READ before posting about boot problems! - Page 3

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I had a lot of trouble trying to get the push-pins to actually come through 1 corner wouldn't so I assumed it wouldn't make a difference.

How will this prevent my computer from turning on?

It turns on but I don't hear a beeping noise...which means I'm stuffed right?
Does the beeping come from the mobo or my case? My case doesn't have in-built sound.

Just ran across another issue that could potentially be added to this list, although it isn't very common so perhaps it shouldn't be. Anyways, at work today and a computer crapped out and wouldn't turn on. Turns out the problem was the actually power switch, and bridging the power pins on the mobo fired it right up.

I thought it was at least worth mentioning.

lol good point, i neglected to read through the breadboarding section before posting.

I really thought the two switches were different, that the power switch itself was more complicated than it is... I got straightened out by someone else last week

I know the feeling, but it's more books with me

I lost this link for a bit, but here it is... this can come in handy:

http://www.cwc-group.com/casp.html

Anyone else notice that since this has been stickied we have been getting a significant lower amount of "my build won't post" threads? And the few we do are much more difficult to trouble shoot it seems. I'm really glad this finally got the attention it deserved.

You probally would get a lot more help with your problem is you started your own thread. That or actually read the first post in this thread. I'm guessing you forgot to plug in ur 4/8 pin power connector (an example would be in the above picture from your post)

So please start your own thread if you still need help.

If you know how to fix computers, you can probably get a bunch of them for free if you do like Evil Staples and just tell people "it would be cheaper to buy a new computer, and you can recycle your old dead computer here for FREE! "

Hello guys, i have a question - What does it mean, when internal speaker doesnt beep at all, when i remove all RAM sticks. Only other components are CPU, heatsink GPU and PSU. Tried with all RAMs - no boot. Tried to remove RAMs - still nothing, not even a beep

hi everyone, new here, I love the tips that shortstuff_mt started and others as well!



100+ great job

Mighty Mouse

You can't assume everyone is from the US. I'd blow my power supply and everything connected if I set it for 115V! It should say something along the lines of "make sure the input voltage switch is in the correct position." It's probably too late if you already tried running the PC with it set wrong though.

You might want to add one more thing to check for: cables running under your mobo that have been "pierced."

I wanted clean cable routing for my recent build, and I've seen people run cables under the motherboard. I'm not sure if they're running them beneath the motherboard or beneath the motherboard tray, but my Antec P180 allowed for very little to run under the tray. As such, I ran a few cables directly under the motherboard, in the area allowed by the standoffs. Bad move! The sharp solder managed to pierce one of the cables, and apparently the bare wire was enough to short the sucker. Rerouted and everything is fine - fortunately I didn't damage anything.

Under the tray is fine. Under the MB is not

Yeah. As I said, learned that in the school of hard knocks.

Just thought it should be added to the checklist, as it lists other "noobish" things like use standoffs in the first place.

It was added last week to #13 along with a few other minor changes/additions.

Nice! This should help a lot of people with boot problems...
A thumbs up!
Kinda reminds me of the troubleshooting we were taught in a computer tech class I took...ah those good old times...

This post is a sticky and not your troubleshooting thread, Meef. Please copy that text to your own thread, then edit this post to delete the misplaced text.

If you would like someone specific to help on your post, send them a PM with the link.

Thanks Proximon! I don't deserve much of the credit for the checklist, but I have tried to update it occasionally with new troubleshooting ideas I see suggested in various threads. I recently updated #15 since I noticed a lot of people seemed to think plugging their normal computer speakers into the back of the motherboard would allow them to hear their system beeps.

Anyone who has troubleshooting ideas not included in the checklist can send me a PM. I'll check it out and add it to the checklist if it's worthy of it.

For #16, one additional thing to check carefully. It is simple and it would have saved me a lot of troubleshooting steps: For endless reboot--check to be sure that your reset button is not physically sticking. It happened to me on an Antec 900. It was actually one of the first thing I checked, but a couple of taps, apparently, wasn't enough. It wasn't until I bench tested my mother board that I realized that there was a problem with the button after all.