PLEASE HELP!

Jay A

Jay A

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I apologise if this is in the wrong forum area but right now I'm desperate for help, and with the OCUK helpline closed till Monday morning I didn't know what else to do.

I'm trying to get my new system up and running and I've run into a major problem - for me anyway. I've basically got everything plugged in correctly (double checked etc) but with the graphics card plugged I powered it up and everything whirred into life (red leds etc)....but no monitor display. I tried the monitor in my current pc and it worked fine so i swapped it back again. Again - nothing. So I dragged out an old graphics card and plugged that in, powered it up (whirred into life again) and still no display. So I unplugged it all and checked things out - seemed ok - and I powered it on again and this time all I get is blue led's and nothing else.

Has something gone drastically wrong here possibly? I followed the instructions carefully but now I can't seem to get anything.

Now I'm not going to give up this thing - hopefully it's something simple. But if anyone can offer any help or advice, PLEASE do so! This is a beautiful system I have here but so far I can't get it running :( Here's the system specs:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 "LGA775 Conroe" 3.00GHz (1333FSB)
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit
Sony Floppy Drive
Pioneer DVR-112DBK 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter
Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache
Western Digital Caviar SE16 400GB 4000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case
OCZ GameXStream 700w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply
OcUK ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT SILENT Heatpipe 1024MB GDDR4 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
Zalman CNPS9700-LED Aero Flower (Socket AM2/939/754/775) CPU Cooler
Asus Striker Extreme nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

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I checked things over again and now it's powering up fine. Man - that topcase fan is HUGE!!! Anyway, the problem is that now my monitor light just remains orange - I get no display on it at all. I swapped it over to this pc (on right now) and it's working, so something is wrong with the new system setup, naturally something I'm missing. The cpu/fan were installed, albeit it was a major squeeze to do so with the metal fittings that came with it, but everything powers up ok - just no display...I am stuck... :(

The mobo books:

If you no not see anything with 30 seconds from the time you turned the power on, the system may have failed a power-on test. Check the jumper settings and connections or call your retailer for assistance.

Which jumper settings should I check?
 
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Start from fresh with the bare essentials.......

Reinstall the CPU, 1 stick of memory, the graphics card, and obviously the PSU.

Perhaps try one of the other PCI-E slots?

and as said below... would be worth trying another monitor to be sure...
 
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Which monitor and i take it the 2900 has 2x dvi are you using the correct
connector i take it you have tried both dvi sockets as one is for 1x monitor only
It must be a monitor issue then if all works fine on another monitor.
 
Tried the barebones thing - 1 stick of memory, the graphics card and cpu - still the same result.

Looking at the back of the graphics card as the pc is standing up correctly, I've tried the connector on left hand side (or 1 of 2 as you look at it).

My monitor is a Hyundai L90D+ (19") and runs perfectly normally.

One thing I did notice is that from the jumble of cables (man - that's going to take some sorting out) as I had them connected as best as I could was that for some reason the dvd drive wasn't powered up either. I have (from the psu) the SATA 1 & 2 plugs in my hdd's and the little red cables going to them from the mobo's SATA 1 & 2 connectors - not sure if they've got life either, but I think that maybe till I can get this monitor thing sorted out that I won't be able to get the hdd's done.
 
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I believe so - but this setup doesn't even work with my old Sapphire GTO2 X800 plugged in. I've no idea if the monitor is the problem (imcompatible maybe, but I can't see it being that) - could it be?

I've now reinstalled the CPU, used a single stick of memory and reinstalled the graphics card - still nothing

Any other thoughts or suggestions? I'm getting worried about this now...
 
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Jay A said:
Tried the barebones thing - 1 stick of memory, the graphics card and cpu - still the same result.

Looking at the back of the graphics card as the pc is standing up correctly, I've tried the connector on left hand side (or 1 of 2 as you look at it).

My monitor is a Hyundai L90D+ (19") and runs perfectly normally.

One thing I did notice is that from the jumble of cables (man - that's going to take some sorting out) as I had them connected as best as I could was that for some reason the dvd drive wasn't powered up either. I have (from the psu) the SATA 1 & 2 plugs in my hdd's and the little red cables going to them from the mobo's SATA 1 & 2 connectors - not sure if they've got life either, but I think that maybe till I can get this monitor thing sorted out that I won't be able to get the hdd's done.
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If you're still plugging in the DVD drive and HDD's unplug them to be sure there's not a power problem caused by the drives, or too much load on the PSU. Bare essentials, as said...

Might be something duff if you can't get even the basics working... :(
 
Yes that is what I was thinking. I have had duff power supplies before that would boot into windows (I know you can't) but would'nt power the display.
You could try it with your old power supply doing what t31os suggests, a very minimalist install, just the barest of bare essentials. And the x800.
 
Really, so it could be the power supply? Hmm...here's a question - probably a stupid one - but I'll ask anyway. I've reinstalled the cpu (as said before) and done the bare minimum install (just the cpu, 1 memory stick, graphics card and psu) - the question is this: if the cpu was somehow screwed up (I've been SO damned careful with it I'd hope it's not that) would the system still power up to be like it has been with no monitor display? I mean, could the be another possibility - that if it's damaged it affecting things?

NOTE* I just connected one of the hdd's to a SATA connection and I can hear/feel it powering up - I guess that's a good thing, yeah?

NOTE 2* just did the same on the dvd drive - that power's up and opens/closes too. I guess this is a good way of the process of elimination, yeah?
 
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I suppose it is possible. CPU's are pretty resilient I have had them almost melted into the socket yet still worked to some degree.
Try the power supply first because it is the easiest thing to eliminate as you have a spare.
 
Sadly I don't think the PSU in this pc will work if I swap it out - the main base unit/box has those little ports in it that you plug cables out to the various components inside. I could always go to PC World and pick on up tomorrow I guess...
 
Try both sticks of ram one at a time in all 4 slots and see if it will post
This could be a case of the board not liking the ram at it's default voltage.
Any way you can get a different stick of ram?
You may have to boot with 1.8v ram and set to 2.1 volts to get it to work with
the ram.I would buy or get hold of as cheap as possible stick of 1.8v compatible ram and try it with that before i bought a psu.And please tell me you have connected both the 24 pin psu lead and the 4 pin lead.
 
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You needent remove the power supply completely, if you can get the two towers close enough together. Just plug the mainboard 24pin, cpu aux, power to the g/card, that should be enough to get to the bios at least.
 
Yep - both connected. But let me check something with you, C64.

You've got the main mobo power lead (labelled in white text as "MAIN") - when you say the 24 pin psu (that MAIN connector) and the 4 pin lead that is the one attached to the same power cable out of the PSU as the MAIN connector, right?
 
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I reckon it's a memory issue get some ddr2 generic 1.8 volts stick like 256mb cheap as possible.
Does anyone know if the striker will even boot with a 6850 without a bios update?
 
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Yep - both connected. But let me check something with you, C64.

You've got the main mobo power lead (labelled in white text as "MAIN") - when you say the 24 pin psu (that MAIN connector) and the 4 pin lead that is the one attached to the same power cable out of the PSU as the MAIN connector, right?
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yes it's usually named aux
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Ok - I've just looked on the mobo and there was a small socket (labelled as ATX12V) but only 4 holes were showing. I noticed a small black cover over it so I removed it and now I have a white socket with 8 holes - sound okay so far? So, a socket with 8 and a 4 pin connector...that goes in there (with 4 holes to spare)? This extra plug has 24 in bold white text on it if that helps. There are 2 other similar connectors coming from the PSU but they have CPU1 & CPU2 on written on them.

And just for the record - whatever the result - I want to thank you guys for helping me out so far. It's nice to know that there's some helpful types out there :)
 
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Put the cover back on where u took it from and plug the 4 pin in the 4 remaining holes put one of the 4 pin ones in the 4 pin socket and the main in the main socket.
1 x 20+4Pin ATX
1 x 4-pin/8-pin CPU
thats what you have so the 1x20+4pin goes into main socket
and the 1x4 goes in the other socket you can use the 8 pin method on these psu too
 
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