PC wont boot.......??????/

bone'ed · 8 Jan 2008 at 15:37

Hi all,
Have just installed new MB and swapped over all components, trying to turn the machine on and it justs goes to a ASUS P5N-E SLi screen with options to:

Press DEL to enter SETUP or Press TAB to display BIOS POST message?

Please help :confused:

bone'ed · 8 Jan 2008 at 15:39

By the way doing either of the above doesn't do anything.........

Delvis · 8 Jan 2008 at 15:42

Try booting with just the cpu/motherboard/ram/graphics card connected to the board.

ie unplug the cd-rom and hard drives etc...see if it gets passed there.

bone'ed · 8 Jan 2008 at 15:45

ok m8

tedaC · 8 Jan 2008 at 15:47

wouldn't be a problem recognising a usb keyboard would it ?

bone'ed · 8 Jan 2008 at 15:48

Still the same m8??????????????????

bone'ed · 8 Jan 2008 at 15:50

Shall i reboot with the Keyboard connected via PS2 conn????

Delvis · 8 Jan 2008 at 15:51

Re-seat the cpu and ram then.

Then if that doesn't work, try booting with just the one stick in each slot, repeat that with all the sticks.

Could be a compatibility issue. What ram do you have by the way?

Delvis · 8 Jan 2008 at 15:51

bone'ed said:
Shall i reboot with the Keyboard connected via PS2 conn????

Try that matey.

bone'ed · 8 Jan 2008 at 15:52

No joy with the keyboard

Delvis · 8 Jan 2008 at 15:53

Try the re-seating, and the ram combo I suggested.

bone'ed · 8 Jan 2008 at 15:56

RAM 4gb, all OCZ, 2 sticks - OCZ PC2-6400 C4 800mhz SLi Ready, Low latency DDR2
2 sticks - OCZ PC2-6400 C4 Dual Channel Platinum Rev.2 XTC

bone'ed · 8 Jan 2008 at 16:35

Its getting worse, just reseated the CPU and now havn't got any graphics signal to monitor

bone'ed · 8 Jan 2008 at 17:19

Reseated the CPU again, tried all sorts of RAM combinations, Changed graphics to 1 card (SLi) and tried both cards

Still no joy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PC turns on, all fans running no graphics(signal)??????????????

PLEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEE HHEEEEELLLLLLLLPPPPPPPP

bone'ed · 8 Jan 2008 at 18:11

Please Help if you can come up with any suggestions!

Boot up, no graphics, PC stops

Cheers

Delvis · 8 Jan 2008 at 18:24

Hey, does your motherboard have an onboard speaker?

Try turning the system on without and ram installed, if your have an onboard speaker on the motherboard, or a case speaker you can attach, you should hear some beeps coming from your motherboard...

The beeps are a good thing cause that means your motherboard is detecting your cpu. When you installed the cpu did you make sure it went in correctly 100%? And that none of the pins on the motherboard where not bent...?

bone'ed · 8 Jan 2008 at 18:46

Dont think i have an onboard/case speaker. MB is ASUS P5N-E SLi.

Delvis · 8 Jan 2008 at 19:15

Just had a check and no it doesn't...which is annoying.

Do you have any more ram available you could try?

bone'ed · 8 Jan 2008 at 20:01

Just started from scratch again, removed everything very carefully, cleaned and reapplied Artic Silver to both CPU and Northbridge HS, fitted board, cards, leads, checked all connections and still no good

Got 7gig of RAM to go through now

Delvis · 8 Jan 2008 at 20:07

Might be worth trying to get the system working out of the case matey

Will rule out any shorting issues then. (ie run the motherboard placed on the motherboard box or something with the anti static bag under the board...)

It could be voltage issues with the ram or something...cause the cpu was working at one stage as you had a post scree.