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Neferati   07-10-2008 at 06:20:10 AM

I recently bought parts for a brand new computer, and my parts came in today. And I seem to be having a problem booting up my computer. The computer wont start when I press the power button, the only thing that lights up is the green LED on the MOBO, not even the PSU fan turend. I tested out my PSU hoping the problem lied there. I connected it only to the case fans and did a short, and all the fans worked, including the PSU fan. I even took the mobo out (I have a retracteble mobo tray. and tried to run it with out ram, didnt even get the warning beeps. I am really stumped, any ideas?

ASUS P5N-D LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 Wolfdale 2.53GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core
EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
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Shadowthor   07-10-2008 at 06:44:17 AM
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Is the 4 pin and 24 pin plugged in?

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ausch30   07-10-2008 at 06:56:25 AM
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Is the power button connected correctly?

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ausch30   07-10-2008 at 07:06:38 AM
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Try resetting the cmos jumper. Is it possible that you installed an extra standoff and it's shorting the motherboard?

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ausch30   07-10-2008 at 07:10:02 AM
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The P5N-D supports the E7200 with BIOS 0502. It's possible that your board has a older BIOS and that is why you are having problems. 0107 is the release BIOS.


Message edited by ausch30 on 07-10-2008 at 07:10:47 AM
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Neferati   07-10-2008 at 07:28:50 AM
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How many standoffs should I have on the mobo, just the 4?

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ausch30   07-10-2008 at 07:34:07 AM
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Looking at the picture on Newegg you should have 9 and 9 screws holding the motherboard down.

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Neferati   07-10-2008 at 07:40:48 AM
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My case was missing one of the standoffs, so I only have 8. I spaced them out so the other standoffs are covering for the missing one.

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ausch30   07-10-2008 at 07:44:33 AM
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That's fine but I still think it might be the BIOS issue, do you have another socket 775 CPU you can put in to update the BIOS?


Message edited by ausch30 on 07-10-2008 at 07:45:20 AM
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Neferati   07-10-2008 at 07:49:13 AM
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Ill try resetting the cmos jumper. Thx for your help ausch30, Ill do it tomorrow when i get back from work.

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ausch30   07-10-2008 at 07:49:46 AM
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Good luck

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ZootyGray   07-10-2008 at 08:44:51 AM
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Unplug all connex and re-plug all connex. I had similar prob once and it took days cos mobo plugs looked ok but were not fully contacting. Too EZ.

It has to be something simple.

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