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tobias123

tobias123

tobias123

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So i made my first conroe build yesterday and low and behold i can't even get it to power up. I think this could be one of a couple of things

-The PSU is broke(but brand new so v unlikely)

-The jumpers for the system header are wrong i power switch etc

-the power isn't going to the motherboard correctly?

Anyways i'm in dire straights and need someones help. if one of you kind people know what's the cause of this then please let me know!

thanks
 
yeah psu was switched on at the back and sockets work correctly. I'm going to try and arrange the system headers again as i think that could be the problem. Will report back later...
 
ok figured it out-very simple in the end-was a wrong power lead on inspection. I now have another problem though...

For some reason my motherboard is not detecting my hard drive. I have tried all my sata ports and double checked the power supply which is correct. I can't get into bios setup for some reason so what should i do? ANy suggestions?

thanks in advance
 
thanks trigger-i use a ps2 keyboard and mouse. Can you tell me where i can find out how to enable sata?! Sorry for being a noob but you gotta learn somehow! Also the HDD has no jumpers so can't be that...
 
cd drive is IDE. HDD is SATA. I have four sata II slots so have connected hard drive to one of these and also plugged in the sata power supply. Is it a case of getting into the bios or is my motherboard simply a sataII board?
 
have tried clearing cmos but to no avail. Any ideas how i can get the system to recognise the HDD? Do you think it definately is the set up of the HDD in the bios?
 
thanks for all the help guys. Ill try again over the weekend and post back findings. I just need to get into bios that's all. Drive was bought from No competitor talk please! so not ruling out a duff drive either...
 
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