problems with new computer

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clark45

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hello

i just recently purchaed some parts to build a new computer
dfi lan party nf4 (non sli)
3200+ venice
7800gt
2*1 geil skill ram (3200)
ocz 520 powerstream

using my old case, ide harddrives, and cdroms

well after a lot of hassle i finally got windows to install on it, so i went ahead and did the window updates and all of that
then i powered down and decided to add my second harddrive and rearrange my cables (did all of that)
then when i powered up again i get no video signal to my monitors
so i went ahead and just put in a normal pci video card and still nothing
when i look at the bottom of my board at those 4 red lights
all 4 means system start up
3 means cpu detected
2 means dram detected
1 means vga detected
and none mean system boot up

all 4 light up on boot, then after about a second only 3 are on, then about a second later only two are on and then it stays like that with only 2 forever

on the dfi board it has a spot to connect the harddrive/cdrom molexes on the board and/or a floppy one
do i need to connect both of these or one of theses? i had neither connected when i installed windows
did i somehow fry my cpu when i was messing with it? (seems unlikely)

when i go to touch the heatsink after letting it stay on it does not feel warm, nor do my chipset heatsinks? does this mean that im not getting enough power to the board in general and is that why my cpu is not being detected?

thanks
clark

edit: i tired clearing the cmos, but it did not help
 
on the dfi board it has a spot to connect the harddrive/cdrom molexes on the board and/or a floppy one
do i need to connect both of these or one of theses? i had neither connected when i installed windows
did i somehow fry my cpu when i was messing with it? (seems unlikely)
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can you post a pic of what you're talking about. I've never seen a motherboard that had a power plug that matched the floppy drive's plug.
 
Um...that's not a power connector as far as I know for power to go in... That's a fan header to plug the cpu fan into. Putting power back into that is a very, VERY bad thing and would most likely toast the board.
 
the picture does not show it very well, but it is a floppy plug in (it has four pins)
my motherboard manual also says its a floppy plug in, though it does not say either way if i need to plug them in or not

thanks
clark
 
it may be like the ezplug on the a8n32 just instead of the larger molex its a floppy which in the manual says to use this plug if you are running 2 video cards with a 20pin power supply connector, or if your video card does not have a auxillar power connector
 
found this on DFI's site looking at the manual for that board to a screen shot of the pdf

dfi6bl.jpg
 
Try breaking the system down to as few components as possible. You said the problem started after rearranging cables. Take everyhting off but vid card, harddrive, ram and cpu. See if you can get it to boot from there. Add stuff until it boots fine or you find the problem item. You may need to try other drives as the main just to be sure.
 
Make sure to disconnect all the USB devices, too. Even if that means finding an old PS/2 KB and mouse; I've found that many motherboards have incompatibility issues with USB devices, which generally cause them to fail around the memory test, until the BIOS is updated.
 
well i decided to put the cpu back in and i unplugged all the harddrives and cdrom drives this morning and booted it up and sure enough it wored.
im just confused as to why letting it sit overnight or unplugging harddrives and then replugging them in had any affect to me getting the cpu to work, but i thank you all for your input and help, since its great to have it working.

just got to RMA my ram now so i get stuff that doenst have errors in it

thank you all again and happy new years for you all tomorrow

clark
 
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