New Build, Major Problems. Please Please help me!

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haithamt

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Well to my excitement the final pieces for my new build arrived today. So I put her together: Q6600, Asus P5K, 4GB A-Data (2x2), BFG 8800GT OC, 320GB HD, DVD RW drive and BFG 650 Watt Powersupply. So I put her all together and all i get is spinning fans but no video. Odd I say, So i try a different monitor (got a new monitor as well). Nothing, So I try the videocard in the current rig...it works! Ok I say, so I take out the memory and put in a stick of memory from my current machine...no video. Finally, I take my current powersupply, take out the BFG and use it, no video just pretty spinning blue fans on the case and ZeroTherm Nirvana. At this point im pissed and pretty sure its the motherboard, So I head to microcenter and pick up a DS3L, hook it all up and ahh it works boots into bios and everything, after that i install windows vista 64 and it finishes, asks me the time and my region blah blah, so i turn away for a few minutes and when i come back its a black screen. Strange, so I restart my computer. Now I have no video AND the fan to my zerotherm is not spinning. WTF? So I put the zerotherm's fan on one of the system fan sockets on the motherboard and it spins, but i still have no video. Please, for the sake of this computer before I kick it out my window can anyone help me???

Thank You
 
Thank you, but I have tried most everything in that FAQ. This is probably the 10th computer ive built and i've never experienced anything like this. Just wondering if any of you had faced anything similar. I mean the blue light on the zerotherm comes on but it doesnt spin anymore? Thats extremely odd to me, and all of a sudden I get no video? Anyone?
 
What bios beep codes do you get, if any ?

Strip it down to minimum spec.
Use just PSU, Vid card, 1x stick of memory, Mobo, CPU & HS with fan.
When you boot do you hear any beeps from the bios ?
Remove the ram, when you boot, do you hear the beep codes for bad ram ?
Remove the Vid card, when you boot, do you hear the beep codes for a bad vid card ?

You'll only get bios beeps when the bad part is removed, so try that trick to help you find if you have a bad part.

Luck ............ :D
 
I tried all of that, and whats even more puzzling is that the blue light on my zerotherm comes on but the fan doesnt spin. Itll spin about 4 revolutions when i hold down the powerbutton and turn off the computer. But then it spins and lights up fine when i say put it on the sysfan. I really dont know
 
Defective PSU damaging your boards? I thought it was odd your CPU fan didnt spin up. Also doesnt Vista have issues installing with 4gigs of memory? I would strip it down like above. Make sure its not getting grounded out somehow. Actually pull the mobo outside of the case and post it up. Also, Ive read a few posts on new egg about the zerotherm backplates shorting out motherboards. Ive used thier sinks with no problems but some ppl think its smart to pull off the padding on the back plate that is supposed to act as an insulator. Good luck!
 
haithamt said:
I tried all of that, and whats even more puzzling is that the blue light on my zerotherm comes on but the fan doesnt spin. Itll spin about 4 revolutions when i hold down the powerbutton and turn off the computer. But then it spins and lights up fine when i say put it on the sysfan. I really dont know
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Your sysfan and Cpufan headers have different types of thermal control (usually). Ive had some I turn on that wont even spin the fan until the CPU heats up.
 
Maybe something is touching your board and shorting it out or something electrical like that.

To explain why it worked for a few minutes with vista, maybe a series of events from your fans/airflow pushed that metalic object onto the board.
 
Well after much headache I finally got the computer to work. I have no idea what the problem was, I took the board out and put in my E4400 into the DS3L and in worked, then put the Q6600 in my P5L and it worked so I realized the Q was working, then when I went to put the Q6600 back in the DS3L it worked again, and it still is. I did this about 4 times last night and for some reason it only worked today. Ah well...
 
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