Hi all.
Chris here, longtime PC builder and user.
My last project computer, based on a P4800 Pro-M and a 2.0GHz P5 and 2GB RAM has been my server and graphics machine for around four years. It crashed out recently and so I had to rebuild.
Long story very short, I'm now trying to build another machine based on an MSI P35 Platinum, an Intel Q6600 quad core, 2x1GB sticks of Corsair DDR2 1.8v RAM, ATI X800XL card, Antec 500W Earthwatts. The Mobo, PSU, CPU are all new (from Fry's)
I'm getting 4xred LEDS (bad or improperly connected CPU - but it's brand new and I checked the connections several times) and no POST LEDS on the board. No boot-die-boot, not beeps at all from the loudspeaker, even when I pull both sticks. Have tried one stick in the A1 slot, nothing.
Bad Mobo? I noticed on the MSI site that the Q6600 needs BIOS v1.8 to work, but I can't even get to the BIOS screen to see what BIOS I have...
Very frustrating. I guess I'm going to return everything if I can't get this to go...
Thanks!
Cheers
Chrsi
Chris here, longtime PC builder and user.
My last project computer, based on a P4800 Pro-M and a 2.0GHz P5 and 2GB RAM has been my server and graphics machine for around four years. It crashed out recently and so I had to rebuild.
Long story very short, I'm now trying to build another machine based on an MSI P35 Platinum, an Intel Q6600 quad core, 2x1GB sticks of Corsair DDR2 1.8v RAM, ATI X800XL card, Antec 500W Earthwatts. The Mobo, PSU, CPU are all new (from Fry's)
I'm getting 4xred LEDS (bad or improperly connected CPU - but it's brand new and I checked the connections several times) and no POST LEDS on the board. No boot-die-boot, not beeps at all from the loudspeaker, even when I pull both sticks. Have tried one stick in the A1 slot, nothing.
Bad Mobo? I noticed on the MSI site that the Q6600 needs BIOS v1.8 to work, but I can't even get to the BIOS screen to see what BIOS I have...
Very frustrating. I guess I'm going to return everything if I can't get this to go...
Thanks!
Cheers
Chrsi