mini PSU, worked on a amd 1ghz 380mb ran and gf 2mx, 40gb hdd for abt a week then nothing, lights came on fans moved but thats it, rma'd mobo 2 twice, check cpu and ran on friends pc they worked.

then out of interest put a cheapo 400watt normal PSU and everything worked fine i still have that pc collecting dust, its for spare incase.

why dont you borrow a friends psu if they have one or try and stick 1 of ram, 1 hdd, and if you can a pci gfx card that takes no power, dont connect DVDrw

Tried a bench boot with no hard drive or dvd drive, just a pure boot with only 1 stick of ram and gfx card in, i would expect it to post to bios but nothing. Surely a 380 PSU wuld boot that?

schnipps · 17 Feb 2007 at 08:37

Im going to get ahold of anothe S3 board today and try that, one thing though is there any reason my x1800xt gfx card runs the fan at full speed when i power up? In my other machine the fan never went loud unless gaming, is there a way to control the fan?

schnipps · 17 Feb 2007 at 10:05

Ok brand new s3 board and the same, any more ideas?

schnipps · 17 Feb 2007 at 10:10

niteflite01 said:
Dodgy batch of S3's.......

2 of them both from different place though, looks like im goign to have to write off 500 quid worh of gear here

schnipps · 17 Feb 2007 at 10:19

I havent tried that, its either the psu OR cpu, going to have to try another psu then if not RMA the cpu, nothing else it can be

schnipps · 17 Feb 2007 at 10:29

niteflite01 said:
Agreed! Do you have another PSU?

Nope going to have to go and buy one.

schnipps · 18 Feb 2007 at 21:37

Yes there is mate, im embarassed to say that the original problem was me not plugging in the small cpu power connector on the MB, i havent built a pc for about 4 years so wasnt aware it needed plugging in, i didnt even notice it until i literally read the manual back to front. So all was fine, vista ultimate installed and the pc runs as fast as heck, never seen anything like it coming from a intel 820 D with a gigg of ram, unreal. Then i tried to update the bios using the gigabyte @BIOS tool and its killed the board, read my other thread

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17694600

Seems to be a common problem with gigabyte bios updates, so im RMA'ig the MB tomorrow and wont be attempting a bios update atall again.

Cheers to peeps that posted advice in this thread though.

schnipps · 18 Feb 2007 at 21:55

Ronaldo said:
well thats good, happy to hear your up and running, we all know how it feels when the system you together with hours of work does not work.

congrats

Im not though thats the problem, dead as a do do after the bios flash, totally gutted, nothing worse than building anew system and it doesnt work for whatever reason, not working twice is a total head mash