help!

Nspyr · Post by **Nspyr** » Sat Mar 15, 2003 11:32 pm

im building two identical budget systems:
p4 1.7 ghz
abit sr7-8x mobo
ati radeon 9000 pro vid card
256 ddr ram
wd 40gb se hdd

one works perfect... my problem is the other one doesnt work at all....
when i press the power button, the cpu fan and vid card fan turns on... all the LED lights are on...i hear the hdd drive working.. but nothing else... the monitor doesnt turn on.. its not the video card..cuz i swapped the video card from the other system.... i also tried a pci video card, but still nothing...

it just sits there .... i have no clue what is wrong....mobo? maybe? did they forget to put in a bios or something...im going crazy... please help...thanks

Immortal · Post by **Immortal** » Sat Mar 15, 2003 11:33 pm

do u hear any beeping sound s when u boot up?

using the same monitor?

Checked and rechecked all the cables?

Nspyr · Post by **Nspyr** » Sat Mar 15, 2003 11:47 pm

no beeping sound...the other identically built computer beeps... but this one has noo sound at all, checked all cables...

could it be the psu even though fans, led, and hdd turn on?

Immortal · Post by **Immortal** » Sat Mar 15, 2003 11:55 pm

I doubt it.... I doubt it.. but I think it's worth a try to swap or just plug it in with the ohter one.. see what happens...

Also check yer cmos battery.. however I do not think that's the problem...

tis odd.. no beep.... .do u have a nic card that has like a few leds in it and such?

Also make sure everything is snug tight!...

BaLa · Post by **BaLa** » Sun Mar 16, 2003 12:01 am

I had a similar prob once..turned out to be the PSU..

I assume both PSUs are the same wattage?..
try switching PSUs wont be hard to do

loop2kil · Post by **loop2kil** » Sun Mar 16, 2003 2:00 am

I agree with the psu problem, but once i had a similar problem with my first pc i built and it turned out that when i screwed the mb down i left a loose screw underneath the m/b and it was shorting out...removed the loose screw and all was well.

Immortal...that is some Avatar

Immortal · Post by **Immortal** » Sun Mar 16, 2003 2:44 am

So what's the update on the computer now?

Originally posted by loop2kil
Immortal...that is some Avatar

shhh..... the mods might know.... shhh......

BaLa · Post by **BaLa** » Sun Mar 16, 2003 2:46 am

Originally posted by loop2kil
I agree with the psu problem, but once i had a similar problem with my first pc i built and it turned out that when i screwed the mb down i left a loose screw underneath the m/b and it was shorting out...removed the loose screw and all was well.

Immortal...that is some Avatar

lucky man..
I've seen some circuits burned by a mistake like that..

loop2kil · Post by **loop2kil** » Sun Mar 16, 2003 2:56 am

Originally posted by BaLa
lucky man..
I've seen some circuits burned by a mistake like that..

I know, it was pressed down against the bottom of the case pretty hard and my board was bowed a bit.

Nspyr · Post by **Nspyr** » Sun Mar 16, 2003 4:58 am

interesting... it works!!!

since it was a "budget" computer i did not use AS3...i was desperate...so i took out the cpu cleaned it of that black tape muck that it comes with stock..and applied AS3...

however i do not think that was why it worked because on my first bootup...the same thing happened....

only after i was thinking bout the "beep" i remembered that i took off the speaker pin and reset, hdd led pin things.... so after i hooked those back on...i turned it on...and voila, BEEP!! and now it works fine....i am still baffled... but everything seems to be working fine.... i wonder what the problem was... and thanks to everyone for their inputs.... oh ya and i took out the cmos battery for a while too... still puzzled of why it works now...

BaLa · Post by **BaLa** » Sun Mar 16, 2003 5:05 am

err odd..

is that all you did take out the CPU and reinstall it..
cleaned of the thermal pad on the cpu and applied AS3..?

andrew87 · Post by **andrew87** » Sun Mar 16, 2003 5:32 am

what motherbaord u using??

BaLa · Post by **BaLa** » Sun Mar 16, 2003 5:52 am

Originally posted by andrew87
what motherbaord u using??

in his first post

abit sr7-8x mobo

Nspyr · Post by **Nspyr** » Sun Mar 16, 2003 7:04 pm

all i did was reinstalled the cpu, cleared the thermal tape, applied AS3, and at the same time i took out the cmos battery. thats bout it...and it works somehow... still baffled but happy that it works...

Immortal · Post by **Immortal** » Sun Mar 16, 2003 7:25 pm

Originally posted by Nspyr
all i did was reinstalled the cpu, cleared the thermal tape, applied AS3, and at the same time i took out the cmos battery. thats bout it...and it works somehow... still baffled but happy that it works...

didn't u also say u took out the power reset and hdd thingys? and reattach em?

that could be it..