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barefootbilly

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Generic working PSU from my case that i upgraded from
Lite-On dvd

This is just a generic budget computer for my aunt's family. I put everything together, boot up, and nothing shows up on the monitor. LED on the motherboard lights up, CPU fan spins, hard drive spins, but the DVD drive does not power open, and nothing shows up on the montor when initially booted up.

Why? After thinking about it figured the PSU couldn't put enough out, but the PSU has a green Pentium 4 sticker on the side of it.

:confused:
 
Well some basic troubleshooting:

Unplug the DVD. Disconnect altogether. Does everything work then.

Also review the PSU Forum:
http://www.hardforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=93

Does the DVD player work in another machine?

Re-check all your connections again; power cables/ IDE / data/ molex plugs/ etc.
Replace IDE or sata cables, see if that helps.

Re-seat all your cards, memory sticks, etc.

Monitor:
Determine which is the video-related problem; the monitor or the video card.
Easiest way if you can, exchange the monitor for a known working one.
Or check the current monitor’s power cables/connections to the video card.
Also check the monitor's contrast controls, were they turned down accidentally.

On some older monitors, removing the video cable from the video card would cause a little box or signal bouncing around on the screen. That obviously meant the monitor is good and so narrowed down your problem to the video card or other system problems to troubleshoot.
That may still work for Energy Star–compliant monitors, I haven’t tried it in awhile.

If the Monitor is ok and still a blank screen, exchange the video card if you can to narrow that down further etc.

When you built the box did any stray screws get left behind, all those fun little things. ;)

Also never hurts to check ram:
Memtest86:
http://www.memtest.org/

And just because the link was handy:
Ultimate Boot CD:
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/download.html

gl :)
 
Short list.

Take all that crap out of the case. Put the motherboard on a piece of cardboard (like the box it came in) and hook up the absolute essentials - one stick of memory, power supply, primary hard drive. See if it boots that way. Always a good practice for first boot when you're building a new system, make sure the core components work fine before you add a bunch of stuff to the mix. If it works, either one of the unattached components is doing something funky or you had a case short.
 
well i put in my PSU, still nothing. Any suggestions where i should start next? (and yes the monitor works on other computers)
 
I've just put my PSU in again, put everything in my case, and plugged the power in.

The green LED on the motherboard lights up, but pushing the power button does nothing. :confused: :(
 
hook up a speaker, do you get beeps?

if not, unplug the RAM and video card so you've only got a power supply, motherboard and CPU... do you get beeps?
 
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