Well I got my parts for my new pc and unfortunately I'm not getting any video or case LEDs to light up. But the system is definitely powering on (CPU fan + case fans engage, I *think* I hear the HD spooling up)
Sorry if this is a retarded question, but how do you hear POST beeps? My case has no speaker as far as I can tell, so I'm not sure if I'd hear anything or not.
What sucks is that I tried 2 video cards and they both don't work. The first card is my new one (GTX 260) in which the gpu fan does not power on. DOA?
2nd card is a known working nvidia 7950GTOC which I'm using right now to type this post so I know it works. When I plug it in to my new comp, I get no video but the gpu fan does spin.
Aside from no video, I get no power LED or hard drive LED on case fan. I don't care if they don't work, but combined with no video I'm beginning to think something serious is wrong
Any ideas? I haven't built a comp in maybe 6 years so its possible I did something wrong. But I checked and re-checked my wiring and it seems OK. If I switch the direction of the power switch, it doesn't turn on, so I know its aligned correctly when it does. I put the case LEDs in the same orientation but they don't light up.
CLIFFS
1) new comp built, system turns on but no video/case LEDs
2) tried 2 gfx cards, still no video
3) not sure if I would be able to hear POST beeps or not (nubsauce)
Any help is GREATLY appreciated. Right now I'm looking for some debugging steps to see whats wrong. (or identify what parts to RMA )
HW is in this post: http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1034132793&postcount=22
Sorry if this is a retarded question, but how do you hear POST beeps? My case has no speaker as far as I can tell, so I'm not sure if I'd hear anything or not.
What sucks is that I tried 2 video cards and they both don't work. The first card is my new one (GTX 260) in which the gpu fan does not power on. DOA?
2nd card is a known working nvidia 7950GTOC which I'm using right now to type this post so I know it works. When I plug it in to my new comp, I get no video but the gpu fan does spin.
Aside from no video, I get no power LED or hard drive LED on case fan. I don't care if they don't work, but combined with no video I'm beginning to think something serious is wrong
Any ideas? I haven't built a comp in maybe 6 years so its possible I did something wrong. But I checked and re-checked my wiring and it seems OK. If I switch the direction of the power switch, it doesn't turn on, so I know its aligned correctly when it does. I put the case LEDs in the same orientation but they don't light up.
CLIFFS
1) new comp built, system turns on but no video/case LEDs
2) tried 2 gfx cards, still no video
3) not sure if I would be able to hear POST beeps or not (nubsauce)
Any help is GREATLY appreciated. Right now I'm looking for some debugging steps to see whats wrong. (or identify what parts to RMA )
HW is in this post: http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1034132793&postcount=22