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January 17, 2010 3:58:16 PM

Hi, this is firstly to ask if the spec' that I've come up with sounds OK for a development box with a little bit of gaming and secondly to ask for a bit of help, as although this is about the 4th box I've put together over the years, it's the first one that has not gone smoothly.

If I'd have found this forum before I ordered then I would have checked the spec' then but better late than never :-)

Anyway, the spec:
* Intel Core i5 750 2.66GHz Socket LGA1156 8MB L3
* ASUS P7P55D PRO iP55 Socket LGA 1156 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard
* Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz/PC3-12800 XMS3 i5 Memory Kit CL9(9-9-9-24) 1.65V (it'll be Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit)
* HIS HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card
* LiteOn iHOS104 Blu-Ray Reader & DVD-Rom Serial ATA Internal Black - OEM
* Powercool 850W 80plus Certified Efficiency PSU - 6x SATA 2x PCI-E

I'm hoping to develop on some VMs via this machine and game (a little) on the main box. I'll just see how fast it is when I get it working.

So the problem....it doesn't work. Everything whirls into life but the cpu_led stays on (showing that it looks broken) and I get no visual output to the screen. I've:
* Re-seated the chip (even though it looked ok).
* Re-seated the heat-sink.
* For good measure I've also:
* reseated the graphics card and memory (tried both modules separately in each of the 4 slots)
* Unplugged all the rest of the components, both from the power and the board.

At the moment it is a very expensive fan but at least they work and the case looks nice :-)

Any comments about the spec' or thoughts as to what the issue could be. I'm down to either the board or chip but there could be something else that you guys know about and I don't. As I say it's only the 4th box I've put together and the last one was about 6 years ago.

Thanks
Andy

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January 18, 2010 7:03:22 PM

I know it's an old one, but the last two friends that asked me to fix there broken builds had both missed the extra power connector needed to the MB. If you've not built a box for a while it's an easy one to miss.
January 18, 2010 9:23:07 PM

OK....which extra power connector? Ah, motherboard spec..."don't forget to connect the 8-pin EATX12 V power plug; otherwise the system will not boot". That'll be the one that I didn't see and have never come across before.

Back in a bit :-)
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January 18, 2010 9:32:45 PM

audiovoodoo you deserve something good to happen to you. Just had a look and with the extra power the cpu_led flashes as it should and then the memory_led complains, which is as expected as there isn't any in it :-)

Oh joy.

Anyway, have I cocked up with the spec' too or does that look ok-ish?

Andy
Off to rebuild the new build.
January 18, 2010 10:19:17 PM

I'm not that much of a follower of the HW scene to be honest but I can't see anything glaring. I'm still chugging along on a E8400 I built over a year ago for a bit of VM play but never really got round to using.

You'd done all the other obvious checks :) 
January 18, 2010 10:22:21 PM

That's good then. Got to close this box down to steal a two way plug for testing downstairs, so I may report back tomorrow (today).

Thanks again
January 20, 2010 7:40:44 PM

Well the box is all together again, although I must have missed something as pressing the on/off button now switches the machine off straight away, rather than the 4 seconds it took before I took the board out to test out of the box.

It all works though and now just needs me to find the RAID menu and set up the OS.

My main concern with the box is that I know nothing about graphics cards. I went for the old "get the most MHz for your money" routine and hope that it's a good one. It's definately wide enough.

You say that you are still plugging away at a box you put together a year ago, well the box that this had replaced was put together about 6.5 years ago but stopped just before Christmas, which was the only reason I went for all new kit.
January 21, 2010 5:30:44 PM

The rig was purchased to replace and 5 year old rig when I got a new job and needed to get back into Windows (Linux for 4 years!) and VM's. I Gave the old rig to my brother and it promptly blew the Cold Cathode inverter and almost burnt his house down!! I do still miss it, it was one of those machines that I had some real adventures with.

As for the graphics you've got what you have, check the Tom's guide if you really want but why bother, you still paid less than an Apple user ;-)

July 21, 2011 3:48:32 PM

andylmurphy said:
Hi, this is firstly to ask if the spec' that I've come up with sounds OK for a development box with a little bit of gaming and secondly to ask for a bit of help, as although this is about the 4th box I've put together over the years, it's the first one that has not gone smoothly.

If I'd have found this forum before I ordered then I would have checked the spec' then but better late than never :-)

Anyway, the spec:
* Intel Core i5 750 2.66GHz Socket LGA1156 8MB L3
* ASUS P7P55D PRO iP55 Socket LGA 1156 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard
* Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz/PC3-12800 XMS3 i5 Memory Kit CL9(9-9-9-24) 1.65V (it'll be Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit)
* HIS HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card
* LiteOn iHOS104 Blu-Ray Reader & DVD-Rom Serial ATA Internal Black - OEM
* Powercool 850W 80plus Certified Efficiency PSU - 6x SATA 2x PCI-E

I'm hoping to develop on some VMs via this machine and game (a little) on the main box. I'll just see how fast it is when I get it working.

So the problem....it doesn't work. Everything whirls into life but the cpu_led stays on (showing that it looks broken) and I get no visual output to the screen. I've:
* Re-seated the chip (even though it looked ok).
* Re-seated the heat-sink.
* For good measure I've also:
* reseated the graphics card and memory (tried both modules separately in each of the 4 slots)
* Unplugged all the rest of the components, both from the power and the board.

At the moment it is a very expensive fan but at least they work and the case looks nice :-)

Any comments about the spec' or thoughts as to what the issue could be. I'm down to either the board or chip but there could be something else that you guys know about and I don't. As I say it's only the 4th box I've put together and the last one was about 6 years ago.

Thanks
Andy


hi there, have a very simlar problem to what you described here, i know it is an old post but can you confirm for me how you resolved this? please
thanks
kind regards
kris
July 22, 2011 7:36:29 PM

Looking back at my original answer at the time it was just that andy had missed one of the power connectors that go to the motherboard. It was just a case of checking that he plugged in the extra connector. Many years back it was just one connector for power to the motherboard but most systems need two.

Take a look at your MB Manual and ensure that you have connected everything correctly from the PSU to the MB. Also worth checking all the other things that andny mentioned in his original post as they are the most common issues people have.
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