help with building

what kinda video card are you using?

what kinda PSU?

More info on the system and maybe we can help a little better.
-={Apostalic Alcoholic.}=-

WOOHOO!!! GO GET 'EM GRUB!!!

Barton 2500+, 512MB Corsair Platinum XMS 3200 CL2, Radeon 9700, WD Raptor 10,000 rpm S-ATA HDD, Asus A7V600, Enermax 460W SilentPlus PSU.

Don't mind Grub. He is always like that...

First, a listing of your components would help. Remove everything except your RAM, CPU, Heatsink, power connection to the motherboard, and video card. Also, in case it is the PS, remove all of the power connectors from the drives and such. Then see if it boots. If so, after that, add components one at a time until you experience another boot failure. Also, don't bother trying to build it with an OS until you get it up and running. Admittedly, with no drives plugged in the PC won't do a whole lot, but turn it on, jump into the BIOS, and poke around for a few minutes and make sure that the rig keeps chugging.

Let us know if anything else is needed.

I HATE NET NAZIS!!!

First things you should always try:
-Take out all components except for 1 stick of memory and the video card.
-make sure the video card is fully seated....agp cards have a noticible final "bump" when they go in all the way.
-Make sure your cpu fan power lead is plugged into the socket that says "cpu1"...if it isn't the speed sensor will think your fan has failed and automatically shut down the computer.

Hope this helps

It's all Bush's fault

I'm inclined to say PSU, but if you could list your specs then we'll be able to give you more accurate response.

<font color=blue>"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered" - George Best</font color=blue>

Yeah, let's open a book and see just how fubar'd it is. 3-1 on, on it being the PSU

<font color=blue>"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered" - George Best</font color=blue>

I'm with you on the overheat protection. 5-1 he's got the cpu fan power conector in the wrong socket.

It's all Bush's fault

I'm taking no bets on that at those odds.

However, you can get 500/1 on it being the modem cable.

<font color=blue>"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered" - George Best</font color=blue>

Ouch. What a bitch.

Barton 2500+, 512MB Corsair Platinum XMS 3200 CL2, Radeon 9700, WD Raptor 10,000 rpm S-ATA HDD, Asus A7V600, Enermax 460W SilentPlus PSU.

2-1 PEBKAC or an ID-10T error?

Shadus

huh?
*whistle*
[Referee voice] personal foul...excessive use of acronyms

It's all Bush's fault

We're being quite easy on the guy. I haven't whipped out my never-ending pecker yet.

Barton 2500+, 512MB Corsair Platinum XMS 3200 CL2, Radeon 9700, WD Raptor 10,000 rpm S-ATA HDD, Asus A7V600, Enermax 460W SilentPlus PSU.

NOOOOOO!!!! HE said "computer" problem, not "intruder" problem!!!

It's all Bush's fault

Well if you don't know them, you've never done helpdesk/support anywhere

They're anac's you can tell a user that basically say "you sir are a dumbass" in a nice way... PEBKAC - Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair and ID-10T is self explainatory... ID10T.

Real Solution: Machine needs a reboot (more common in w95 days)
Real Problem w/Solution: User doesn't believe rebooting the machine will correct the problem.
Real Solution to Real Problem w/Solution: "Ah yes Sir, I see you are having a pebkac error, the only known fix for that is to fully remove power from the machine thus grounding out the active matrix load balancer. Pull the power out from the wall and wait 30s, then plug the power back in and boot up, I think you'll find the problem has been resolved."

Real Solution: User needs to defrag drive since he keeps canceling when it comes up at the scheduled times.
Real Problem w/Solution: User doesn't believe defragmenting the drive will help his problem.
Real Solution for Real Problem w/Solution: "Sir, as far as my informational database here goes it appears you are having a ID-10T error... its easily corrected by a performing a redudant defragmentation power cycle process... Double click my computer, right click local disk c, click on tools, defragment now. When that process completes shutdown the computer and restart it. That will resolve the issue."

As a wiser man than I once said, "What is your username?" *CLICKITYCLICK*

Shadus<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by shadus on 10/22/03 11:53 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

Actually not, its rarely written. Its spoken as "I.D. Ten T." Designed soley to confuse and obfuscate calling the user a moron, no leet involved Hell it probally predates leet, the first ever computer person who had to deal with a user made it up most likely ;P

Shadus<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by shadus on 10/22/03 11:42 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

yeah thats really old skool.

btw technically he doesnt even have to have memory in it just a cpu.

12.5-1 odds its a power issue.




-={Apostalic Alcoholic.}=-

WTF PHU.K YOU GRUB U PHUKKING SUCK ASS I HATE YOU U WILL DIE NOW IM COMING TO YOUR HOUSE TO CUIT OFF YOUR PHUKKING HEAD YOU SON OF A BITCH DIE DIE DIE DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!







j/k man that was a lowblow.


-={Apostalic Alcoholic.}=-

Barton 2500+, 512MB Corsair Platinum XMS 3200 CL2, Radeon 9700, WD Raptor 10,000 rpm S-ATA HDD, Asus A7V600, Enermax 460W SilentPlus PSU.

Why do people still use floppy drives? It seems since the advent of usb flash drives, they should be useless.

It's all Bush's fault

Another classic call I've had (which is totally unrelated to computers) was by some lady that worked at my previous job. She asked me twice (yes twice) how to insert leads in a mechanical pencil (you know the kind that has separate leads)...I believe my IQ dropped 10 points after each explanation...

Who lives in a pineaple under the sea?!
Spongebob Squarepants!

Would have been more entertaining to let him screw up the system trying to figure it out.

I think the worst I ever had was the classic cupholder (yes, I actually got that one-- and I know several other techs who have to... its more common than you think.) and a woman who's house I was at (installing her a new computer) who couldn't understand why dvd's wouldn't play in her vcr.

Shadus

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-={Apostalic Alcoholic.}=-

I'm going with " ... over your credit line on the Master Card ..."
that, or a heat issue ...


<b><font color=red> “Liberals have many tails and chase them all.” – H.L. Mencken </font color=red><b>