My pc has a dual core processor, I wanted to upgrade to a quad. So I bought a quad core processor and a new power supply (first I had 350 Watt, now 430 Watt), since the quad core needed more watts.
Then I started unplugging my old PSU and plugged in my new PSU. Before installing the new processor, I booted my pc to check if the PSU worked. My PC only made a very long, constant beep. I ignored that and installed the new processor as well. It still made the beep sound after that. So I unplugged everything, excluding the graphics card (forgot that one), and it still beeped. I'm afraid my graphics card died
Then I turned everything back to normal, old cpu, old PSU etc. And it still beeps! I think I completely messed up my computer :/
Any ideas? Help would be greatly appreciated!
-Tom
Update: my graphics card is fine, I just didn't plug it in correctly. (It needed 2 connections, I only connected one). Now it works again, with the new PSU. But when I want to install the new processor, it boots, recognizes the quad core processor, but after a few moments my pc shuts down, sort of. The light at the power button stays on, the light on my keyboard too. But the screen stays black. Pushing the power button does nothing, even holding the power for 5 seconds doesn't do anything. Only powering off the PSU seems to shut it down....
Update: with the new PSU, and the old CPU, it works fine but it can't read my hard drive for some reason. It says either:
A disk read error occured
Or:
Error loading operation system.
What cable do I have to use for the hard drive (SATA)
Here are some specs btw:
Old cpu: intel core 2 duo E8400
New cpu: intel core 2 quad Q9450
Old PSU: I don't know
New PSU: Corsair CX430
MOBO: asus p5e vm-do
GPU: Ati radeon HD 5850 1GB
6 GB RAM
Windows 7 64 bits
Another update: I tried formatting the drive with a sata to usb device, it didn't work. Also; it says the filesystem is RAW, instead of NTFS :/
Then I started unplugging my old PSU and plugged in my new PSU. Before installing the new processor, I booted my pc to check if the PSU worked. My PC only made a very long, constant beep. I ignored that and installed the new processor as well. It still made the beep sound after that. So I unplugged everything, excluding the graphics card (forgot that one), and it still beeped. I'm afraid my graphics card died
Then I turned everything back to normal, old cpu, old PSU etc. And it still beeps! I think I completely messed up my computer :/
Any ideas? Help would be greatly appreciated!
-Tom
Update: my graphics card is fine, I just didn't plug it in correctly. (It needed 2 connections, I only connected one). Now it works again, with the new PSU. But when I want to install the new processor, it boots, recognizes the quad core processor, but after a few moments my pc shuts down, sort of. The light at the power button stays on, the light on my keyboard too. But the screen stays black. Pushing the power button does nothing, even holding the power for 5 seconds doesn't do anything. Only powering off the PSU seems to shut it down....
Update: with the new PSU, and the old CPU, it works fine but it can't read my hard drive for some reason. It says either:
A disk read error occured
Or:
Error loading operation system.
What cable do I have to use for the hard drive (SATA)
Here are some specs btw:
Old cpu: intel core 2 duo E8400
New cpu: intel core 2 quad Q9450
Old PSU: I don't know
New PSU: Corsair CX430
MOBO: asus p5e vm-do
GPU: Ati radeon HD 5850 1GB
6 GB RAM
Windows 7 64 bits
Another update: I tried formatting the drive with a sata to usb device, it didn't work. Also; it says the filesystem is RAW, instead of NTFS :/
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