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alantan23

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Hey all,

I just built a PC due to getting some free used parts.

The free parts are as follows:

Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 Rev. 2
G.Skill 2x2GB PC6400
Rosewill 500W PSU

These are the relevant parts I purchased new from the egg:

P4 E5200 CPU
XFX 9800GT

Now for some reason my PC isnt POSTing and monitor wont turn on.

I have checked the POST cables, tried just 1 stick of RAM but to no avail.

Can anyone throw me some pointers? Anyway to check if mobo is dead? Also, am I supposed to connect the ATX12V and ATX connectors both to the motherboard? Thanks in advance and sorry for nubbyness.
 
Yes, you should connect both the ATX (24 pin) to the motherboard (typically on the right hand side) and the 4 or 8 pin 12V connector to the motherboard (typically located at the top near the CPU). Are you seeing any of the little LED's on the motherboard light up (assuming there are any). Do you hear any beeps while trying to POST (these are codes and can indicate what is wrong). Make sure you have both power cables connected to your motherboard and there should be another for your video card also. Try reseating your CPU (take off the heatsink, clean off the CPU and heatsink base, put the CPU in again, make sure the securely lock it into place, put the heatsink back on, etc.
 
Anchen said:
Yes, you should connect both the ATX (24 pin) to the motherboard (typically on the right hand side) and the 4 or 8 pin 12V connector to the motherboard (typically located at the top near the CPU). Are you seeing any of the little LED's on the motherboard light up (assuming there are any). Do you hear any beeps while trying to POST (these are codes and can indicate what is wrong). Make sure you have both power cables connected to your motherboard and there should be another for your video card also. Try reseating your CPU (take off the heatsink, clean off the CPU and heatsink base, put the CPU in again, make sure the securely lock it into place, put the heatsink back on, etc.
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Yeah I've had the 24 and the 4 connected. Unfortunately there are no LEDs on the mobo. i hear no beeps, not even ones indicating an error. I have also made sure to put the 6 pin in my video card. I will try reseating tomorrow as I'm a little bit winded from frustration.
 
You can try connecting some fans to the PSU using molex's and try shorting the PSU with the paper clip trick. If the fans spin up then the PSU is probably ok. Otherwise it is probably an issue with the PSU. Check for a few obvious things if possible (make sure the PSU is on). Make sure whatever outlet you are connected to has power. How are you turning on the computer? Are you using the front panel power switch on your case? Make sure that is properly connected to the right header on your motherboard if you are.
 
Hmm I really dont think its my PSU, as all the fans come on. Also, my PSU has a blue LED, which lights up also.
 
alantan23 said:
Hey all,

I just built a PC due to getting some free used parts.

The free parts are as follows:

Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 Rev. 2
G.Skill 2x2GB PC6400
Rosewill 500W PSU

These are the relevant parts I purchased new from the egg:

P4 E5200 CPU
XFX 9800GT

Now for some reason my PC isnt POSTing and monitor wont turn on.

I have checked the POST cables, tried just 1 stick of RAM but to no avail.

Can anyone throw me some pointers? Anyway to check if mobo is dead? Also, am I supposed to connect the ATX12V and ATX connectors both to the motherboard? Thanks in advance and sorry for nubbyness.
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Thats not a P4! :p Its a Pentium Dual Core... huge difference! Now that I got that out of my system...


The P965 Express chipset does not officially support Wolfdale CPUs. You'll need to load a beta BIOS onto there in order to use the chip you bought. In order to flash the correct BIOS, you need a supported chip (a real LGA775 P4 would work, or any other chips listed in the CPU support page for that board).

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1267059
 
Damnit!!! Wish I had known that before I Reset CMOS, now its definitely back to the stock BIOS version =[. I don't have another chip to put in there either. Do you really think thats the problem, cause it won't even give me any beeps.

PS: Anyone Brooklyn NY local want to let me borrow a supported CPU? If its cheap enough I'll buy it, or buy you lunch =/.
 
Hmm on another note, I was able to scrounge up an old P4 3.0Ghz Prescott 1.0MB Cache which the gigabyte site had as a compatible CPU. I tried to put it on the 965P-DS3, but it was much smaller than the E5200, and as a result...did not fit...what's going on?
 
alantan23 said:
Hmm on another note, I was able to scrounge up an old P4 3.0Ghz Prescott 1.0MB Cache which the gigabyte site had as a compatible CPU. I tried to put it on the 965P-DS3, but it was much smaller than the E5200, and as a result...did not fit...what's going on?
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IIRC, the Prescott 1MB cache came in two sockets: Socket 775 and socket 478. Maybe you have the 478 version?
 
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