A7N8X-E Deluxe - Won't start up

[Hanne Bjørnstad Skøtt]

Hey,

I just put together my new A7N8X-E Deluxe machine, but it doesn't power up
when I turn it on.

The MB has a green light on, the cpu and fans starts, the usb ports has
power, but I get no signal or boot up nor sound (beeps or post message).

I've tried checking and changing gfx card, but this doesn't help.

What could be wrong ?

More details are:

XP 3200+ (400 mhz) (new)

From my old AN78X-DLX board

512 mb ram Samsung (pc3200,400mhz)
Sapphire Radeon 9500 pro.

regards
jorgen

 

[Paig Chong Woo]

Hanne Bjørnstad Skøtt a écrit :

Hey,

I just put together my new A7N8X-E Deluxe machine, but it doesn't power up
when I turn it on.

The MB has a green light on, the cpu and fans starts, the usb ports has
power, but I get no signal or boot up nor sound (beeps or post message).

I've tried checking and changing gfx card, but this doesn't help.

What could be wrong ?

More details are:

XP 3200+ (400 mhz) (new)

From my old AN78X-DLX board

512 mb ram Samsung (pc3200,400mhz)
Sapphire Radeon 9500 pro.

regards
jorgen

Connect speakers in the speaker output of the motherboard. The A7N8X-E
has vocal POST messages, maybe it'll tell you what's wrong.

 

[Tocapet]

Be sure there is not a jumper shorting out the Bios. Many motherboards come
with one that must be removed before it will power up.

 

[dino]

unplug the power cord..reset the CMOS and check to make sure you have the
heatsink on the right way.

 

[Jorgen [2400/DK]]

can you be a bit more specific on this one ?

do you mean the jumper on CMOS ?

- jorgen

 

[Jorgen [2400/DK]]

I tried clearing the CMOS..

The heatsink is on the right way (I assume it impossible to have it the
wrong way?)..

- jorgen

 

[dino]

not really..I have seen them on backwards before . You have to make sure
that the lip on HS is in the right position.Isnt there also a jumper by the
CPU for FSB of 200?..maybe check that one.do the fans spin fully or just
spin over and stop?

 

[Kenny]

For anyone interested there are downloadable video clips on AMD site showing
corect way to fit Athlons.
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_9342,00.html

 

[Gary Wolfe]

Jorgen,
Same thing happened to me. Took me a while, but I found an extra brass
standoff underneath the motherboard. It was apparently shorting a circuit
trace to the case and causing the problem.

Gary