Hiya
I've just got a new motherboard for my 3.4ghz prescott. Its the Asrock P4i65G, not great I know, but it supports that speed prescott (My old P4S800 didn't)
Anyway I set everything up this morning, all the wires in the right places, 2 IDE HDDs, DVD-RW, 6800ultra, x-fi music, 2x 512mb DDR 400 and a 520w PSU.
Connect everything at the back and switch the plug on. Fans spin up, things seem fine, but nothing shows on the monitor (yes its connected and turned on.)
I tried disconnecting all the unnecessary parts and have only my windows HDD and 6800 connected. Same thing happens. So I took the crt wire out of the 6800 ultra and put it into the motherboard video connector. But same thing happens
However I'm worried I may have damaged the motherboard when connecting my heatsink to it. Its a Thermalright 120 and its a really tight squeeze between the motherboard heatsink and the upper capacitors (I think thats what they are.) I clamped down the wrong end first and bent one of them:
Its only bent slightly...
Is this the problem?
I've just got a new motherboard for my 3.4ghz prescott. Its the Asrock P4i65G, not great I know, but it supports that speed prescott (My old P4S800 didn't)
Anyway I set everything up this morning, all the wires in the right places, 2 IDE HDDs, DVD-RW, 6800ultra, x-fi music, 2x 512mb DDR 400 and a 520w PSU.
Connect everything at the back and switch the plug on. Fans spin up, things seem fine, but nothing shows on the monitor (yes its connected and turned on.)
I tried disconnecting all the unnecessary parts and have only my windows HDD and 6800 connected. Same thing happens. So I took the crt wire out of the 6800 ultra and put it into the motherboard video connector. But same thing happens
However I'm worried I may have damaged the motherboard when connecting my heatsink to it. Its a Thermalright 120 and its a really tight squeeze between the motherboard heatsink and the upper capacitors (I think thats what they are.) I clamped down the wrong end first and bent one of them:
Its only bent slightly...
Is this the problem?