A sad sad attempt for my first build

[celidee]

OK new problem....I'm trying out the new parts just in case I have to return them those too, installed the Zalman 9500 CPU fan and at starup I get a constant beep, all the case and zalman fans turn on but no boot up. Did I install the fan properly? Or did I mess something else up? LOL

 

[celidee]

I read this and almost passed out:

3.General POST (initial system boot) BEEP Codes
General Beep codes:

• 1 Long and 1 Short Beep ?Bad Motherboard
• 1 Short Beep and nothing else happens ?Disk Drive/Video Related Problems
• 1 Long and 2 Short Beeps ?Bad Video Card
• 1 Continuous Beep or Non-stop short Beeps ?Bad Power Supply
• 3 Short Beeps - Bad Memory

Actual problem.....didn't plug in the power connector for the video card...LOL...thank god nothing serious!!LOL

 

[drade]

I read this and almost passed out:

3.General POST (initial system boot) BEEP Codes
General Beep codes:

• 1 Long and 1 Short Beep ?Bad Motherboard
• 1 Short Beep and nothing else happens ?Disk Drive/Video Related Problems
• 1 Long and 2 Short Beeps ?Bad Video Card
• 1 Continuous Beep or Non-stop short Beeps ?Bad Power Supply
• 3 Short Beeps - Bad Memory

Actual problem.....didn't plug in the power connector for the video card...LOL...thank god nothing serious!!LOL

Before your first bootup on a computer, always remember to recheck everything plugged in

 

[rpgbefore...]

i just got my new mobo and forgot to plug the main power connector!!! DAM IT! i was using the ECS C-19 WARRENTY FOR A NEW ONE... blew it again...

 

[celidee]

i just got my new mobo and forgot to plug the main power connector!!! DAM IT! i was using the ECS C-19 WARRENTY FOR A NEW ONE... blew it again...

Did you damage the mobo by not pluggin in the main power?? just curious...

 

[rpgbefore...]

No way! that might be how i burned it

 

[Azn Tr14dZ]

Only been reading until now.

So...how's the new system working celidee?

 

[celidee]

Only been reading until now.

So...how's the new system working celidee?

Its not really that new....lol....my old crappy motherboard is in...my IC7 was DOA, I think its gonna take a loooong time to get a replacement since the person I got it from(mobo_outlets) off ebay sais he takes up to 5 days to reply to emails! So I have been calling comp shops around here trying to find a decent mobo, but nobody has any 875P chipsets...except comp USA that had an Intel mobo....

Question:
Can you overclock an intel MOBO?? I had heard some time back that you can't

 

[rpgbefore...]

yes u can its not very hard to overclock a intel supported mobo, just go into the bios and set the fsb higher and volia!!! overclock!!!ZTG


ZTG

 

[celidee]

Hmmm sounds good.....I'm gonna try to get an RMA from abit and not the ebay people....maybe they could help me better, if not I might try the intel since its the only one around here

 

[rpgbefore...]

how long of a warranty do u have left?

 

[drade]

Its not really that new....lol....my old crappy motherboard is in...my IC7 was DOA, I think its gonna take a loooong time to get a replacement since the person I got it from(mobo_outlets) off ebay sais he takes up to 5 days to reply to emails! So I have been calling comp shops around here trying to find a decent mobo, but nobody has any 875P chipsets...except comp USA that had an Intel mobo....

Question:
Can you overclock an intel MOBO?? I had heard some time back that you can't

Overclocking is vey easy, Look at guides, there is one on tpu a mod made, I forgot who..

 

[celidee]

Overclocking is vey easy, Look at guides, there is one on tpu a mod made, I forgot who..

I'm a noob so I wouldn't know how easy it is...lol....but yea I still need a new Mobo because I can't overclock with this prefab HP mobo because its locked...they suck!!

They should let the overclockers free! Or at least the wannabes like me...hehe

 

[drade]

Do you have any money that your looking to put into a new mobo?

 

[Azn Tr14dZ]

Get motherboard from newegg instead of a local store since you wouldn't have many choices, specially at CompUSA. What are you looking for in a motherboard?

 

[rpgbefore...]

and also can u plz edit ur sys specs? they make no sence... to celidee that was

 

[celidee]

Get motherboard from newegg instead of a local store since you wouldn't have many choices, specially at CompUSA. What are you looking for in a motherboard?

Speaking of I just came back from comp USA.....they had 2(two) .....yes 2 freaking mobos!! And they were both for an AMD, just my luck....and I don't even mean 2 types 2 in the whole store! They officially suck!!

Anyhoo, I'm basically looking for the higher end mobos for my Pentium 4, Abit IC7-G, Asus P4c800(kind rare and expensive though) basically anything with the 875P chipset....

and also can u plz edit ur sys specs? they make no sence... to celidee that was

Dude I just got this stuff yesterday!! Give me some time, lol

 

[15th Warlock]

Question:
Can you overclock an intel MOBO?? I had heard some time back that you can't

Most Intel mobos don't have overclocking options in their BIOS, so you cannot change the FSB that easily.
There are some other ways to overclock an intel mobo though, use programs like CPUFSB to change the FSB within WinXP.

 

[celidee]

I will keep this in mind if I end up getting an intel Mobo thanks...

 

[15th Warlock]

I will keep this in mind if I end up getting an intel Mobo thanks...

If you end up getting an Intel mobo like mine, just tell me, I can tell you how to OC it, even when the PLL is "OC locked"

 

[mikelopez]

Hey, celidee. Miami, huh? I got an idea; go to Tigerdirect!

BTW, where in Miami are you?

 

[celidee]

Hey, celidee. Miami, huh? I got an idea; go to Tigerdirect!

BTW, where in Miami are you?

OMG! Why didnt this even cross my mind?!?! I'm so going tomorrow dude!!

I stay in miami lakes, you?

 

[mikelopez]

OMG! Why didnt this even cross my mind?!?! I'm so going tomorrow dude!!

I stay in miami lakes, you?

LOL!!! I figured that you might not have thought about it. I live in Tampa but I am from Hialeah!!!

 

[celidee]

The Saga continues...

Tiger Direct and Mikelopez you are my new friends

OK so i got a decent MB from tiger direct, the Asus P4S800D-X....

It couldn't recognize SATA drive so I had to install windows in my ATA drive for the mean time, while I installing windows I had a power interuption! Boy did this give me trouble!!! At the boot screen the bios stated that the overclocking went wrong or something, but I wasn't it even close to trying to overclock yet, just installing windows!!! So anyhoo, I call tech support and they told me i had to clear my CMOS, so did that and it still wasn't working!! Called them again to see what the problem was, one guy told me to take the video card, ram and battery, out and then clear my CMOS and it still didn't work. Another tech support guy told me I had to take the Video Card, RAM, battery and CPU out!! So I did all that I still didn't work!

So finally I said screw this let me do some googling...and after a couple of more tries I finally cleared it, what worked for me is taking the video card/ram out/ battery out, clearing CMOS for a good 5 minutes(they told me 20 secs at tech support), powering on the system with no ram or video card installed, then boot up normally....

Ok now with some other issues, I took the liberty of getting another stick of RAM to equal 2 gigs but when I installed the second stick the bios was telling me that I had the same overclocking issue as before the CMOS was clear..."here we go again" I said...called tech support and the guy told me that since I have 2 different brands of RAM (Crucial and OCZ) the system will not boot up properly...I was sickend to my stomach to hear this....and then went on to explain that the CAS Latency might be different, so I checked and indeed they were:

OCZ - 2.5-4-4-8
Crucial- 3.0-4-4-8

So my question is can I change the CAS Latency to match? The tech support guy said you couldn't but I thought there was a way, or should I go return the stick to match the Latency? Once again I'm in need of you guys' mastery, lol!

 

[CjStaal]

depends... the OCZ should have automatically set it's latency to 3... But you may be able to change it, I forgot how to activate changing timings...