Trouble setting up new computer...

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nuc

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Hey I started a thread about ordering a computer here and I did so. My parts came today and I can't get it to work.

During my VERY first boot my power flashes on and off very fast then i had to turn my PSU on/off to get it to start up. However I get no video and my cd rom doesn't work nor does my mouse or kb and it's like the monitor isn't even plugged in. All the lights in my computer are on including my fans and CPU+video card fan. I tried cmos'ing it or pulling out the ram and starting it. I get the same effect with the ram, no beeping. When I cmos during the VERY FIRST fire up again it does the quick on off. This is my specs from the thread I just ordered.


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115003 cpu
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131142 mobo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220144 ram
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136033 new HD






This goes with my 7950GT and I have a 500W PSU which I thought was enough but could that be the issue or is something dead I should rma? I'm thinking about going and buying a new PSU tomorrow from best buy, a much bigger one. I was able to hook my old mobo and what not back in and it worked asap.

I'm confused, thanks for any help.

I also kept my sound card/HD's and cd rom unplugged to see if i could get any boot. Still nothing.
 
Disconnect every thing except video card, processor and fan, and one stick of ram. May also want to remove any headers for USB, audio, firewire etc that connect to jacks on the case. If it still wont post remove the motherboard from the case, put it on a non-conductive surface with just the above mentioned components and try again. If it works you had a short to the case somewhere. If it doesn't work you need to start swapping components out with ones you know work.
 
I did unhook basically everything other then the video card and motherboard and I get the same issue. Also I'm using the same case right now that I used for my new stuff. I got so fed up with it today I'll try on it tomorrow again if I can't get it to work I'm going to best buy to buy like a 650W PSU and if that doesn't even working I'm going to start rma'ing shit.
 
Yeah I know. I don't feel like ordering online and waiting awhile so I'm going to best buy tomorrow and getting something like this..


http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...ategoryId=pcmcat107700050048&id=1142292375112

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...ategoryId=pcmcat107700050048&id=1156203858419

If one of those doesn't work I'm going to try ALL the trouble shooting including this

http://support.asus.com/troubleshooting/troubleshooting.aspx?no=756&SLanguage=en-us

I'll try to figure out the problem then start rma'ing shit.

I once ordered like 1500 worth of parts like 2-3 years ago and had this issue. I took it to the geek squad to find the problem they said 3-4 days. 30 days later I get my things back all out of warrenty by a week and they can't even tell me the problem. I sold everything but the video card on ebay and the mobo because I figured that was the problem and it all worked and the video card I stuck in my computer.
 
Did you try installing only one RAM stick, then doing it again with the other RAM stick? My machine wouldn't boot until I found out of one of the RAM sticks was faulty and the PC kept flashing the light and switching itself off after 1 sec.
 
Dont bother with the BFG PSU. The Antec is ok.

If you have the mobo/cpu/psu/vidcard plugged in on top of a cardboard box, and try to power up, do you hear any error beeps? Make sure you have a case speaker attached, or speakers/headphones plugged into the audio out jack (since its an asus board).

Which 500W PSU do you have?
 
Oh yah, try one stick of ram, as mentioned above. If nothing stays on after you power it on (fans), then its probably a short in your case. Remove eveyrthing from the case and test it on your desk.

lol... I tried editing, but it double posted instead :(
 
enginurd said:
Dont bother with the BFG PSU. The Antec is ok.

If you have the mobo/cpu/psu/vidcard plugged in on top of a cardboard box, and try to power up, do you hear any error beeps? Make sure you have a case speaker attached, or speakers/headphones plugged into the audio out jack (since its an asus board).

Which 500W PSU do you have?
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I believe it's this one.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103937

bjxxx said:
Did you try installing only one RAM stick, then doing it again with the other RAM stick? My machine wouldn't boot until I found out of one of the RAM sticks was faulty and the PC kept flashing the light and switching itself off after 1 sec.
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I tried no sticks of ram not one I will try that tomorrow though.

I'm going to try all these things posted tomorrow and I will reply, Thanks to all that helped.
 
enginurd said:
When did you get the smartpower2.0? Just curious, as there was a bad batch recently.

When you tried no sticks of ram, did you hear any post error beeps?
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November area. I'm currently using it right now on this computer which has my 7950GT in it. I had to get the 650W BFG because thats the only one they had over 550 at bestbuy. No I didn't hear any beeps. I'm off to try everything now again.
 
Wasn't the PSU. Nothing worked, not even taking it out of the case to look for some sort of short. I think it's something to do with the mobo some I'm rma'ing it back to newegg.
 
nuc said:
I tried no sticks of ram not one I will try that tomorrow though.
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If that would have worked I would have been really freaked out, my guess is MOBO I recently repaired a computer and narrowed it down to this by trying all the other parts(except the CPU and RAM, tested the ram one by one in seperate slots) in my computer. It did the exact same thing as yours by powering everything up but I didn't hear and HDD spin up and there were no beeps.
 
enginurd said:
did you try re-seating the cpu?
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Yes.

Ok I tried powering the computer on by holding the mobo in my hand not touching the case and it did the same thing. I then found out I could start the mobo without the case cords by hitting the 2 powerswitch pins with a screw driver. I did this while the mobo was on top of card board and it worked!

Long story short. I ordered tons of parts a long time ago and had this same issue. I sold everything on ebay and it worked cept the case. When I ordered new parts in november I went to this case again and I had no issue but the mobo I got a8n sat differently then this one and the last one and now I got the issue again The only common part is the case.

This is my case I'm using,


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811144004

Now tomorrow I'm going to order a new one so my question is what's a good case inthe 150-200 dollar range...
 
Heh, thats why alphanumeric said remove it from the case ;) If you didnt know how to power it out of the case, you could have asked.

You don't need a new case. You need to find out what is shorting out your motherboard and either remove the culprit, tape it with electric tape, or you can also use liquid electric tape.

If you still want a new case, the CM Stacker is good. Other popular cases are the Thermaltake Armor Series, Antec P180/180B, Lian-Li PC-7APlus, Silverstone TJ06, etc.
 
Ok I'll give that a try. I need to take that PSU back to best buy today I MIGHT try to buy a case at best buy. It says they have the p180 but it might be sold out. Other then that they have this at best buy here.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129021

Other then that I did like this one you told me about here..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119042

Someone told me to buy this one here because it has really good air flow..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811233002

Thank you so much for all the help.
 
Ok my issue was I had like 10 brace screws in my trey and I had them all in. Someone told me to take them all out and only put the ones i needed that matched up with the screws. I did that and it worked, However after awhile my computer would shut off so I threw the 650W PSU in there and everything is running AMAZINGLY so far.

thank you so much for all the great help.
 
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