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reflex1337   08-10-2009 at 11:14:49 PM

Ok a few weeks ago i got finished building a PC and it wouldn't boot up so i went to Fry's Repair shop and they gave me a new motherboard because the one that i had was defective. What happens when i flip the switch theres nothing, no booting of any sort.


Here are my specs.


Core 2 Quad q8400
Gigabyte G41M-ES2L
4GB kingston ram
450W power supply
GTS 250 (Not in when i tried to boot up)
Coolermaster Hyper TX3
500GB HDD

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Silver Home Brew badge shortstuff_mt   08-10-2009 at 11:20:01 PM
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This checklist was created to help diagnose PC boot problems. I would suggest going through every step in the checklist.

READ before posting about boot problems!

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Silver Home Brew badge hunter315   08-10-2009 at 11:20:18 PM
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Have you tried every step in the checklist?
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] t-problems

 

Your processor also isnt supported on that board until bios F3 so that may be part of the issue.

 

edit: 17 seconds shortstuff, just 17 seconds.

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Silver Home Brew badge shortstuff_mt   08-10-2009 at 11:22:36 PM
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hunter315 wrote :

edit: 17 seconds shortstuff, just 17 seconds.


LOL

I told you I was going to start typing faster. :)

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reflex1337   08-10-2009 at 11:25:45 PM
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I tried the checklist

Thanks for the help but it didn't work.

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Silver Home Brew badge hunter315   08-10-2009 at 11:28:16 PM
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Do you have a case speaker so you can hear the beep codes? Also what brand is that PSU? It may be DOA.

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Silver Home Brew badge shortstuff_mt   08-10-2009 at 11:30:31 PM
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Define "tried". So you're 100% sure the CPU power connector is plugged in in addition to the main 24-pin connector? Did you try each stick of RAM by itself in the first RAM slot? Did you breadboard the system to eliminate a short as the problem?

What 450W PSU do you have? Is the 6-pin PCI-E power connector plugged into the GPU?

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jtmoney528   08-10-2009 at 11:33:28 PM
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We need a little more info besides it will not boot up, and I "tried" does not tell us what you actually "tried". Any noises? Fans running? Lights? Your experience with building computers? Is this your first? A picture of your motherboard would be great to make sure you have everything connected correctly.


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reflex1337   08-10-2009 at 11:41:45 PM
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sorry, no power whatsoever nothing lights up no fans. no noices.


And tried as in did all of them and it didn't work

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jtmoney528   08-10-2009 at 11:49:42 PM
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Can you get a picture of your setup?

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daship   08-11-2009 at 12:02:09 AM
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Take it to the shop, you fail.

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Silver Home Brew badge hunter315   08-11-2009 at 12:10:28 AM
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A picture of your setup(breadboarded is preferable as it prevents case obstructing the view. Knowing exactly what parts are in there also helps us figure out what parts may be the issue, if your PSU isnt a good brand it may be DOA, even then it may still be DOA.

daship if you arent going to help stay out of it.

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habitat87   08-11-2009 at 09:06:20 AM
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daship wrote :

Take it to the shop, you fail.




Normally I don't like these types of posts, but it was called for if you ask me. +1, LOL!

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croc   08-11-2009 at 09:08:20 AM
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Way to help a newcomer, people.... Maybe this is becoming like some kind of gang, and one now needs to get raped by every member to join?

Jeesh... Tom's has been going downhill for a long time now, but this thread has hit a new low.

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habitat87   08-11-2009 at 09:17:37 AM
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Is that a joke? How long have you been a member? This is nothing compared what people got before. Pffft.

And he did post after the idiot said no lights or nothing come on but everything seems okay. LOL! It's broken!!!

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jtmoney528   08-11-2009 at 05:18:44 PM
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I have to admit, I lol'd at that comment too

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