Hey guys. I did several searches on the net and I'm still not able to troubleshoot this problem. I have built several systems in the past with no problems so I'm not sure what the problem is here.
I took an Asus A8V Deluxe MB, a AMD Athlon 3200 cpu, 550watt PSU, and 2 gigs of Corsair XMS PC3200 ram to put in my uncle's computer since he was running a old 1Ghz AMD T-Bird. Anyway, he wanted me to install a DVD burner he had purchased and I installed that first to back up his files with before I did the MB/CPU swap. After I installed it the computer wouldn't boot at all. No beeps, no picture, nothing. Anyway, I went ahead and put in the new hardware and went to boot up the computer but had the same problem again. I checked and rechecked EVERYTHING several times. I even tried clearing the CMOS and still nothing. I tried different video cards and different RAM modules and still nothing. I have no idea what is causing this problem now. His case is really old and crappy and I checked to see if somehow the MB was shorting out by touching the metal somewhere but I couldn't find anything. When I hit the power button all the fans turn on and the CD drives eject with no problem but I don't hear the HD spool up or anything. I tried 2 different monitors also.....both of which I know work and still nothing. I even tried using the old MB, CPU, Video Card, etc... and still nothing. I'm clueless. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I took an Asus A8V Deluxe MB, a AMD Athlon 3200 cpu, 550watt PSU, and 2 gigs of Corsair XMS PC3200 ram to put in my uncle's computer since he was running a old 1Ghz AMD T-Bird. Anyway, he wanted me to install a DVD burner he had purchased and I installed that first to back up his files with before I did the MB/CPU swap. After I installed it the computer wouldn't boot at all. No beeps, no picture, nothing. Anyway, I went ahead and put in the new hardware and went to boot up the computer but had the same problem again. I checked and rechecked EVERYTHING several times. I even tried clearing the CMOS and still nothing. I tried different video cards and different RAM modules and still nothing. I have no idea what is causing this problem now. His case is really old and crappy and I checked to see if somehow the MB was shorting out by touching the metal somewhere but I couldn't find anything. When I hit the power button all the fans turn on and the CD drives eject with no problem but I don't hear the HD spool up or anything. I tried 2 different monitors also.....both of which I know work and still nothing. I even tried using the old MB, CPU, Video Card, etc... and still nothing. I'm clueless. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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