New computer build = I'm stuck!
I didn't get to the point of installing an OS (black monitor on startup) or seeing the cmos or whatever comes up on a monitor even if you don't have an os or hard drive installed (it would at least say no startup disc inserted).
All the drives, fans, and little leds fire up fine, all that.
Nada on the monitor when I fire up... not even cmos. The graphic card and monitor were borrowed from the computer I'm working with now... they are alive and well. I'm trying disconnecting one item at a time to see if there is a bad egg in the mix, and looking at all the info on dimms compatibility, chip and etc... (how do you tell if a mama board or chip is wacky?
Any ideas links to resources would be appreciated.
Yes, I can take it to an "expert"... I live out in the boonies and the "experts" for this kind of system are few and far in these parts.
Thanks... help... aaarrrgghh... be nice, now...
The System
POWER:
C283-1854 :: CoolerMaster Real Power Pro 650-Watt Power Supply - SLI,
SATA-Ready, 120mm Fan, Active PFC
GRAPHICS:
Radeon graphics card from current system = Radeon 1600, 512MB, pcie
RAM:
MICSYS 2 sticks of 2GB DDR2 Ram PC2-6400 240 pin DIMM Major/3D
MOBO:
A455-2364 :: Asus Maximus Formula Special Edition Motherboard - 45nm
Support, Intel X38, Socket 775, ATX, Audio, CrossFire Ready, PCI Express 2.0
Dual Gigabit LAN, S/PDIF, USB 2.0, Firewire, Serial ATA, RAID
CHIP:
CP2-DUO-Q6600 :: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor HH80562PH0568M -
2.40GHz, 8MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB, Kentsfield, Quad-Core, OEM, Socket
775, Processor
FAN:
Thermaltake Silent 775D Socket 775, Copper Heatpipes
HD:
150 Gig Western Digital Raptor 10K rpm SATA - not in raid config (will add others later not raid)
BOX:
C283-1170 :: CoolerMaster Cosmos 1000 ATX Full-Tower Case
(This case is full of fans... yes, I have all of them hooked to MoBo, including the cpu fan)
I didn't get to the point of installing an OS (black monitor on startup) or seeing the cmos or whatever comes up on a monitor even if you don't have an os or hard drive installed (it would at least say no startup disc inserted).
All the drives, fans, and little leds fire up fine, all that.
Nada on the monitor when I fire up... not even cmos. The graphic card and monitor were borrowed from the computer I'm working with now... they are alive and well. I'm trying disconnecting one item at a time to see if there is a bad egg in the mix, and looking at all the info on dimms compatibility, chip and etc... (how do you tell if a mama board or chip is wacky?
Any ideas links to resources would be appreciated.
Yes, I can take it to an "expert"... I live out in the boonies and the "experts" for this kind of system are few and far in these parts.
Thanks... help... aaarrrgghh... be nice, now...
The System
POWER:
C283-1854 :: CoolerMaster Real Power Pro 650-Watt Power Supply - SLI,
SATA-Ready, 120mm Fan, Active PFC
GRAPHICS:
Radeon graphics card from current system = Radeon 1600, 512MB, pcie
RAM:
MICSYS 2 sticks of 2GB DDR2 Ram PC2-6400 240 pin DIMM Major/3D
MOBO:
A455-2364 :: Asus Maximus Formula Special Edition Motherboard - 45nm
Support, Intel X38, Socket 775, ATX, Audio, CrossFire Ready, PCI Express 2.0
Dual Gigabit LAN, S/PDIF, USB 2.0, Firewire, Serial ATA, RAID
CHIP:
CP2-DUO-Q6600 :: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor HH80562PH0568M -
2.40GHz, 8MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB, Kentsfield, Quad-Core, OEM, Socket
775, Processor
FAN:
Thermaltake Silent 775D Socket 775, Copper Heatpipes
HD:
150 Gig Western Digital Raptor 10K rpm SATA - not in raid config (will add others later not raid)
BOX:
C283-1170 :: CoolerMaster Cosmos 1000 ATX Full-Tower Case
(This case is full of fans... yes, I have all of them hooked to MoBo, including the cpu fan)