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Jeephippy

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Just built a cheap comp for a friend. Cant get it to power on.

Abit IS7 V2
Nvidia 5200 Fx
1.6 ghz w/ cooler master
256 pc3200
80gb 7200 8mb cache
52x cdrw
codegen 350 watt (cheap :) )

When I turn it on I get a green light on the mobo but no fan, no hard drive, no nothing. I thought maybe the vid card was not properly seated but it will not fit into the agp slot so it is in the first pci slot. Any advice/ suggestions would help. Thanks!
 
tried another psu and same deal... both are ATX 350's for P4's. Is there another one you can recommend, how about some more input?
 
wow..... :D had the power on and reset cables switched


now it powers on but I can't view anything....???
 
Does it beep at you? (Install the PC speaker!!1)

Make sure the video card is firmly in place and if there is a retaining clip meant to hold the video card in place, make sure that the clip is holding the card in place and not blocking it. If that doesnt work, pull out an old PCI video card (still got one, right?) and see if that works.

Oh, and make sure the monitor has power and is plugged into the video card...
 
Does it beep at you? (Install the PC speaker!!1)

Make sure the video card is firmly in place and if there is a retaining clip meant to hold the video card in place, make sure that the clip is holding the card in place and not blocking it. If that doesnt work, pull out an old PCI video card (still got one, right?) and see if that works.

Oh, and make sure the monitor has power and is plugged into the video card...
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No beep, but the speaker is installed correctly, also monitor has power (green light is blinking) and it is plugged into the pci video card.

No other video cards laying around.... but it does work on my other comp...
 
have u beenable to get it to POST, if so your connections are most likely going to be good, or the psu is bad... check all the connections from MB to all drives and devices!!

goood luck
i hope i was reading the problem correct...

pat
 
Wait a second, im confused. You have a nvidia Geforce 5200FX that WILL NOT fit into the AGP slot, so you put it in a PCI slot?????

That does'nt sound right.
Is the card AGP or PCI? (did they even make a pci version of the 5200FX?)

Boy, i wish i could be there to see what your talking about.
 
Jeephippy said:
I thought maybe the vid card was not properly seated but it will not fit into the agp slot so it is in the first pci slot.
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Saw your post about no video and remembered about your original post.. Please do NOT tell me that you placed an AGP video card into a PCI slot. Please. If you did.. I'm sorry, but I can't think of any suitable words -- put it into the AGP slot.

Edit: I just noticed towert7 posted this before me.. guess I didn't go down enough. Bleh!
 
Now that i looked into it, they did make a few Geforce 5200FX cards in PCI. ^_^

If it does work on other computers, it may be a motherboard problem. I'll assume you have also checked to make sure all jumpers are on the correct setting (exampel: you don't have the reset CMOS jumper set).

Have you tried putting the graphics card into another PCI slot to make sure its not just a dead slot?

Hm, like you said, if it works in another computer with the same graphic card and same monitor, its starting to look like some sort of mobo problem. Or perhaps a bad PSU, I can't tell to be honest with you, without looking at the problem in person.

~Keep us posted
 
Ok thanks for clearing that card issue up but.. Your still a idiot for making us think you put it in the wrong slot because it wouldnt fit in the AGP :)
 
Another vote for the clear CMOS jumper being set. Maybe if you posted really detailed pictures of your setup we could help.
 
again, without being there, its hard for me to tell.
Your motherboard does'nt have onboard video, does it?

It could be perhaps your processor is dead. If you say your graphic card works in another computer... Or a motherboard problem. But these are jsut guesses.
 
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