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Computer Construction help
Cynic Jester
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I just finished up putting together my new computer, but lo and behold, it won't work.
The problem is I'm getting no image. On me screen. I've looked inside while it's running and everything seems in working order. All the fans are running, including the one on the graphics card.
As far as I know, everything is set up right, I've gone over it three times, though I might have missed something. Anyone got any ideas that can save a man in desperate need?
Specs:
Intel Duo E6600
MSI P965 Neo mobo
2048 MB Crucial DDR2 PC5300
Samsung DVD burner, SH-S182D
Asus Radeon EAX1950 Pro, 256 MB GDDR3
Hiper power supply, ATX 580W
Western Digital 150 gb SATA 16 mb 10000 RPM.
The problem is I'm getting no image. On me screen. I've looked inside while it's running and everything seems in working order. All the fans are running, including the one on the graphics card.
As far as I know, everything is set up right, I've gone over it three times, though I might have missed something. Anyone got any ideas that can save a man in desperate need?
Specs:
Intel Duo E6600
MSI P965 Neo mobo
2048 MB Crucial DDR2 PC5300
Samsung DVD burner, SH-S182D
Asus Radeon EAX1950 Pro, 256 MB GDDR3
Hiper power supply, ATX 580W
Western Digital 150 gb SATA 16 mb 10000 RPM.
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"The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subjected people to carry arms, history shows that all conquerors who have allowed their subjected peoples to carry arms have prepared their own fall"
- Adolf Hitler, Edict of March 18, 1938.
1. Does it matter which channel I plug my 2 ram chips into? I've got 2 and stuck them in the Green one, seeing as the manual said both where identical.
2. Does it matter which SATA I connect my HD to?
3. Do I need mobo drivers or some such to utilize my graphics card?
4. On my frontpanel connections the manual says there is supposed to be a "Power LED" cable. The only ones left is a + and a - cable so assumed that it was those. Am I wrong?
5. I was under the impression that SATA HDs don't need jumper settings except for enabling/disabling features. Truth?
2. It hasn't on any computer I've built with the SATA interface.
3. No.
4. The Power LED cable should be labeled appropriately. SHOULD be.
5. Some older MBs that don't support SATA II don't work with the new SATA II Hard drives unless you disable the SATA II mode with a jumper on the hard drive. That motherboard isn't older, I don't think, so I doubt that's your problem.
Does your POST give you audio feedback on your pc speaker? If not, is your pc speaker plugged in right?
As for the PSU, it's a Hiper power supply, ATX 580W. And there is no Power LED cable as far as I can see. I've got HDD LED(2), Power(2), Reset(2), Speaker(4) and one marked +(1) and one marked -(1). Number in paranthesis is the amount of pins it takes.
This might seem like a dumb question, but I haven't dabbled in hardware for 5 years. Does it matter which way the frontpanel connections cable are attached to the mobo? If so, what is the right way?
Also make sure the RAM is in the correct direction. I did it backwards once and it had problems similar to what you describe.
You'd think so, but I somehow got it in there once. It even latched down convincingly.