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Long story, big problem, need suggestions....

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r00

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So to make a long long long story very short: i built my own computer last march. In october i had a surge that burned my cheap PSU, lit my 9700 pro on fire, and fried my HD.

PSU and HD were replaced under warrenty, 9700 pro has yet to be RMA'd just because i havent gotten around to it.

I bought a new MOBO just in case (asus a7n8x-e delux) and put her back together with a G-force FX 5200 AGP that someone got me a good deal on.

She starts up, no errors from the asus lady over my speakers... but nothing comes up on the screen.... if i turn it off and back on i see the "No signal" error for about 1/2 a second and then it goes black. I borrowed a REALLY old pci card from a friend to try instead but it says "system failed vga test". so that leads me to believe its passing the vga test with the nvidia card in.

Also my CD drive wont open, but the green light blinks like crazy... that may be fried from the surge as well, but i can borrow one to load windows and necessary programs and then buy a new one when i have the money.


do you guys have any ideas about what could be going on? speedy responses would be greatly appreciated... i havent had a computer of my own since october, and i have some serious hard drive space to fill =0)
 
I've seen a similar problem when the RAM was not in the correct slots (1&2 instead of 1&3) check your manual to see the proper config for your mem quantity and type.

Other than that, test that ram. If it took a surge it could be dead too.

Good luck
 
no luck on the ram.. took it down to 1 DIMM just to make sure.. its in slot A1 which is where it says it needs to be... still no signal...

anything else you guys can think of?
 
r00 said:
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Get back to basics - remove everything from your board except CPU, RAM and Vid card. Espicially in a case like this with an overvoltage your shorted CD-ROM could be the cause of the problem. While you're in there make sure you reseat your video card and that its seated good and tight.

Are you getting any video at all? CHeck your cable and maybe even your display. Report back.
 
Try a different AGP Card, Different PSU.

Remember don't spend too much time trying to get a mobo to boot that has never booted, sometimes it's better to just call it dead and return it then to spend hours and hours trying to fix something because you think you did something wrong or another peice of hardware is the cause.
 
im not getting any video at all.. maybe ill try hooking the monitor to this laptop and make sure it works. I am pretty sure the mobo isnt dead because all the bells and whistles are spinning, but i can try it with my old A7V8X which worked just fine for 8 months.

ive only got one AGP card, but im gonna RMA my burned 9700 so if i dont have it solved by the time that comes back ill try it.

edit: thanks for all the suggestions and keep them coming please lol
 
im a bit confused. You mean the computer posts with the differant video card but says "failed vga test". In other words, does the video output from the other card work to display the error?

If it does, you may have a bad video card, or your board is getting flaky. And your cd rom, hard drive, and any cards should be removed/disconnected temporarily until you narrow it down.
 
Sorry, maybe i should have been more clear. Some ASUS boards have the "talking lady" basically if anything goes wrong during the post she will come alive and tell you what it is over the speakers. That is where im getting the "failed AGP test" error from. i have it down to 1 stick of RAM, the mobo, processor, vid card, and hard drive, but still nothing. maybe im just plain crazy? lol im starting to think id like that idea more than my computer being broken again... i havent had a solid working computer for 9 months and i think its about time.
 
r00 - As said before strip the unit down to Power Supply, System Board, and Proc. Try and get it to post with a memory error (Don't even plug in the Keyboard or mouse, or nic, or anything). Than add one component at a time, and see where it locks up. Also clear the CMOS before adding each piece of hardware.

Cheers,
 
hmmm clear the cmos.. i seem to remember having to do that with my last asus board... ill try that when i get home from work.
 
Eigtball said:
r00 - As said before strip the unit down to Power Supply, System Board, and Proc. Try and get it to post with a memory error (Don't even plug in the Keyboard or mouse, or nic, or anything). Than add one component at a time, and see where it locks up. Also clear the CMOS before adding each piece of hardware.

Cheers,
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stripped like you said and reset the cmos. powered up and i got a mem test error over the speakers. plugged in 1 dimm and reset the cmos again and turned it on. no mem test error but still no video. im not getting any other errors over the speakers so im really wondering what it could be.

could it be that the power supply i have isnt powerful enough to send the signal through the AGP card into the monitor? im ordering a new one friday.
 
r00 said:
stripped like you said and reset the cmos. powered up and i got a mem test error over the speakers. plugged in 1 dimm and reset the cmos again and turned it on. no mem test error but still no video. im not getting any other errors over the speakers so im really wondering what it could be.

could it be that the power supply i have isnt powerful enough to send the signal through the AGP card into the monitor? im ordering a new one friday.
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Its either the power supply or the motherboard, or maybe the memory is fried. See if you can try different parts (mem, mobo, etc.)
 
i relinquish my [H]-ness.... i decided to give in and sent it to university technical services for 20$... hopefully they will correctly diagnose the problem so i can repair it.... thanks for all the help guys
 
No-one's suggested the CPU...
Sometimes my vid card doesn't boot up properly, the comp boots and beeps, but there's no video. Dunno if that helps though...
 
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