Reply With QuoteWorked for a little while then stopped again.
Thought it was the poser supply so went and bought a 850watt one.
Still no good.
Any ideas?
Video output problem
Hi all,
Just putting together my new system and have run into a bit of trouble.
Details are:
GA-MA790X-DS4 Motherboard
AMD Phenom 9950
WD SATA2 HDD
Leadtek Winfast 260GTX
BenQ V2400W 24" LCD
Kingston DDR2 2x2gig KHx6400D2k2/4g
When I start it up, it sounds like its starting up fine, with no error beeps coming from the pc speaker etc... however nothing comes onto the monitor...
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
Seacod
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Worked for a little while then stopped again.
Thought it was the poser supply so went and bought a 850watt one.
Still no good.
Any ideas?
Last edited by seacod; 25-08-08 at 05:50 PM.
Just check that the BIOS version supports the processor you have. I have just been caught with this problem. Fortunately the system stayed up long enough to update the BIOS. Everything has since worked perfectly. Even though the board was new (also Gigabyte), the BIOS on it was a couple of versions out of date>
Don't know the card, just a suggestion. Somewhere along the PCI-E 2.0 performance. Maybe the card can't handle 5GB/S transfer rate?
Just checked the MB website and it seems that it does support the cpu.Originally Posted by bcni
Checked the manufactures website and it seems that it should.Don't know the card, just a suggestion. Somewhere along the PCI-E 2.0 performance. Maybe the card can't handle 5GB/S transfer rate?
have u used standoffs?
pull it apart and start from scratch using only the minimum components required to boot it.
ie. 1 stick of ram etc.
Hmm...
Had a little feel around and felt the heatsink was pretty hot.
Took it off and put it on the other way. Got video and got it to boot from the cd.
So far so good...
Will let you know how it goes after os installation.
Thanks for your help so far fellas. Very much appreciated.
Urban, I had tried the 1 stick, then two but no good. Also sussed out to see if the board supported the sticks.
I wish the beeper worked. Would make it so much easier.
if your in sydney and you get really stuck drop me a pm and ill see if i can help you out any further.
Thanks Urban. Live in brissy though.
Got it working for a couple of hours, then shut it down. Turned it on again and it wouldn't start up again. It powers up, the fan on the video card starts up, then after 5 seconds of the fan going, it turns off with no picture on monitor...
im coming in late
cpu temp in bios? is?
disable smart fan in bios< its stupid,makes fan spin ! 100rpm
use 1 stick of ram
boot to xp cd
reload xp.
as said, maybe a short on mobo when things heat up
if above dont fix,try without case.
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Thanks for your help fellas.
Mobo died. Doesn't power on any more. Gonna have to take it back. Lasted long enough to install the os and install drivers etc... But when I shut it down to install the tv card, never came back on.
Removed everything and no luck. Tried another 2 power supplies and still nothing.
Bit dissapointing. I always seem to get the faulty crap from the shop.
Just giving an update.
Took the motherboard back to the shop and they confirmed it was faulty. Bought a new motherboard as it was going to take 15-20 working days for the motherboard to get replaced (Gigabyte).
Installed it, and still didn't work.
Decided I'd had enough so dropped the whole lot off to the shop. A day later they called and said that both sticks of RAM were faulty.
They replaced them free of charge and I picked it up.
When I started it up, it took about 20seconds from something to come up on the monitor... but it finally did.
Works fine now, but still takes about 20seconds to start the boot process which I think is odd.
Anyhows... happy its working now and i'm sure it'll be the last time I put one together.
Thanks heaps for all you help.
Seacod
Just for curiosities sake, what power supply do you have (Brand/Wattage).
I really hope this won't put you off building PCs. This is all part of the experience, and in reality, it's kinda rare.
In the time I've been building machines (last 13 years) I've had one faulty hard drive and one dodgy graphics card. That's it.
I am wondering, given the high failure rate of your components - motherboard, ram etc - whether or not there is a failure somewhere to observe proper static prevention techniques.
Some suppliers and retailers of PC peripherals are very lax and don't seem to do this. A friend of mine recently had to return his whole machine as it was discovered (by me) that the CPU, the RAM and the motherboard were all faulty - yet they were brand new.
What static protection do you use when you are assembling the machine?
OCZ GameXstream 850W
Yeah I think that might have something to do with it.
I put this one togther in an airconditioned room on the floor.
I don't use gloves (if you are supposed to I don't know), and this time round I used a letherman to do the screws etc... Usually use a plastic handled screwdriver so mabye this had something to do with it.
I've done a few in the past for friends and family, and haven't had too much trouble except for a few sticks of ram, mobos and hdds. seems to be the ones I do for myself that I get into strife with.
Hopefully this one holds up for a while so I wont have to worry about it.
Once again thanks heaps for your help fellas. Very much appriciated.
Generally an anti static wrist strap is the go.
I generally use them when messing around inside other people's machines, but rarely bother with my own.
As mentioned before, this could explain your bad run of luck with hardware. Although I once built a PC where the first two motherboards I tried were both dead and the processor (which is extremely rare).
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