[badperson]

Hi,
i'm using the parts outlined here:
http://forums.techguy.org/hardware/8...wont-post.html

The build powers up, I see LED lights and the cpu fan starts spinning. The led's on the keyboard fire up when I hit the power button, but no video,

I don't have a video card, I'm using the onboard video.
I have one stick of ram and one HD, and the dvd drive, nothing else installed.
Any ideas?
thanks!!
bp

[joeten]

Hi for what it is worth I think you have a underpowered psu 470w minus the tolerance of 20% =376w so I think that may be part if not all of your issue

[replay]

plug in the xtra power plug?

[crjdriver]

Replay has a good point. Go back and recheck ALL connections. If it still will not post, read and follow the guide at the top of the forum for problem builds.

[badperson]

hi,
thanks for the replies...I actually have a different psu that the one I outlined in the post, it's an antec 650w.

I have the 24pin connected and a 4pin connection to the mobo...I don't think there are any other power connections. I'll go through the troubleshooting guide at the top,

I have one stick of ram in the machine now, it may be in the wrong slot, that's what I'm going to try first.
thanks,
bp

[frankjohn]

Have you checked the video out cable connection to the monitor? Try another moitor if you have?

[badperson]

okay, still having problems.

• when I power on the machine, the cpu fans and all the case fans start spinning, there are no beeps
• LED lights on the mobo light up
• is there any chance I installed the chip incorrectly? I doubt it, but I have another fan I want to put in anyway, so I may redo it
• The mobo manual describes the problem I'm having and says to re-seat the ram. I have tried one stick, two sticks (slots 1 and 2, and again in slots 3 and 4) and all four slots. I was very careful to pick compatible ram, so I think that should be fine. I have some old ram I'm going to try, though..
• I've gone through the problem builds post, but I haven't done the thing where you create a short with a screwdriver...is that totally necessary?

[crjdriver]

If you want it to pw ON outside of the case, how else would you do it?

Some high end boards have an aux pw button located on the board itself; in that case, no you would not need to short the pins with a screwdriver.

[badperson]

okay,
I think the thing to do is to just take everything out and totally start from scratch...hope that works
bp

[badperson]

SOLVED!! I'm so happy...and so irritated for allowing myself to put off doing what turned out to be an easy, 30 min task of taking everything out of the case and following the troubleshooting guide.

It turned out that the chip was not seated correctly. By having everything out of the case and putting the monitor on the kitchen table and shorting the power switch with a screwdriver, I was able to narrow down the problem really easily.

To be honest...the mental clutter of tearing out the monitor wires from behind my desk and taking everything out of the case was as big a factor as anything.

I will now make that step; getting a display on the monitor before the mobo goes in the case a standard step. I wish I would have done that before; I could have saved myself a lot of time, and probably some money on RAM that I may not have needed.

anyway, thanks for the help! Oh, and btw...if anyone comes across this thread, don't be like me. Follow the troubleshooting guide to the letter, preferably before putting the mobo in the case.
bp