I just bought a bunch of great components for a new PC I've built. I didn't go ALL out, but I did go all out. I slapped everything together last night and the mobo stalls on boot-up.
I have an idea why it stalled. But I'm not sure if this is actual a valid problem. A month ago I opened up my Pentium4 Box because I wanted to peak at its contents. I wasn't ready to build my rig yet, so I put it back in the box. Somehow the plastic box it was in BENT about 6 pins, 45 degrees. They must have been bent the entire 2 weeks it was in the box. Last night I gently pushed the pins back in place, and inserted it nicely into the mobo.
My parts are all brand new and they are as followed: Pentium4@3.0Ghz, Intel865GBF chipset/mobo. Dual-Channel OCZ 1GB Platinum DDR400mhz Memory, 2X Western Digital SATA Raptor @ 36GB, ATI Radeon 9800 XT 256MB, SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Platinum Internal, Zalman 400W Silent Power Supply, Plextor PX-708A 8X +- DVD-R/RW, & Windows XP Professional Retail.
I was extremely excited about getting the system up and running, but I must say, I'm not experienced in the ways of the non-boot-up, so I have no clue what the prob is. Maybe its my previously bent pins. I'm not sure how sensitive these chips are to minor manipulation such as this. I just know that I'm strapped for cash (with Christmas spending 'n all) and I don't want to hand my system away for the techies to mess with for 5 days only to tell me a jumper fell off the board or something pathetic like that.
NOTE: on boot-up, there is NO beep. No diagnostics. Nothing. DVD burner powers-up, CPU Fan powers up, then DVD burner spins up again after 10 or seconds and repeats continually during wait.
And as always in the Tom's Forums; thanks guys for your enlightening and valuable expertise!
I have an idea why it stalled. But I'm not sure if this is actual a valid problem. A month ago I opened up my Pentium4 Box because I wanted to peak at its contents. I wasn't ready to build my rig yet, so I put it back in the box. Somehow the plastic box it was in BENT about 6 pins, 45 degrees. They must have been bent the entire 2 weeks it was in the box. Last night I gently pushed the pins back in place, and inserted it nicely into the mobo.
My parts are all brand new and they are as followed: Pentium4@3.0Ghz, Intel865GBF chipset/mobo. Dual-Channel OCZ 1GB Platinum DDR400mhz Memory, 2X Western Digital SATA Raptor @ 36GB, ATI Radeon 9800 XT 256MB, SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Platinum Internal, Zalman 400W Silent Power Supply, Plextor PX-708A 8X +- DVD-R/RW, & Windows XP Professional Retail.
I was extremely excited about getting the system up and running, but I must say, I'm not experienced in the ways of the non-boot-up, so I have no clue what the prob is. Maybe its my previously bent pins. I'm not sure how sensitive these chips are to minor manipulation such as this. I just know that I'm strapped for cash (with Christmas spending 'n all) and I don't want to hand my system away for the techies to mess with for 5 days only to tell me a jumper fell off the board or something pathetic like that.
NOTE: on boot-up, there is NO beep. No diagnostics. Nothing. DVD burner powers-up, CPU Fan powers up, then DVD burner spins up again after 10 or seconds and repeats continually during wait.
And as always in the Tom's Forums; thanks guys for your enlightening and valuable expertise!