Okay, I finally managed to get all my components together and installed, but now my new system refuses to boot. I get four long beeps from my motherboard, and then it shuts down. According to the unofficial FAQ, "these versions of the BIOS will shut down your machine if no fan tachometer signal is detected on FAN1 header."
I've peeked in the case when starting up, and the fan attached to my heatsink doesn't seem to be working, even though it's attached to the FAN1 header. It rotated fine when I detached it and blew on it, but it doesn't seem to be getting power when it's actually turned on. It will jump a few times, and then immediately stop, as if it's getting brief spurts of power. Does this sound more like a problem with the fan itself, or with the motherboard? I'm concerned that I might've shorted out the motherboard with static electricity when I was installing everything; would it still do this if it had been shorted? Nothing ever appears on my screen during this; my monitor never appears to be activated from the sleep state. Thanks for any help.
I've peeked in the case when starting up, and the fan attached to my heatsink doesn't seem to be working, even though it's attached to the FAN1 header. It rotated fine when I detached it and blew on it, but it doesn't seem to be getting power when it's actually turned on. It will jump a few times, and then immediately stop, as if it's getting brief spurts of power. Does this sound more like a problem with the fan itself, or with the motherboard? I'm concerned that I might've shorted out the motherboard with static electricity when I was installing everything; would it still do this if it had been shorted? Nothing ever appears on my screen during this; my monitor never appears to be activated from the sleep state. Thanks for any help.
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