New PC won't work, Need help please

orca234 · 16 Jan 2009 at 17:11

Hi all

So I've upgraded my PC(or basically got new one)with the following parts...
- Asus P5E Deluxe Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
- Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40 GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
- Akasa AK-966 Blue Aurora (Intel LGA 775)
- Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ).
So my PC now consists of these parts plus the following
- Geil 2x1GB DDR2 Memory
- PNY GeForce 8800 GT 512Mb GDDR3
- And a power supply of 600W

When I turn My PC on nothing appears on the Monitor. And The DVD Rom Drive does not work.
The Graphics card has a slot for the PCI E Powercable so when I remove this and power on the PC again the DVD Rom Drive works and there is a long continuos beep.

Does this mean that 600W is not enough in order to run these components or is there something else wrong?

jak731 · 16 Jan 2009 at 17:17

tried only 1 stick of ram + essencials to see if you can enter the bios?

I_M_Weasel · 16 Jan 2009 at 17:24

Re seat the graphics card, plug the monitor into the other video port if it has one.
Do you have a spare gfx card you can test with?

orca234 · 16 Jan 2009 at 17:36

I have sticked only 1 Ram Card and also tried my Older 256 Ram Sticks.
Another time I pluged the Monitor into the port 2 of the GFX card and I also tried my Previous GFX card (BFG Gefore 7600 256MB). But still cannot enter the bios and nothing appears on the monitor.

RJC · 16 Jan 2009 at 17:59

All power connectors connected including the 4 or 8 pin for cpu power.
Try a CMOS reset.

engstrom0304 · 16 Jan 2009 at 18:02

geforce 8 cards have had some motherboard compatibility problems on earlier grpahics bioses.
How old is the card. Is it second hand?

orca234 · 16 Jan 2009 at 18:07

RJC said:
All power connectors connected including the 4 or 8 pin for cpu power.
Try a CMOS reset.

I have tried the 4 Pin and 8 Pin CPU power connections. I will try the CMOS reset when I get home.

orca234 · 16 Jan 2009 at 18:11

engstrom0304 said:
geforce 8 cards have had some motherboard compatibility problems on earlier grpahics bioses.
How old is the card. Is it second hand?

I got this card sometime last year, around April and got it from here (overclockers).
My previous GFX card (BFG Gefore 7600) also came from overclockers in April 2007.
They were both New.

orca234 · 16 Jan 2009 at 18:53

Another question, if my computer consist of these compenets...
- Asus P5E Deluxe Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
- Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40 GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
- Akasa AK-966 Blue Aurora (Intel LGA 775)
- Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ).
- Geil 2x1GB DDR2 Memory
- PNY GeForce 8800 GT 512Mb GDDR3
What would the minimum amount of power supply be?

engstrom0304 · 19 Jan 2009 at 19:08

it depends on the brand a Corsair TX 650W or something would be good. Or even less if it is a good brand.

600w is fine, what brand is it.

jak731 · 19 Jan 2009 at 19:13

400W minimum i say at 100% load from a very good PSU, without accounting for spikes, overclocks etc. however it will be a very bad idea to get a 400W PSU to run that system on, so a minimum of 500W is what i would recommend.