Asus M2N-SLi Deluxe black screen

[max_ccs]

Hello, I've just finished putting together my new PC and when I try to start it up I get a black screen, no beeps, nothing...

All of the fans work (CPU cooler, chasis, video card) and all of the other components work as as well (DVD drive, HDD).

Here are the component specs:

AMD Athlon 64x2 Dual Core 6000+
2 GB DDR2 Memory
GeForce 8600 GT
320 GB Sata Maxtor HDD

Please help me.

Thanks!

[max_ccs]

I just plugged my old computer's speaker to the MB and I got 3 beeps... a long one and two short ones...

Also I read on another forum that I need a 20+A PSU to make the PCI-E slots work.. I bought a 600W Xfinitiy PSU, I don't know if that's enough.

Thanks

[KarmaKiller]

Hi there. Welcome to TIMO!

Quote:

1 Long, 2 Short Video adapter failure Bad video adapter

I would check to make sure you plugged in the chord to the video card. If that's not plugged in, more then likely it won't boot up.
If no joy, do this:
1) Pull the motherboard out of your case. Set it on something non conductive. (cardboard works fine)
2) Keep the processor in there, with the heatsink fan
3) Install ONE stick of RAM
4) Install the video card, hook it up to the monitor.
5) Plug in the power supply to the motherboard and the video card.
6) Short out the pins corresponding with the ON/OFF switch, and see what happens.

This eliminates any chance of grounding out. Which a lot of times will cause weird issues.
See if that works, and report back!
Good luck!

[max_ccs]

Quote:

Originally Posted by KarmaKiller

5) Plug in the power supply to the motherboard and the video card.

Hi, thanks for your time.

There's a little problem... I don't know if I am blind or what but the video card does not have a power plug... It's an XFX GeForce 8600 GT XXX Edition.

Thanks!

[KarmaKiller]

Yep your right, that card doesn't have one..

Some do, some don't. Different revisions are different. So you should be fine just trying to boot the system with the card installed.
If you get the same beep code. Reset the CMOS. (pop out the coin sized battery for 15mins with the system powered OFF and UNPLUGGED)
See if that does the trick..

[max_ccs]

All right, I'll try that tomorrow... It's already 2:15 am over here in Caracas and I'm exhausted.

I'll do that first thing tomorrow morning and post another update.

Thanks for your time!

[KarmaKiller]

Good luck!

[max_ccs]

It worked!!!

Thanks!!!

Now I have a little problem, it only runs with 1 stick of RAM, should I flash the BIOS so it will recognize the other one?

Thanks!

[KarmaKiller]

Sweet!
Did you reset the CMOS?
If not, try that.
Also make sure you have the RAM in the same colored slots.

[max_ccs]

Hello again, I didn´t respond earlier because I was busy getting some apps for the PC.

I restarted the CMOS but it still doesn't recognize the second RAM stick... Any ideas?

Thanks again