A friend and I had enough parts to throw together a new rig, so we did.
ASUS P5P800
Intel P4 3.6
ATI X800 256
2 512 Corsair 3200
When we first put it together and turned it on, everything worked but only for a very short time. It was overheating. We didn't know why at the time or for sure that it was overheating. After a few more tries we checked in the bios and turns out the processor temp was way too high, in the 80's - Celcius. A hand in the case verified that it was way too hot. We take it apart and sure enough somehow we forgot to put on thermal compound. So we clean it up with some rubbing alcohol and apply the thermal compound. As far as we can tell, this fixed the overheating because it is much cooler in the case, but now the monitor isn't coming on with the pc. All fans are spinning, HD spinning, power and HD LEDs working, but no POST sounds that we can tell. Mouse and keyboard are not lighting and the monitor just sits there as if the computer is still off. I've tried different monitors so I know that's not it. I've let it run for a few minutes hoping maybe something would catch but it doesn't. So I do not think it is booting all the way and I can't see it.
Any ideas? Need any more info?
ASUS P5P800
Intel P4 3.6
ATI X800 256
2 512 Corsair 3200
When we first put it together and turned it on, everything worked but only for a very short time. It was overheating. We didn't know why at the time or for sure that it was overheating. After a few more tries we checked in the bios and turns out the processor temp was way too high, in the 80's - Celcius. A hand in the case verified that it was way too hot. We take it apart and sure enough somehow we forgot to put on thermal compound. So we clean it up with some rubbing alcohol and apply the thermal compound. As far as we can tell, this fixed the overheating because it is much cooler in the case, but now the monitor isn't coming on with the pc. All fans are spinning, HD spinning, power and HD LEDs working, but no POST sounds that we can tell. Mouse and keyboard are not lighting and the monitor just sits there as if the computer is still off. I've tried different monitors so I know that's not it. I've let it run for a few minutes hoping maybe something would catch but it doesn't. So I do not think it is booting all the way and I can't see it.
Any ideas? Need any more info?