Cant get my Computer running !!!!

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Im soooo mad right now. A while ago, I was using my computer when all of the sudden the lights went out. It never worked after that again. No matter what I tried. I had an Athlon 64 3400 with an Asus mobo and 1GB of Corsair ram.

Today, I got an Intel P4 3.46ghz Extreme edition and an Intel 955x Mobo installed along with some DDR2 mem and a Radeon X800XL 256MB

Well, Nothing again, I am beginning to wonder if its my PSU.....
What do you guys think ????

I cant figure this dang thing out, Im soooo mad....:mad:

Someone please help me out here. :(
 
does the lights on the mobo light up at all? does the fan spin slightly when you plug the power cable into the PSU?

what happened with the amd cpu and mobo?

Also try building your rig outside the case, lay the mobo on the mobo box and see if it boots up like that. might be a shortage.

whats your experience level on building PCs?
 
1.) Make sure the button on the powersupply is press on the -, not the o. Also make sure your not on European voltage!

2.) Make sure all your front panel connectors are properly placed on your mobo.

3.) Try starting it up with no drives connected, then gradually connect drives to see if one of those are a problem.

4.) Try disconnected fans to see if they're shorting anything, don't disconnect all of them at once though.

5.) Rip the front of your case off, make sure your power button is properly soldered. (This has happened to two of my friends, my brother somehow figured it out in no time at all in both cases.)

6.) Try a different surge protector or outlet entirely.

EDIT : Do you build your comps on a carpeted floor without an ESD bracelet? ESD can kill parts.
 
Check to make sure the computer has power to begin with. Try a diff outlet or if you are using a power strip, get rid of it and plug directly into the wall.

Just so I understand this, you're computer died a while ago and the first thing you did was go out and buy a new CPU and Mobo? Did you do any other troubleshooting?

Do me a favor, send me all the stuff from the "dead" computer. I'll even pay for shipping.
 
blackrino9 said:
Just so I understand this, you're computer died a while ago and the first thing you did was go out and buy a new CPU and Mobo? Did you do any other troubleshooting?
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not just any CPU and mobo a EE and a 955x mobo with DDR2 and a x800xl.

So which one do u want us to trouble shoot?
 
Ok let me give me info.

I been building computers since my dad bought a Compaq P!!! 450mhz. It was a piece of crap even though magazine said it was a top notch computer.

Recently me and my dad put together a computer consisting of the following:

Coolermaster Praetorian aluminum case
Athlon 64 3400+ 754 pin
1GB of Corsair TwinX memory
2x 36GB Raptors
Plextor 716SA
Viewsonic VP201b monitor
and my old Radeon 8500 card

Everything worked great for about 2 months. Then one day, Electricity went out when I was using it and well of course it turned off.
I then waited until the electricity came back and I tried to turned it on but no luck.
I tried with new memory, bought a new SATA drive thinking my Raptors took a dive and nothing.

Then one day my dad came home and brought a Pentium 4 3.46ghz Extreme Edition and a stick of 512MB of DDR2, Kingston.
We went ahead and got a new mobo, Intel's 955,a Radeon X800Xl since we had an AGP card and It wouldnt work and also a PSU. 550watt X Connect Ultra.

Got home, Put everything together. Mobo lights went on, Turned it on and everything fired up but no video signal. I just dont know what to do now. I mean, brand new parts, and still no luck.It just doesnt give me video.
 
Tomorrow I will be getting a P4 650 CPU....
I hope its not my CPU, The Extreme.........
 
stop buying CPUs i honestly dont think its the CPU, you had an AMD one before and the EE doesnt work either its definetly not that, its not the montherboard, its eithe the PSU or something fundamentally wrong with the build.
 
jesus, first off, send me your broken parts if you haven't returned them.

second, if there's no video but it turns on its the RAM. Try different slots, try just one stick only. Try the stick in a machine that you knows that works to isolate the issue. If the RAM works, try the video card in a working machine.

agian, send me the borked parts for my services :)
 
Got a P4 640 ? its the 3.2ghz 2MB cache model....

Runs perfect now !!!
 
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