Problems with new a custom computer

[juicebox360]

Hello. I decided to build a new gaming computer. This was my first time building a computer, so I did not know much. Anyways, I finished building the computer and when I turned it on, all the case fans began spinning, the graphics card fan span, the DVD drive's LED came on and when I pressed the "eject" button, it opened. However, the monitor did not receive any signal and so it stayed black, and my USB devices did not light up/work. My motherboard is an ASUS P5QL Pro, so I couldn't hear any beeps during POST (that is, if it occurred at all). I went out to Radio Shack this afternoon and purchased a peizo buzzer. The thing is, I have no idea how to attach it to my motherboard!

I had a hard time installing the heatsink. I placed the CPU in the socket, and applied Arctic Silver 5 on it. I purchased a separate CPU cooler/heatsink rather than using the stock cooler, and when I opened it, it had a nice block of thermal compound on it. I cleaned the Arctic Silver 5 with bathroom tissue and I started to install the heatsink. I failed to acknowledge the "rule of diagonals", and I had to reseat the heatsink multiple times, ruining the thermal compound. In fact, while I am typing this, the heatsink is still loose.

There currently is no OS installed on the computer as of posting.

I have NOT YET tried reseating the RAM, clearing the CMOS, reseating the graphics card, using PS/2 devices, or a "barebones" boot.

Here's the parts used in the build:
Case: Antec Nine Hundred
MoBo: ASUS P5QL PRO LGA 775 Intel P43 ATX Intel Motherboard
GFX Card: EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS 1TB SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM49189572
RAM: 2 sets of Kingston HyperX NVIDIA SLI-Ready 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model KHX8500D2K2/2GN (4 GB total)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8400
PSU: LOGISYS Computer PS575XBK 575W ATX12V SLI Ready Power Supply
CPU Cooler/Heatsink: ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler
CD/DVD-ROM Drive: LITE-ON Black 18X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model iHDP118-04

Thank you for your time.

[Aaron_8015]

Hi and welcome.

First thing I would try is taking it out of the case on a wooden surface and booting with minimum components. PSU, Mobo, cpu, 1 stick of ram, gpu (if it has on-board use that).

Also i would clean off cpu and heatsink.... Figure out how to mount it properly then re-apply AS5.

[juicebox360]

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Originally Posted by Aaron_8015

Hi and welcome.

First thing I would try is taking it out of the case on a wooden surface and booting with minimum components. PSU, Mobo, cpu, 1 stick of ram, gpu (if it has on-board use that).

Also i would clean off cpu and heatsink.... Figure out how to mount it properly then re-apply AS5.

Yes! This worked, and right now I am installing WinXP Professional (takes a long time formatting a 1 TB drive! :3)!!!

I can't thank you enough. I was worrying that I had wasted a bunch of money.

[Aaron_8015]

Welcome, glad you got it sorted.