new build wont boot

ninjabib

ninjabib

ninjabib

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Hi

Any ideas greatly appreciated.

Just finished physically putting together the hardware.

e2180cpu
4 gig ocz ram
256meg x1950pro
Abit ip35-e
320gig sata hd
OS waiting to go on Vista premium 64 bit.

Connected it all up. Big 24 pin power connector in, 8 pin power connector in. Aux 4 pin PCI-E in. Sata cable in, connected to mobo. same with floppy abd ide dvd drive.

Turned power on, red neon constantly on on mobo. Speakers power up, monitor power comes on. When i press power button nothing happens, can't get anything to start. I'm concerned about the small LED connectors, some of them don't have the + or - indicators on them, if these are on wrong would it not boot or is there something more serious afoot.


Many thanks
Gary
 
I don't have a power connector on the small harness, unless you're eferring to the power led (excuse my noobiness)

The ram is the 4 gig ,2x2 OCZ on offer and the power supply is Asaka 400w. I do have a 4 pin connector loose (2x2 square shape) but i thought that was ok as i have the 8 pin one instead on
 
There was no socket spare for that connector. It said i could use either an 8 or the 4 plug, preferably 8, so i did, it was just spare and worried me, all along it was the led cable back to front. Doh in my defence there were no + or - signs!
 
Well heres a new one to me, going through vista process, says i need a driver for my hd??? I've never had this before when installing a new OS. I got no drivers with my HD where to go from here, i told it to browse the vista disc but it coulldnt find a generic one.

Edit -it's asking for the above because it doesnt detect a drive, surely it wouldn't have let me enter *** reg key if it didn't? My HD did whir

Edit - sorted
 
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You know the first time it wasn't detected and i edited it - You're right, i hand't powered it. Now got the sata cable connectors one to hd, one to mobo and also got the psu connector on it. Am i being really dumb, quite possibly am, tonight i've been stressed with the non boot problem and my common sense and patience has run out. I just want it TO LIVE!! LIVE DAMN PC!!!
 
I also apologise for the poor grammar throughout thi thread, using a friends laptop while trying to get mine working!

Never used one before, the keys are weird!
 
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