New Core 2 Duo build not booting :(

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had the bits for a while but only got around to putting the bits together today.

have a :

6600 C2D
Intel D975XBX 'Bad Axe' mobo - Rev 304
2GB G.Skill PC6400 ZX
Gainward 7950 GX2
Silverstone 650 W PSU

all went fine until i turned it on. the fans spin for 2 secs then stop. press the button again and same happens.

i thought it might be the GPU and it needing a bios upgrade to work so i swapped it for a 6800GT. same prob. no output to the monitor at all.

trying to try now with just 1 stick of RAM. no joy at the moment.

no sound at all from the onboard speaker

anything else i can try?
 
2 - Blue cypher.not my first build mate :) . i plan (after work tonight) to try booting outside the case, and poss with an old PD.

this was basically, take out the DFI ultra-d and put this in its place.
 
not the PSU as works fine with the DFI mobo previously (Still does - tested)

have a spare CPU to test with so will give that a go after trying to boot outside of the case

RAM? - not sure. shouldnt i get beeps from the mobo in that case? have no spare ones to test with tho. might grab the cheapest stick of DDR2 i can find just for testing. the only RAM i have at the mo apart from this set is DDR
 
maybe, will find out tomorrow or day after anyways. ordered a stick of crucial ram direct. checked for compat with this mobo so should be ok.
 
same thing no matter what i tried so far (GPU swap/RAM slot swap). when i press the power button, the fans spin for 2 secs then stop.

no signal to the monitor in any case.

tonight then i will try this:

take the mobo out of the case and rest on top of the g.cards case to eliminate shorting. if that brings no joy, then tomorrow i'll swap out the CPU

if there is still no joy i'll have to wait for my new RAM to arrive and test that.

at the moment the battery is out of the mobo, just to clear it.

if all this doesnt work, then it looks like the mobo may be DOA
 
ummmm, i soweeee :o

i was thinking about the connectors to the mobo etc, and remembered my DFI mobos needing 4 conns. this only has 2.

after looking on the online manual i found a conn covered by my heatsink at the top left of the mobo - labelled in the manual as

processor power connector

pls let it just be something this silly :p
 
tomos said:
or the fact that the power connector for the CPU isnt plugged in at the moment

whhooooooooooooppppppp!!! :D :cool: :D

it worked it worked it worked it worked it worked it worked it worked it worked !!!

just plugged that one bloody connector in and it boots fine. even boots into my prev install of XP (the one from the DFI mobo - loads of found new hardware etc tho)

bloody happy now :D (and feel a little bit of a sweary for missing this :o )

ta for the advice all
 
god knows. a forceware driver from this time last year i think

runs basic windows. i am just happy that it kinda works. i hvaent put the 7950 GX2 in yet, thats tomorrow. i want to flash the bios to the latest first

once thats done, then i'll reinstall XP on there from scratch. i'll try those newer betas first i think. might make a slipstreamed XP cd tonight.

p.s. i am getting rid of my P180 and swapping it for a TT armour. the antec is too small inside for me
 
update.

now flashed to latest bios (very diff look to the DFI way of doing it)
now have both sticks of RAM in there
now running on the 7950 GX2 :D

all running fine.

have burnt off my custom XP install cd thanks to nlite and am going to leave this puppy running memtest overnight to see how it goes.

fingers crossed :)
 
one last update.

XP now installed, all running totally fine :D

running the latest beta forcewares and no probs (yet).

god bless stupid mistakes lol
 
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