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Martin C
I have finally put together a brand new PC build using the following
components
Antec TX640B case with Antec 400W SmartPower PSU
ASUS A8N5X motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 3500 processor
1GB Corsair TwinX 3200 DDR RAM (2x512MB matched)
200GB Seagate Barracuda SATA HDD
Floppy Disc drive
Lite-On DVD RW
Leadtek GeForce 6800GS PCI-Express video card
When I try to power up the PC, I get no POST and nothing appears on the
screen.
The keyboard lights flash briefly when I turn on the Antec power supply
itself (the switch at the back of the PC on the PSU), but they do not flash
when I turn on the PC itself.
I have tried the following so far:
a) All unnecessary devices have been unplugged completely (Floppy, HDD,
DVD) - problem persists
b) Disconnected the keyboard - expecting to receive an error - still no POST
or display.
c) Have reseated and reconnected the video card repeated - problem persists.
d) Have reset the CMOS - no change.
e) Have taken out one of the DIMM sticks and have tried swapping them as
well. No change.
I assume this means that the memory is probably ok.
The box in which the graphics card came states that it needs a 350W minimum
PSU, so my 400W Antec should be ok.
If the graphics card is broken, would I still get a POST bleep? I have
checked the speaker lead in the case and it seems ok. Yet I have yet to hear
any sort of bleep from the speaker, so I don't know if it is trying to tell
me something, but I can't hear it, or not.
Unfortunately, as this is a completely new build, there is nothing in my old
PC that I can use to replace to try things out (it really was an old PC).
If anyone can help me out with this, I will be so grateful as I have run out
of ideas other than trying to send back each component separately until I
can get something to work. That works out expensive in postage and time
consuming.
What is more likely to be at fault here, PSU, CPU, Graphics card or
something else?
TIA
Martin
components
Antec TX640B case with Antec 400W SmartPower PSU
ASUS A8N5X motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 3500 processor
1GB Corsair TwinX 3200 DDR RAM (2x512MB matched)
200GB Seagate Barracuda SATA HDD
Floppy Disc drive
Lite-On DVD RW
Leadtek GeForce 6800GS PCI-Express video card
When I try to power up the PC, I get no POST and nothing appears on the
screen.
The keyboard lights flash briefly when I turn on the Antec power supply
itself (the switch at the back of the PC on the PSU), but they do not flash
when I turn on the PC itself.
I have tried the following so far:
a) All unnecessary devices have been unplugged completely (Floppy, HDD,
DVD) - problem persists
b) Disconnected the keyboard - expecting to receive an error - still no POST
or display.
c) Have reseated and reconnected the video card repeated - problem persists.
d) Have reset the CMOS - no change.
e) Have taken out one of the DIMM sticks and have tried swapping them as
well. No change.
I assume this means that the memory is probably ok.
The box in which the graphics card came states that it needs a 350W minimum
PSU, so my 400W Antec should be ok.
If the graphics card is broken, would I still get a POST bleep? I have
checked the speaker lead in the case and it seems ok. Yet I have yet to hear
any sort of bleep from the speaker, so I don't know if it is trying to tell
me something, but I can't hear it, or not.
Unfortunately, as this is a completely new build, there is nothing in my old
PC that I can use to replace to try things out (it really was an old PC).
If anyone can help me out with this, I will be so grateful as I have run out
of ideas other than trying to send back each component separately until I
can get something to work. That works out expensive in postage and time
consuming.
What is more likely to be at fault here, PSU, CPU, Graphics card or
something else?
TIA
Martin