Hi,
I've just built a machine for a friend and encountered some problems, some of which I overcame and one I am still stuck on. I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on it.
The system is a budget one, an ASRock Dual SATA2 motherboard (that's what it's advertised as, can't recall the exact model number), A64 3200+ with stock HS/F, 1GB GeIL DDR400, PCI-E XFX 6500, Maxtor 250GB SATA, some crappy DVDRW, some cheap crappy case which came with a PSU.
The first problem was that it wouldn't turn on - I then realised it was because I hadn't plugged that smaller power connector into the motherboard (the same mistake I made at christmas when upgrading my mobo/CPU. I plugged it in then it worked. The machine went on and I saw POST. I then unplugged everything from the back and moved it to the position where it's gonna end up - I got my friend to plug everything back in so that he'd know how to do it in the future.
Now it won't turn on. I can't think of any reason why this would be... It's all plugged in correctly, but when I press power it won't turn on. I am pretty certain nothing's come unplugged inside, and none of the circuit breakers in the room have tripped off so there's not been some sort of short circuit that I can think of.
Can anyone suggest how I could remedy this? I can provide more details if I've forgotten to mention something.
Thanks.
I've just built a machine for a friend and encountered some problems, some of which I overcame and one I am still stuck on. I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on it.
The system is a budget one, an ASRock Dual SATA2 motherboard (that's what it's advertised as, can't recall the exact model number), A64 3200+ with stock HS/F, 1GB GeIL DDR400, PCI-E XFX 6500, Maxtor 250GB SATA, some crappy DVDRW, some cheap crappy case which came with a PSU.
The first problem was that it wouldn't turn on - I then realised it was because I hadn't plugged that smaller power connector into the motherboard (the same mistake I made at christmas when upgrading my mobo/CPU. I plugged it in then it worked. The machine went on and I saw POST. I then unplugged everything from the back and moved it to the position where it's gonna end up - I got my friend to plug everything back in so that he'd know how to do it in the future.
Now it won't turn on. I can't think of any reason why this would be... It's all plugged in correctly, but when I press power it won't turn on. I am pretty certain nothing's come unplugged inside, and none of the circuit breakers in the room have tripped off so there's not been some sort of short circuit that I can think of.
Can anyone suggest how I could remedy this? I can provide more details if I've forgotten to mention something.
Thanks.
