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Posting on behalf of a friend who's putting together a new rig and has run into problems that I can't help him with. He'd post himself but he's only just registered and he's still stuck in the moderation queue.
Basically, he set everything up outside the case (on a wooden floor on a cardboard box, so nothing's shorting out) on my advice just to see if it POSTs ok before putting the mobo into the case. I checked that he connected BOTH motherboard power connectors, RAM, graphics card power connector, CPU fan etc., but nevertheless he's still greeted with a blank screen whenever he switches it on. I got him to take everything apart and put it back together again but nothing. I got him to reset the CMOS just on the off chance, but that didn't help. What bugs me is that neither his motherboard nor his case seem to have a speaker (although the mobo has the pins that you're supposed to connect a speaker onto) so we can't check the BIOS beep error codes!!! He connected his (normal) speakers just in case the computer was considerate enough to beep through them but it doesn't - just sits there, fans spinning, blank screen.
Any ideas will be greatly appreciated!
Specs are: Asus P5B SE, 2GB Corsair xms2 DDR2, Intel 2GHz E2180, Asus 512MB EN8800GT, OCZ 600W PSU.
Basically, he set everything up outside the case (on a wooden floor on a cardboard box, so nothing's shorting out) on my advice just to see if it POSTs ok before putting the mobo into the case. I checked that he connected BOTH motherboard power connectors, RAM, graphics card power connector, CPU fan etc., but nevertheless he's still greeted with a blank screen whenever he switches it on. I got him to take everything apart and put it back together again but nothing. I got him to reset the CMOS just on the off chance, but that didn't help. What bugs me is that neither his motherboard nor his case seem to have a speaker (although the mobo has the pins that you're supposed to connect a speaker onto) so we can't check the BIOS beep error codes!!! He connected his (normal) speakers just in case the computer was considerate enough to beep through them but it doesn't - just sits there, fans spinning, blank screen.
Any ideas will be greatly appreciated!
Specs are: Asus P5B SE, 2GB Corsair xms2 DDR2, Intel 2GHz E2180, Asus 512MB EN8800GT, OCZ 600W PSU.
I don't know what he was doing wrong, probably didn't plug in one of the power cables properly.