help new computer build won't boot up to screen!!

JFITZ · Jan 21, 2008

Hi guys I am trying to power on my new computer build but for some reason it won't boot to the screen? the motherboard light is in, the power supply seems to be working and the tower lights are on. I have a asus m2a mvp motherboard. I tryed to swap out the video card for a regular pci card and picture still doesn't show. now i am also running a amd phenom cpu. could this be the problem??? it does say that i need to reflash the bios but do i have to put another cpu in to do that? please help!!what are ways that i could tell if the motherboard is just dead?

ShadowFold · Jan 21, 2008

Does it beep at all? Have you tried to swap ram sticks?

My guess is you shorted it.. but its too early to say

JFITZ · Jan 21, 2008

ShadowFold said:
Does it beep at all? Have you tried to swap ram sticks?

My guess is you shorted it.. but its too early to say

there is just a light that comes on and off. um i do have two hyper x sticks in there but i'll try another stick hold on.

keakar · Jan 21, 2008

follow my troubleshooting guide to trace the problem but double and triple check you havent missed one of the power plugs or used the wrong one

ShadowFold · Jan 21, 2008

Make sure you have the power button and led plugs in the right slot.. I know I messed that up on my current rig and it did somthing similar.

overclocker · Jan 21, 2008

did you plug you video card in

and is you HD set to master

JFITZ · Jan 21, 2008

tryed a 1gb 533 mhz ddr2 stick and still doesn't come up. the cpu fan comes on as well.

JFITZ · Jan 21, 2008

yeah i accdiently pluged in 6pin connector that only had 5 pins in it yesterday. but since that i bought another power supply and the card seems to come on. the fan comes on.

overclocker · Jan 21, 2008

try moving the cpu heat sink a little to see if its a loose conection my old motherboard had that

JFITZ · Jan 21, 2008

i'll be right back guys.. what can cause the motherboard to short?

ShadowFold · Jan 21, 2008

If you have it mounted wrong on the case, like if its not spaced enough from the metal parts.

overclocker · Jan 21, 2008

trying taking the motherboard off the case and booting

ShadowFold · Jan 21, 2008

overclocker said:
trying taking the motherboard off the case and booting

If its already shorted I dont think that will help

overclocker · Jan 21, 2008

ShadowFold said:
If its already shorted I dont think that will help

i storted my abit at8 and took it off and it booted

ShadowFold · Jan 21, 2008

overclocker said:
i storted my abit at8 and took it off and it booted

Well thats good to know thanks

JFITZ · Jan 21, 2008

so when you say you shorted it, that it was incorrectly installed? well another thing came to mind ... i did use really small screws to install the board could that be the problem?

stevorob · Jan 21, 2008

Well, if he shorted his mobo, chances are none of the indicator lights on the board would work.

Also, if he doesn't have his HDD set to master, he would at least be able to boot into his bios.

You could have a board with a corrupted bios. Try clearing the CMOS and see if that will let you boot.

EDIT saw your post. If you screwed your board directly onto the mobo tray, you will short it. You have to use the little riser pieces that came with your case to lift the board off the tray. The board will sit on these risers to avoid metal contact from the board to the tray. They're about 1/4 inch tall.

JFITZ · Jan 21, 2008

okay i'll reinstall the board and get back to you guys thanks!

ShadowFold · Jan 21, 2008

JFITZ said:
okay i'll reinstall the board and get back to you guys thanks!

You didnt put the risers on :eek:

Thats not good!

overclocker · Jan 21, 2008

my abit at8 shorted everything worked turned on fans ran but no screen at all wen i puld it away from the case it would boot

ShadowFold · Jan 21, 2008

overclocker said:
my abit at8 shorted everything worked turned on fans ran but no sreen at all wen i puld it away from the case it would boot

Yea but did you forget the spacers?

overclocker · Jan 21, 2008

no lol

ShadowFold · Jan 21, 2008

Then what was the problem

overclocker · Jan 21, 2008

there was a peace of metle titting the bottum

from my case

ShadowFold · Jan 21, 2008

oh ok

System Name	Amanda Baby
Processor	AMD Phenom 9600 Black Edition
Motherboard	Asus M2A-MVP Crossfire Motherboard
Cooling	Xigmatec AIO water cooler with Artic Silver 5 paste
Memory	2 gb Kingston Hyper X 800mhz Memory
Video Card(s)	MSI RX3870 OC edition
Storage	Western Digital 320 gig SATA drive
Display(s)	Samsung 16 inch LCD (crap)
Case	Cooler Master Cavalier (silver)
Audio Device(s)	6.1 built in
Power Supply	Thermaltake wo121 600 Watt crossfire ready PS
Software	Win XP Ultimate
Benchmark Scores	will benchmark sometime soon

System Name	The ShadowFold Draconis (Ordering soon)
Processor	AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.8ghz
Motherboard	ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870
Cooling	Stock
Memory	Kingston ValueRAM 4GB DDR3-1333
Video Card(s)	XFX ATi Radeon HD 5850 1gb
Storage	Western Digital 640gb
Display(s)	Acer 21.5" 5ms Full HD 1920x1080P
Case	Antec Nine-Hundred
Audio Device(s)	Onboard + Creative "Fatal1ty" Headset
Power Supply	Antec Earthwatts 650w
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Benchmark Scores	-❶-❸-❸-❼-

System Name	Amanda Baby
Processor	AMD Phenom 9600 Black Edition
Motherboard	Asus M2A-MVP Crossfire Motherboard
Cooling	Xigmatec AIO water cooler with Artic Silver 5 paste
Memory	2 gb Kingston Hyper X 800mhz Memory
Video Card(s)	MSI RX3870 OC edition
Storage	Western Digital 320 gig SATA drive
Display(s)	Samsung 16 inch LCD (crap)
Case	Cooler Master Cavalier (silver)
Audio Device(s)	6.1 built in
Power Supply	Thermaltake wo121 600 Watt crossfire ready PS
Software	Win XP Ultimate
Benchmark Scores	will benchmark sometime soon

Processor	Intel Core i7-4790 Haswell Quad-Core 3.6GHz LGA 1150 84W
Motherboard	GIGABYTE GA-H87-D3H LGA 1150 Intel H87 HDMI
Cooling	CPU - Cooler Master Hyper T4 / Case - cooler master 120mm rear case fan (Air cooling)
Memory	32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Video Card(s)	GTX1060 6GB
Storage	Samsung 512 GB 840 PRO SSD Main Drive and Samsung 512 GB 840 EVO SSD Backup Drive
Display(s)	ASUS 23" LED Monitor
Case	COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 (silver & black)
Audio Device(s)	(onboard audio) Realtek ALC892
Power Supply	CORSAIR SU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V
Software	Windows 10 Home Premium 64bit Edition

System Name	The ShadowFold Draconis (Ordering soon)
Processor	AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.8ghz
Motherboard	ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870
Cooling	Stock
Memory	Kingston ValueRAM 4GB DDR3-1333
Video Card(s)	XFX ATi Radeon HD 5850 1gb
Storage	Western Digital 640gb
Display(s)	Acer 21.5" 5ms Full HD 1920x1080P
Case	Antec Nine-Hundred
Audio Device(s)	Onboard + Creative "Fatal1ty" Headset
Power Supply	Antec Earthwatts 650w
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Benchmark Scores	-❶-❸-❸-❼-

System Name	Alienware laptop R4
Processor	intel i7-3610M @ 2,30Ghz
Motherboard	dell?
Cooling	2 built in laptop cooling fans
Memory	16GB DDR3 1600mhz
Video Card(s)	AMD Mobility Radeon HD m290x 4GB GDDR5
Storage	256 ssd and 512ssd
Display(s)	laptop screen 17.3" 1920x1080 + LG 22" inch LCD HD 1920 x 1200
Case	My laptop back pack case
Audio Device(s)	Sound Blaster
Power Supply	laptop brick
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit

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Processor	Ryzen 3900x / Xeon x3440
Motherboard	Aorus X570 Pro Wifi / Asus P7P55D
Cooling	H110i / CM MASTERLIQUID MAKER 92
Memory	16gb DDR4-3200 / 8GB DD3-2000
Video Card(s)	GTX1080ti / 9600gt
Storage	Crucial P1 500gb - Crucial MX500 500gb / Unraid NAS
Display(s)	LG 43UN700-B
Case	Phanteks P500 / CM N400
Audio Device(s)	FX Audio DAC 6
Power Supply	eVGA 1000GQ / Seasonic Focus 500w

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