The new forums will be named Coin Return (based on the most recent vote)! You can check on the status and timeline of the transition to the new forums here.
The Guiding Principles and New Rules document is now in effect.
Freshly built computer not POSTing
Centipeed
Registered User regular
Registered User regular
Is it POST or Post? I don't know.
Anyway, I've just built a computer, and it's not posting. Here's the list of stuff you should know before making suggestions as to why it's gone wrong:
* Mobo is getting power, as indicated by the LED on the motherboard.
* Mobo risers ARE installed, in all of the places that it is possible to install them
* When the power button is pressed, the fans spin up for a brief moment before dying again, as does the light on the CD drive.
* Mobo is 24 pin. Both the 20 pin and the adjoining 4 pin connector are plugged in
* RAM has been reseated, and is in the first slot.
* Video card has been switched for another, and the same problem persists.
* The same problem also occurs if I don't have the video card, DVD drive and Harddrive connected in any way.
* Video card is PCI-E, but it's low level, and does NOT have the 6 pin power connector anywhere on it.
* I have double checked the Power/Reset button jumpers which run from the Motherboard to the front of the case. They are all in the correct places and seated properly.
Any suggestions?
Anyway, I've just built a computer, and it's not posting. Here's the list of stuff you should know before making suggestions as to why it's gone wrong:
* Mobo is getting power, as indicated by the LED on the motherboard.
* Mobo risers ARE installed, in all of the places that it is possible to install them
* When the power button is pressed, the fans spin up for a brief moment before dying again, as does the light on the CD drive.
* Mobo is 24 pin. Both the 20 pin and the adjoining 4 pin connector are plugged in
* RAM has been reseated, and is in the first slot.
* Video card has been switched for another, and the same problem persists.
* The same problem also occurs if I don't have the video card, DVD drive and Harddrive connected in any way.
* Video card is PCI-E, but it's low level, and does NOT have the 6 pin power connector anywhere on it.
* I have double checked the Power/Reset button jumpers which run from the Motherboard to the front of the case. They are all in the correct places and seated properly.
Any suggestions?
Centipeed on
0
This discussion has been closed.
Posts
I checked, and I used every riser that I screwed in.
I reseated it, but I don't have another AM2 processor I can swap in, so I can't test it that way.
Recheck this, some of the indications can be misleading. Then recheck it again, this has screwed me up more times than anything.
-Robert E. Howard
Tower of the Elephant
I got pretty much the same results, PC starts for a few seconds, fans go full blast but it never properly went through POST.
The RAM that i put in was compatible with my board, due to this I always believed that HP are, in fact, asshats when it come's to upgrading one of them. So my advice is check the RAM.
Alternately it could be that something is shorting, your power supply cant handle the load, the mobo was damaged somehow, etc.
Before all that though, I would definately rule out the RAM.
I checked it again and again, checked all the ground symbols and whatnot, only plugged in the power switch cable. All resulted in the same problem.
RAM is compatible with this motherboard. Both are custom, so I don't have an HP PC or whatever.
I don't have another stick of DDR2 I can test with
And i was not meaning you had an HP machine, i was merely drawing from my own experience.
I suspect its the ram though.
Like I said though, assuming everything is actually plugged in OK, I suspect its either a bad stick of Ram or a bad mobo, either of which is fairly common.
Picking up another stick of RAM may be worthwhile, anyway. Definitely sounds like the RAM is the culprit. What're you running? If you're under 2gigs, check around for another stick... like my father always says, "memory is the best upgrade for your money."
But if the RAM is just dead, then it wouldn't complete the circuit, surely.
I'm returning the RAM, anyhow.
http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?QuickLinx=4B15
I'm pretty sure that's dual channel, meaning you need two sticks.
Ask the guy at the store.
No RAM on my Motherboard at least keeps it from POSTing. I also suggest checking your motherboard I know mine at least has the 24 pin power and then has another 8/4 pin power, I'm not sure it wil keep it from POSTing though. Also try moving the RAM to a different slot, the slot could potentially be broken or have something in it thats preventing it from recognizing the ram and not allowing it to post.
there is 4pin OR 8pin ETX power, apart from the 20 or 24 or 20 + 4 pin ATX power
the 4 pin on each could be trouble if mixed
And I'm sure Dual Channel RAM doesn't NEED two sticks. It just means that they can be used as Dual Channel if you wish. I mean, you can choose to put it in non-dual channel configuration, as per the manual.
ya, you need that connector on the Power supply, otherwise it will never work. Looks like a new PSU for you.
What? If it supports dual channel it doesn't mean you need two sticks..
whoa so you dont even have everything plugged in?
of course it's not gonna work dude
you cant swap those plugs, and you need ALL of them powered
Yeah, I got it mixed up with something else. Whoops.
See, it's moments like these the forum needs a *Smacks hand against forehead* emoticon. Here's the low down:
The computer works fine now. I thought that I didn't need to fill the 4 pin power socket, because the PSU didn't come with a 4 pin power connector. Turns out the 8-pin connector that it did come with split into 2, although this wasn't easy to see.
So, uh, problem solved...
Ah well. Glad its working.
some newer mobos have an 8pin ETX. some power supplies will have just the 4 pin, some a 4pin and an 8 pin (my corsair for example), and others an 8pin that can be split into 2 4 pins (you'd only use the one)