karleberts
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I just got all the parts for my new computer (this is the first one I have ever built from the ground up). The parts are as follows:
Chieftec Dragon series case
Asus A7N8X (deluxe) mobo
512 MB OCZ DDR400 RAM
Radeon 9700 Pro
hdd, cd-burner and dvd-rom are out of an older system, and I don't know the exact product names of them.
I hooked up all the parts (sans extra USB, firewire, SATA), and I can't get it to boot. When I press the power button, all the fans turn on, along with the power LED and the onboard LED on the mobo. The cd drives spin and I can hear the hdd clicking for a second. However, nothing shows up on the screen, and it's definitely not finishing the startup process. Also, I don't hear any beeps during the POST, and I have tried installing the case speaker connector both ways, but to no avail. I realize that this is not a very detailed review of the problems I am having, but I really don't know what is going wrong. Is there anywhere anyone knows of that I can get a more detailed how-to for connecting all the cables, because I suspect my problem lies therein. Also, I was just wondering if the screen would work anyway, because it is connected to an AGP card connected to the system (don't know if it needs drivers or anything). Sorry for the lack of detail, but if you have any specific questions that could help to diagnose my problem, please ask them.
Chieftec Dragon series case
Asus A7N8X (deluxe) mobo
512 MB OCZ DDR400 RAM
Radeon 9700 Pro
hdd, cd-burner and dvd-rom are out of an older system, and I don't know the exact product names of them.
I hooked up all the parts (sans extra USB, firewire, SATA), and I can't get it to boot. When I press the power button, all the fans turn on, along with the power LED and the onboard LED on the mobo. The cd drives spin and I can hear the hdd clicking for a second. However, nothing shows up on the screen, and it's definitely not finishing the startup process. Also, I don't hear any beeps during the POST, and I have tried installing the case speaker connector both ways, but to no avail. I realize that this is not a very detailed review of the problems I am having, but I really don't know what is going wrong. Is there anywhere anyone knows of that I can get a more detailed how-to for connecting all the cables, because I suspect my problem lies therein. Also, I was just wondering if the screen would work anyway, because it is connected to an AGP card connected to the system (don't know if it needs drivers or anything). Sorry for the lack of detail, but if you have any specific questions that could help to diagnose my problem, please ask them.