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Aug 22, 2004, 12:11 PM
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DriverHeaven Lover
Join Date: May 2002
Location: England
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In need of assistance please
Guys,
I went out today and bought a new Motherboard and an AMD64 3200 CPU, as well as some PC3200 ram to go with it. Imagine my shock when after putting it all together the thing would not post, everything would come on briefly, but then the power would go off, by that I mean, press the on switch and the fans start etc, but then everything would power down. I am now totally beside myself, I have checked and re-checked all of the connections and as far as I can tell all are good. The MB is a Gigayte GA-K8NSNXP. I did not get as far as connecting any peripheral devices, just the RAM, CPU, Video Card, CD-ROM, and Hard Drive, intending to make sure that all was well before finishing it all of. I would be most grateful for any suggestions as to what might be preventing it from posting. The case is the same one as my old system is in, and am now using that to post here, so power etc. are all right. |
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Aug 22, 2004, 12:18 PM
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I = Greatest Dood
Join Date: Nov 2003
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hmphhhh Gosh I wish I could help, did you reseat your ram again? even tho with ram itll still post just give you a series of beeps telling you a memory problem. Is your psu good? you remember to plug in all mobo connections? eeeeeeeeeeek man that bites
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Aug 22, 2004, 12:42 PM
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ein Krieger
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Clemson Uni
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just sounds like your psu cant handle powering that thing up...what are the specs on it?
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Aug 22, 2004, 12:55 PM
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DriverHeaven Lover
Join Date: May 2002
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{just sounds like your psu cant handle powering that thing up...what are the specs on it?}
PSU is a 450Watt, and is powering this ASUS A7N8X-X I am using now. What PSU would be reckomended for the Gigabyte board and the CPU? |
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Aug 22, 2004, 01:09 PM
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I = Greatest Dood
Join Date: Nov 2003
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450 should be sufficient imo... brand name is it? ummm obviously it works
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Aug 22, 2004, 02:04 PM
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ein Krieger
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Clemson Uni
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yea, it should be sufficient...maybe it just went bad?
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Aug 22, 2004, 02:35 PM
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I = Greatest Dood
Join Date: Nov 2003
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well it could be generic with unstable rails... who knows
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Aug 22, 2004, 03:04 PM
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DriverHeaven Extreme Member
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It sure sounds like a short to me since you're not getting to post. I would advise you to take out the mb/cpu to ensure nothing is shorting on the back. You also might want to check the processor for any damaged pins and/or any TIM where it shouldn't be. In checking your CPU you will also have to check to make sure the heatsink is mounted correctly too. It might just be going into thermal protection because the heatsink is poorly seated.
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Aug 22, 2004, 05:01 PM
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DriverHeaven Lover
Join Date: May 2002
Location: England
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Well not too sure what the problem is, suffice to say that all the gear I bought today will be going back ASAP.
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Aug 22, 2004, 05:35 PM
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DriverHeaven Extreme Member
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