New system, no heartbeat

[Guest]

I just purchased the components for Tom's recommended system: Asus A7V, Athlon 800 MB, I have an Antec mid ATX case and 300 watt PS, Swiftech cooler, etc.
I hooked it all together, turned it on, the CPU fan spins a few seconds and quits, thats it.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks

 

[Guest]

OH [-peep-]
THAT IS THE WORST POSSIBLE RESULT

Ok. Step by step I need exactly what happened.
Remind me on the components (exactly)
and where you sourced them from
Assembly what did you do

Rubber washers - most of the time insulating the board from the case is a good idea.

Could be PSU - you got any other computers with compatible supplies handy. Did a cable come loose
Expansion cards - all seated correctly
Memory - same
All case connectors - in right place

Built several PC's and they all booted right up.
Send me exact details and I'll give you my humble opinion on what to do about it.

Have you got a digital multimeter (if you don't know what it is don't ask)

It's a fine system from your post. I doubt the PSU is overloaded - could be faulty though?

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[Guest]

The issue may involve the Antec PP303X PS which doesn't seem to get along with the Asus A7V MotherBoard. I'll try the rubber washers, look out for possible shorts and try swapping another power supply

 

[Guest]

Agreed.

It is unlikely it is the CPU or any of your drives as they don't cause this kind of problem

If you get NO DISPLAY OF ANY KIND on your monitor then it's possibly a completely knacked PSU so yeah - changing power supply would be a good plan.

Motherboard faults are not unheard of?

Memory - nah - faulty memory will not cause this anyway
Expansion cards - nope but other than graphics take em out for the time being

Install only the following
(with a new PSU or one you borrowed)

CPU
Memory
Floppy
Graphics Card

and see what you get

If still no boot then go with just graphics card

If still no boot (or error message) then presume motherboard is dead?

Any of this help?

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