Building my nw PC not going well

[FireSlash]

solution: duct tape.

you can fix ANYTHING with duct tape.

 

[DeaJae]

yer, you can wrap the box in duct tape and send back to suppliers.... solves everything....

 

[L_S]

solution: duct tape.

you can fix ANYTHING with duct tape.

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[qazix]

Hmm, ok. So it's booting up, and the monitor is getting a video signal, but it freezes/dies after 10-15 seconds?

- Video card is working. If it wasn't, you wouldn't get a video signal.
- Memory is inserted properly. If it wasn't, you wouldn't get a video signal and it'd beep at you. Repeatedly.

I would suspect the powersupply first. What brand is it? Enermax, or some other brand? Try swapping it out and using another PSU (from your old comp... if it's less than 300w forget it, otherwise take out unnecessary cards and see if the old PSU fixes the prob).

If all else fails...
[H]ardware gurus at [H]ardforums
AMD gurus at AMDForums
General hardware guys at TechIMO and SysOpt.

 

[Warm Pudgy]

hey i noticed that you have a radeon and no one else seems to have said anything about this so i am going to ok?

i got a radeon a while back and i couldnt start up my puter either
i dont know why it just wouldnt i checked everything in bios and just everything
so try connecting your screen to the thingy thats on the mother board and see if that helps

 

[BangOut]

CRAZINESS!!!!


I worked all day on this POS box and I combined all your suggestions....

What worked for me?

I dismantled just about everything, unplugged everything from power supply, and switched heatsinks... reconnected the bare basics.... got it to turn on... put everything back in the case... plugged everything back in...

VOILA

I can't thank you all enough for your help... I was in a terminally bad mood last night when it seemed nothing would work.

D66... I'm in Fairfax 5 miles outside Beltway... you live out where my former roommate lives. Not many of us in DC area, eh?

 

[Lizard Of Oz]

Originally posted by BangOut
CRAZINESS!!!!


I worked all day on this POS box and I combined all your suggestions....

What worked for me?

I dismantled just about everything, unplugged everything from power supply, and switched heatsinks... reconnected the bare basics.... got it to turn on... put everything back in the case... plugged everything back in...

VOILA

I can't thank you all enough for your help... I was in a terminally bad mood last night when it seemed nothing would work.

D66... I'm in Fairfax 5 miles outside Beltway... you live out where my former roommate lives. Not many of us in DC area, eh?

Originally posted by Lizard Of Oz
Lizard's "Time Tested Post Computer Build And The Damn Thing Won't Boot" cure:

Jiggle stuff.

 

[hyrulian]

Last year my computer did funny stuff like turn on and off all on its own.

Taking it all apart and putting it all back together fixed it too =)

 

[iolair]

Originally posted by [BuF]h.h.
Last year my computer did funny stuff like turn on and off all on its own.

Taking it all apart and putting it all back together fixed it too =)

I tried this a few times, I always run into problems resoldering the motherboard chips on though.

 

[Clayeth]

Originally posted by iolair

I tried this a few times, I always run into problems resoldering the motherboard chips on though.