problem....

alright this is how the story goes...

i had to build a computer for my dads office so i ordered all of the parts and put the shit together. I tried to boot it up tonight but when i start it i dont get a "beep" and nothing happens. whats wrong ne1 know?

[StinkyMojo]

yeah, the beep stands for a problem, whether its your cpu, RAM, or other things. You manual should have the keep codes. It happened to me before.. like one time it was continuous and i think it ended up being my RAM..

[Jason425]

he said he DOESN'T get a beep...

double (triple) check the wiring / connections... do the fans turn on? Something could be shorting as well.. check everything possible...

also when i start it up the harddrive doent boot i cant hear it... I checked everything out again and everything was fine i am just about to check the hd out.

First. Boot with only motherboard, CPU, RAM, and video card. Disconnect all drives. If still no boot, start with video card. Change it if you can. If not, reseat it. If still no boot, reseat the RAM. If you're using two modules, try one at a time. If still no boot, switch out power supply. If again no boot, motherboard may be bad. Switch out if you can.

Make sure you have power, or that the board isn't shorting out on the case, you have to use "standoffs" to install the board. Some cases don't have them built in so that you have to put them in yourself. They are little brass screw mounts that hold the mobo off of the case.

ok i got it too boot but now i am installing XP and this isnt working. I think i no what is wrong i dont want to go into detail but i think that my memory is fucked up. Thats what happenes when ur cheap like my father lol i was on like a 250-300 buck budget

[Jason425]

gg.... laugh in his face and tell him to fork over more $...

its for his business. All its used for is email and other noob stuff sooo..its no big deal he did buy me my new case and power supply for making it which is cool.

[Dragon]

did you plug in the power supply at all before you had it fully assembled, or plug it in haphazardly into the mobo? thatll fry both the board and th PSU sometimes. or blow upo in your face, but i think we can rule that out, seeing as how you'd have noticed something like that....