Booting Problem! Please help...

roosta21 · February 14th, 2005, 08:06 PM

I am building a new system. I was using a asus a8n-sli deluxe. I went through three of these mb thinking that it was a mb problem. I now have a gigabyte GA-K8NF-9. And am having the same problem. The pc fires up but the monitor will not display. I know that the monitor is good because it works on my old pc. This is the first pc that i have built and i am getting very aggervated with it. I have had the memory tested at a local shop and it is fine. A local shop also pugged my psu in a tester and said that it was working. I figured that it is not the HD because i am not even pluging them in at this poing. I have followed all of the instructions in the mb manual and have confirmed that all of the connections are secure. I guess that I am going to send the video card and cpu off to be tested. Does anyone have any suggestions?

rpertusio · February 14th, 2005, 08:08 PM

Could very well be either the video card or CPU.

However, the PSU is where i've seen the most problems. Yes, the PSU may 'work', but is it powerful enough to handle the graphics card? What is it's wattage? (It should say on the side label of the PSU)

- rp

roosta21 · February 14th, 2005, 08:09 PM

500w it is an ultra x -connect.
I think whatever is damaged happened when I slipped an inverted in the box during a cold cathode tube installation.

paul9 · February 14th, 2005, 08:10 PM

vid card or cable are most likely suspects at this point. do you get a single beep from the mobo post routine to let you know it has posted properly?

roosta21 · February 14th, 2005, 08:14 PM

no beeps.. I am thinking that the inverter damaged the vid card or cpu. or maybe even possibly the psu. but the local shop said the the psu appeared to be working correctly when it was plugged into the tester.

rpertusio · February 14th, 2005, 08:16 PM

If you pull the Vid card out, does it beep telling you you're missing a vid card?

roosta21 · February 14th, 2005, 08:24 PM

no

rpertusio · February 14th, 2005, 08:49 PM

Interesting. (you have your case speaker hooked up?)

If so, then maybe try pulling the CPU + heatsink and see if it beeps then. (Both CPU and Heatsink, not just one!)

- rp

roosta21 · February 14th, 2005, 08:52 PM

i do have the case speaker hooked up and i do have the heatsink and cpu pulled out.