P5Q-E upgrade-build not Posting:(

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Hi all I just installed my new gear which is

Asus P5Q-E
Q6700
Seagate 7200.12 1TB

With my old stuff:

4gb OCZ Titanium PC6400
BFG GTX280 OC
Corsair HX620


Now what happens is when I turn the pc on all the cathodes come on and fans and the HD's spin, but the graphics card fan does not (even though it's green LED is ON).
So no beeping from the mobo, no image to the screen.

What should I do next? I have already reset the CMOS via the jumper in the bottom-right once, this did not remedy the problem. Should I remove the GPU next and see if the mobo does an error beep?

The mobo is 2nd hand from an auction site.

Thanks
 
Just try your old graphics card in there with the new mobo, see if that will POST or anything.

Stupid question, but people often forget little things. You have plugged in the PCI-e power cables right?
 
yeh first thing I checked was power to the GPU, they're all In and GPU worked in old build in sig.

I don't have an old PCI-E graphics card:(
 
Also check you have connected the 4pin power cable on the motherboard, I'm always forgetting to plug that in.
 
8 pin power cable is on the mobo dekez, lets see what compressed air can do on the pci-E slot...

air duster didn't work:(

If the CPU was defective would the mobo be able to POST?

It was OEM from here, but it really looked like a HSF had left its mark on the heatspreader already...three sides of a square imprint on the nickel...
 
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Pull one of the memory sticks out, if that does not work swap for the other and try again. I have sometimes found that motherboards are fussy about memory, however OCZ memory normally has a good rep.

Cheers

Von
 
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Asus P5Q-E
The mobo is 2nd hand from an auction site.
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I've bought a number of used ASUS motherboards from auction and not had a problem yet. It's not impossible that someone has flogged a faulty motherboard but you would expect the seller to give you a heads up!

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Q6700

If the CPU was defective would the mobo be able to POST?

It was OEM from here
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If the CPU is defective then you will get a complete no boot. Normally I wouldn't consider it likely that a new Intel® CPU could be defective but I have seen a number of forum users making similar requests for help with their new OEM Intel® Core™2 Quad Q6700 purchased from OcUK, could well be they got a bad batch in? :confused:

If it is indeed a possible CPU fault then the quickest step in trouble-shooting would be to swap out the chip for another . . . but sadly not everyone has a spare LGA775 processor lying around!
 
Pull the vid card out and see if it beeps, then try without any RAM, if you get no beeps at all then I'd begin to suspect the CPU, so you'll have to pull that out and make sure that none of the pins in the CPU socket are bent/damaged. If everything looks OK then put the CPU back, make sure it's sitting properly and try again.

Where abouts are you by the way? I have a spare P4 775 chip lying around somewhere that I could loan you if you live nearby.
 
Haha, its a possibility :p

Yea, if theres no POST swapping CPU sounds a good idea to me. Got an old one lying around? Can get a cheap P4 775 chip for around £15 or so on an auction site, probably less if you post in the wanted section on the members market. Keep it for testing or just flog it on again straight after testing :)
 
Hi guys thanks for the ideas i'll try them out today.

I have my trusty E6300 I can try him in, thanks tho IAMATeaf, i'm in westlondon

I'm not sure this mobo has a speaker? I took the GPU out and powered up but heard no beeping, and my case has no speaker either.
 
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Rip a speaker out of an old case if you have 1, really need to hear the beeps, if it's making any to diagnose the problem.

I'm going to stick my neck out and call it a bad CPU install or pins being bent :)
 
Ok i've taken out cmos battery and put it back
Put my e6300 in
Moved GPU to a different PCI-E slot
Taken a stick of ram out

Still nothing, GPU fan won't spin and no signal to monitor

Bent pin on C2D? They don't have pins...

I think the CPU's are fine, something is up with the mobo
 
Gah what a pain, you swapped out the Q6600 for an E6300 and the machine still won't POST! :confused:

I think IAmATeaf was refering to the LGA775 pins which are in the CPU socket itself . . . you would need to remove the chip and examine the socket closely to see if any pins are damaged or out of place.

If all the other kit is known working it does point towards the board maybe being faulty? . . . It may be worth contacting the seller with a polite email explaining the problem, a seller normally doesn't mind providing a little after sales support, it may also give him guilt if he knows there was a problem with the board and he may offer to take it back!

I can't see any other obvious areas that could be causing problems though? . . . you may have to resort to the bare-bones build with the board set-up on an anti-static surface outside the case with minimal stuff installed to see if there is some kinda short-circuit going on, it's a pain but can help sometimes!
 
Big Wayne yeh no joy with the E6300.
I just checked the pins under a magnifying glass (early learning center one, innit) and they look fine, i'm assuming a bent/damaged one would be obvious but they look very orderly.

All other kit was working 48hrs ago when I was backing stuff up, GPU, Ram etc

I am about to contact the seller, I don't have much hope for bare bones, think its worth a shot?
How do I turn the system on/off on the bench cos it will no longer be hooked up to the case switches...
 
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Glad it wasn't the contacts on the mobo :)

Have you tried putting the system together outside of the case? If that still doesn't work then it does look like the problem is with the mobo.
 
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How do I turn the system on/off on the bench cos it will no longer be hooked up to the case switches...
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Did they have lights in them when the system was powered on? I have the same board and the power button glows red and the reset one green. If they werent even lighting up then you may well have a mobo error
 
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