Oh dear, new build problem

oddsbodikins · 7 Feb 2008 at 23:09

Just built my rig but when i boot up i get a long monotonous beep (award bios) which i believe is a GPU problem.

Am i right?

Especially as when i remove the GPU i just get a very short quick beep and then nothing.

Also when i boot up the CPU fan takes a few seconds to start spinning, i take it this is normal as *** CPU staarts to heat up?

oddsbodikins · 7 Feb 2008 at 23:27

Well i get the continous single beep which suggests:

Continuous Beep No Power, Loose Card, or Short.

But it doesnt do it when i remove the Graphics card.

oddsbodikins · 7 Feb 2008 at 23:44

Ok i am an idiot.

I didn't connect a power supply to mt 8800Gt although the installtion instructions received with it made no mention of this.

Just a quick thing when i boot it up now the case fan spins, then a few seconds later the CPU fan spins but then stops, bearing in mind i haven't powered it for more than 5-10 seconds so far, would i be right in thinking this is just beacuse the CPU is hot enough yet (i have a E8400) hich i beleive run cooler?

oddsbodikins · 8 Feb 2008 at 08:10

I have the side panel on my case removed it's definitely the CPU fan.

I'll check the connection, cheers.