Novega
September 15th, 2008, 04:15 AM
Hey guys, I bought components today so I could build my cousins new computer for him... something is wrong but I'm not 100% sure how to troubleshoot it so I'm looking for some help.
ECS A770M-A, AM2+ Motherboard
AMD PhenomX4 9850
2x1024 Corsair TWINX DDR2 PC6400
EVGA 9600GT Videocard
650w Cooler Master P/S
Put everything nicely into the new case, routed all the wires, double checked all connections, triple checked all connections...press power button and all the case lights and fans turn on BUT it doesn't beep (post?) and the monitor doesn't even turn on.
I thought maybe it had something to do with the RAM, switched slots...nothing. I swapped RAM from my current system (know it works for sure) ...nothing.
Maybe something is shorting it out, so I disconnected everything, sat the Motherboard on the electrostatic mat and tried to start it with only the RAM,MB, CPU and videocard connected (fewer variables)...still nothing.
Swapped Videocards with my current system..nothing
Like I said, the case lights and fans work, but the computer doesn't beep or anything. I'm thinking it's either defective Motherboard or CPU, but how do I know which? I bought everything from Tigerdirect (Canada) and they seem to be pretty good from what people say but I've never had to return anything so I'm not sure how this will go.
What do you guys think?
ECS A770M-A, AM2+ Motherboard
AMD PhenomX4 9850
2x1024 Corsair TWINX DDR2 PC6400
EVGA 9600GT Videocard
650w Cooler Master P/S
Put everything nicely into the new case, routed all the wires, double checked all connections, triple checked all connections...press power button and all the case lights and fans turn on BUT it doesn't beep (post?) and the monitor doesn't even turn on.
I thought maybe it had something to do with the RAM, switched slots...nothing. I swapped RAM from my current system (know it works for sure) ...nothing.
Maybe something is shorting it out, so I disconnected everything, sat the Motherboard on the electrostatic mat and tried to start it with only the RAM,MB, CPU and videocard connected (fewer variables)...still nothing.
Swapped Videocards with my current system..nothing
Like I said, the case lights and fans work, but the computer doesn't beep or anything. I'm thinking it's either defective Motherboard or CPU, but how do I know which? I bought everything from Tigerdirect (Canada) and they seem to be pretty good from what people say but I've never had to return anything so I'm not sure how this will go.
What do you guys think?