problem with motherbaord. urgent problem reply as soon as possible

[odddray]

specs
emachine mothebaord
x850 radeon xt saphfire version
2 gigs corsair xms version
athlon 64 3200+ 2.0
550 pwoer uply antec

i bought an asus 8n-E
i plugged it up and it turned on..but nothing showed up on monitor.
the cd rom and and the harddrive didn't power up.
what is the problem here.

 

[Jimmy 2004]

Could be a dead board, were there any signs of it powering on? I'd check you've connected the PSU to the motherboard properly and that the power switch is plugged in.

 

[zekrahminator]

...did you remember the spacers between case/motherboard? . lol otherwise you're dealing with dead board/processor, which will lead to a long sucky process of RMA's. try sticking the processor back in the emachines thing and see what happens. if the emachine boots up normally, you're in need of a new board, and if the emachine doesnt boot, you fried your processor AND you're board. oh, one more thing...any beep codes when you try to turn on the Asus thing?

 

[Aevum]

processor, PSU, video card, 1 stick of ram and a keyboard, clear the cmos and give it power, if the psu is 20 pin + 4 pin, make sure the 4 pin 12v is connected.

if it dosnt boot that way, test everything again on the emachines board, if it boots,
return the apple,
one piece of advice, Asus and AMD dont mix.

 

[odddray]

i put the emachine motherbaord back in my computer and its working fine. but with the new motheboud the harddrive and the cd rom dont power on. the graphics cards fan is running. and the motherbaords fan is running. theres a green light on the new motherbaord too. i dont think its dead.

what are spacers

 

[odddray]

should i make a boot disk

should i make a boot disk to start my computer.

 

[W1zzard]

harddrive and cd rom will always turn on if there is power coming to them .. are you sure you hooked them up to power ? (yellow black black red cable)

 

[odddray]

they are connected.

yes they are connected to psu.
the screen is black and im thinking that whene its black do i have to press del pr f8 or somthing. do i need a boot disk to boot it up or is my mb dead

im on my old mb and its working fine. but when i install my new motherbaord it goes to blank screen like the monitor isn't turning on.

 

[Jimmy 2004]

one piece of advice, Asus and AMD dont mix.

I know that this isn't quite on topic, but actually, I think you'll find Asus and AMD do mix...
I know my system runs extremely stable even when everything is overclocked and have no problems with it, and its the same story for plenty of other people. How you've decided that I don't know.

I'm not saying that Asus and AMD are always a perfect mix, but most of the time they work well.

 

[Frogger]

i put the emachine motherbaord back in my computer and its working fine. but with the new motheboud the harddrive and the cd rom dont power on. the graphics cards fan is running. and the motherbaords fan is running. theres a green light on the new motherbaord too. i dont think its dead.

what are spacers

Had same problem with 2 boards in last month 1 Gigabyte 1 ASUS Both would powerup fans & onboared LED's but not CPU BOARDS BOTH DEAD
if bought from reseller try to returned to them [nerver worked from install] most will exchange on the spot or at least will test and repair what have yopu got to loose?

 

[zekrahminator]

i put the emachine motherbaord back in my computer and its working fine. but with the new motheboud the harddrive and the cd rom dont power on. the graphics cards fan is running. and the motherbaords fan is running. theres a green light on the new motherbaord too. i dont think its dead.

what are spacers

HAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
oh that would explain it...you totally fried your board. Spacers (aka risers) are those little brass knobs that you screw into your case BEFORE motherboard installation (and then you screw the motherboard into the spacers). otherwise, you end up screwing all that high-end motherboard circuitry right onto the metal case, and its just like if you painted your entire board with AS5...short circuits EVERYWHERE, connections being made that arent supposed to be, nukage of parts, complete waste of good computer parts. yeah dude, your poor build sounds just like the way mine started out, and it took me almost TWO MONTHS to get the problem solved. Listen closely...RMA the board AND the processor, you probably fried both. Then, look for little brass knobs/risers that you can stick into your motherboard and look like you can screw your motherboard into. after your new parts arrive (remember, do NOT skimp out on shipping, it will take forever for your parts to get across the country otherwise), screw the motherboard onto the spacers, and then plug everything in normally (you probably did everything else right). THEN plop a fresh copy of windows on, make sure all your games work...all that jazz.

 

[Solaris17]

o shit dude u did what i did ...um spacers or risers are little copper stand offs that screw in to the case mounts and have a hole at the tope for the mobo screws to screw into so the mobo isnt bolted directly to the case it prevents well............grounding.........i grounded mine and 80% or more of the time they die i got lucky i did experence stuff like u everything would run it just wouldnt boot so dont continue you try and start it find the risers and mount the mobo the right way and u may have lucked out like i had done.

 

[tarrah]

Did you try another monitor?

o shit dude u did what i did ...um spacers or risers are little copper stand offs that screw in to the case mounts and have a hole at the tope for the mobo screws to screw into so the mobo isnt bolted directly to the case it prevents well............grounding.........i grounded mine and 80% or more of the time they die i got lucky i did experence stuff like u everything would run it just wouldnt boot so dont continue you try and start it find the risers and mount the mobo the right way and u may have lucked out like i had done.

I have the same problem with a X850 XT with a Hyundai Image Quest 790 VT. If I have the monitor connected to the card, the Shuttle will not get into the BIOS! The fans are running wild and I cannot swith it off, just from the mainboard swith! I tried another monitor, actually an older iiyama and another one and it worked just fine! Now I'm wondering to try another dvi - d-Sub converter or try something with the card ...