$1,200 tower down teh drain???

Hey everyone well I recently built a new tower for around 1.2k and these are the specs

Quad core 2.4
9800 GTX
SLI 780i EVGA MOBO
4GB of Ram
700 Watt PSU


Now whenever me and my cousin go to turn NOTHING shows up on the moniter... I have tried 2 moniters and a tv.

Also the quad fan spins when I turn it on, the graphics card lights up and even the MOBO lights up and says FF which means BOOT.

So anyone know whats the problem?

Im not sure if this is the same problem but the CD/DVD drive wont open when I click the button.

Thanks everyone you can either reply here or AIM me on antonio4455

Thanks again

ok ill tell my cousin about the restart the bios

but just so you know NOTHING at all appears on the screen like we tried to do bios but nothing on teh screen

but yea thanks ill tell him

"700 Watt PSU"

What brand and model? For the optical drive to fail to open suggests one of your 12V rails may have gone down the crapper.

It does sound like a power problem, unless the CD/DVD drive doesn't have the power connector connected.

Try spelling it 'the' instead of 'teh'. That should fix it.

Did it work correctly before? Judging from the "Now whenever" stuff I'm guessing it used to work. So that would eliminate a few of the suggestions like the wrong version of the BIOS.

I'd try checking all of your connections first, possibly even switching connectors. If that doesn't do it, then I'd try a different power supply if you have one available. Even with nothing else working in a system an optical drive with power should open. It is possible that this isn't the case with all drives, but it has been for the ones I've used and in machines that I've worked on.

I kind of doubt the 'teh' was l33t speak unless he changed the rest since the initial post. It is limited to a couple of places and is a very common mistake. Why would you hassle a new poster asking for help over a typo?

I thought the GPU only lights up when something wasn't connected????

Dude, plug in your Power adapters and all will be fine. NV finally figured out that peizo beepers are annoying and integrated lights instead. If you graphics lighting up, there isn't enough power going to it.
have fun.

yeah but first, try a different card and see if it works. If it does then RMA the card.
good luck!

Somehow I've never had much luck with Nvidia cards.I do have one that works but I could never get a screen on 3 of them.That's one reason why I stuck with ATI as I've never had a problem with their graphics cards.

You misspelled THE in your title.

Also, your ram is the most likely culprit, especially so if you got suckered into buying the "high end ram" that typically requires more than 1.8 volt to operate.

ok, can you please give us links to the products you used? That would make this a lot easier.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000TPXULC --- Ram


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00118FM58 --- MOBO

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HJ9CEO - POWER SUPPLY UNIT


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0016OK86A --- Graphics card


Thanks for all the replies, the computers being stored at my friends because his room is tiles and its a big open space compared to mine and today im going to try to use a 500 watt PSU and try all the other stuff u guys said.

Again thanks

no prob.
also try taking all the ram dimms out and try to boot. If it beeps then thats a good sign that your motherboard is functioning.
hope it works out!!!

Mine is too. I got to the thread late, but I wonder if his mobo has a light that's on showing power? Can he hear error beeps that identify RAM or graphics card power? If it's just a GPU that's not set right, then he could hear the PC posting without getting video. If the IDE DVD drive's hooked up backwards, then it won't power up.

The best way to isolate a problem like this is to troubleshoot one possibility at a time. I'd see if it booted without the DVD ROM hooked up. If not, try resetting the GPU. If no go, then one stick of RAM at a time. Getting a post screen is the goal. I remember occasional motherboard shorts due to flimsy AT cases and screws in the old days, but haven't seen much of that for years. If there's a light on the mobo then it's probably fine.

If the PSU fan's running then that's probably okay too. Even no name PSU's work for awhile before they cause problems. I'm assuming he has enough amps on the 12 volt rail for the GPU? Situations like this is why I think there should be IGP's on every motherboard, even enthusiast Crossfire and SLI parts. That provides another option in troubleshooting.

Hopefully we'll see what the problem ends up being. I can recount a few times when I had what was clearly a ram issue, with not even a peep out of the motherboard to indicate as such.

I returned the Mobo and I should get $229 refunded into my amazon account but I have an extra $100 so anyone know what kind of mobo I should get??

Also I listed the PSU link in one of my posts so if you guys can tell if its the new kind or old Id really appreciate it.

BTW my cousin does all the connections and stuff but he is reading this thread.

Again thanks everyoen for all the replys!

For motherboards, what brand did he buy? Personally I have a Gigabyte motherboard and it's been pretty reliable. And it's not that expensive of a board. I've also had good luck with biostar as well.