Hey all, I'm in the process of putting together my first build...
Case: NZXT Phantom
Mobo: MSI P67A-G34
CPU: Intel i5 2500k quad core
Memory: 16GB (4x4GB) patriot G2 DDR3
My power supply is a 550w from my previous computer so I know it works and I'm also using my pny nvidia 8800gt from my old computer as well until I have the money for a new video card.
I installed the cpu, mobo, memory, video card, and HDD today and tried to boot it up... The cpu fan fired up along with a horrible beep sound and a blue LED on the mobo lighting up for a second... Then the fan powered down and everything stopped. About 2 or 3 seconds later it did the same thing again... and then again and again never ending. I was getting no signal on my monitor either... didn't seem to boot at all. Then I tried unhooking my video card to see if it was a power problem and hit the on switch again.. This time the LED just flickered on once and there was no sound or fan activity at all.
Is this a power issue or something with my RAM? Or is it something else entirely? I checked msi's support page and it said repeated beeps meant an issue with ram and repeated short beeps meant an issue with power... Problem is, I don't know what they consider short and regular and on top of that it doesn't SEEM to be a power issue.
Case: NZXT Phantom
Mobo: MSI P67A-G34
CPU: Intel i5 2500k quad core
Memory: 16GB (4x4GB) patriot G2 DDR3
My power supply is a 550w from my previous computer so I know it works and I'm also using my pny nvidia 8800gt from my old computer as well until I have the money for a new video card.
I installed the cpu, mobo, memory, video card, and HDD today and tried to boot it up... The cpu fan fired up along with a horrible beep sound and a blue LED on the mobo lighting up for a second... Then the fan powered down and everything stopped. About 2 or 3 seconds later it did the same thing again... and then again and again never ending. I was getting no signal on my monitor either... didn't seem to boot at all. Then I tried unhooking my video card to see if it was a power problem and hit the on switch again.. This time the LED just flickered on once and there was no sound or fan activity at all.
Is this a power issue or something with my RAM? Or is it something else entirely? I checked msi's support page and it said repeated beeps meant an issue with ram and repeated short beeps meant an issue with power... Problem is, I don't know what they consider short and regular and on top of that it doesn't SEEM to be a power issue.