First Build..URGENT- STILL DOWNHILL!!! - More problems

toco123

My first build -Specs in Signiture- as far as I can see in my knowledge should be set up and ready to go. Only one IDE DVD drive and SATA hard drive is attached to start off with. I've uploaded images to my Log so maybe you can spot my flaw. The system does not do anything when I turn it on. No fans nor lights and nothing boots. I've replugged in everything and no difference. I've read the magazines, books, instruction manuals over and over again.. nothing!!

Many thanks in advance

toco123

short circuiting.... will mean costing me money.(insert fuming here).

I'll do that so, no spare power supply.
No onboard graphics card however

Rig is as of today off the top of my head:

Q6600 G0
Coolermaster R120 Mini LC
XFX 680Mhz 512MB 9600GT
Thermaltake Va8003BWS
Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3l
Crucial Ballistix Tracers 800mhz 2GB
X-fi XtremeMusic
Corsair 450w
500GB Spinpoint
IDE DVD Rewriter
56K Modem
Vista


Also Check the log as i am not positive everything is in the correct place

Sqaull20

First thing to do is to stay calm, clear your head and dont panic

Have you checked that the Power On switch is seated correctly..

Do you have a multimeter to check is their power coming out of your psu?

Has the board got power? leds on the mb

Do you get any beeps? You need to have spare parts for swapping. I'd try the PSU first followed by the CPU.

Did you mount the motherboard without those small screws? ( speaking from experience)

Sqaull20

I have that board and Psu...

Are you sure you have everything in the right place, that board is a b£stard if your a bit blind ( like me )...

I dont have a camera phone lol...

If you upload a few photos of the mobo to below, I cant tell you if you have or not...

http://www.pix.sparky-s.ie/

toco123

No beeps.. Looks like a dead mobo or psu. I will take a multimeter to it.. Ill try the screws too.. I dont understand about missing screws? Im pretty sure I fitted 7 screws anyway.no power to MB

toco123

Yes of course you do, I didn't use dome top screws like in the picture though as they didn't fit.

blackgold>>

If you have no multimeter connect the green and black wires on your psu with a wire or paperclip or something .To be honest i'd say you just connected the wires for the power led power hdd etc wrong
Check the diagram again

toco123

Loosened screws. Took out all parts and put them back. nothing!!

To be honest i'd say you just connected the wires for the power led power hdd etc wrong

I think so too:

Check the log above and i'll post a chart of what i put where later

blackgold>>

Just face the writting on the pins toward the case.
+ and minus should be on them anyway.

toco123

What you mean towards the case! The case has 6 sides for heeavens sake! upwards you mean, yes? can't see a + or -

Deliverance XXV

On this photo you said as a title "I guessed where these go".
Find the motherboard manual and follow the instructions on where they go.

blackgold>>

I assume you fit the wires towards the closet side of the case 1 inch away.
Just use the pwr sw and change where it goes if you can't be bothered reading the manual
Manuals come in handy for that sort of thing toco

toco123

I read the manual!! it was very UNhelpful in this area!! None of the manuals were for this. The Case told you where to put them but the motherboard manual doesn't say where they were. I'll check again. And its upwards they go, yes?

blackgold>>

Lol think about it for a second .I know your heads wrecked haha
How would the case manual know where they go? Your manual has to have some sort of label or even a small bit of paper with a diagram on it.

toco123

I'll just test them every direction every space... is that any harm? I think they are in the right places according to the Gigabyte manual!?

extra-ordinary_

Sorry just scanned the thread, but have you got this board working ouside the case - with just mobo, PSU, and CPU?

toco123

no its inside a case!! Dudes check the log again :D:D:D:D:D:D:D

i'll tell you if i have any more probs!!

Deliverance XXV

I think he meant did you try it on it's own outside the case without all the bells and whistles?

Design_Dude

Yea, just try the mobo with ram and cpu, psu and monitor, outside of the case. Dont bother with the cooler yet either. That should work

blackgold>>

Nice build toco next time rtfm lol:)

toco123

I did blackgold.. I mean it was so unhelpful so ive only the POWER SW plugged in atm. BTW... its workin king nothing

toco123

I'm not getting any input to the Samsung 206BW?

Deliverance XXV

So it is working outside the case?

Here is the motherboard manual and connections as requested.

toco123

No!!!! have you not looked at the log since I said to?!? its working INSIDE the case but im not getting any feedback by the monitor

Sqaull20

Can you take a close up of this pic?

PogMoThoin

The atx switch, power led, case speaker & hd led connections have little marks on them indicating positive, recheck them with your manual diagram.

Are you getting lights? Are the fans spinning?

toco123

DID NOBODY CHECK THE LOG LIKE I ASKED!!!!

Guys the things are spinning. Theres now lights everywhere! My connections have no plus or minus. It now looks like las vegas in there since I reconnected the POWER SW. My current problem is im not getting feedback from my monitor!! Squall20... will a hi res picture do?

blackgold>>

Are leds flashing on your keyboard when ya turn it on?
ram ram ram

toco123

no they are not blackgold..... neither is the mouse? can anyone help?

the ram is flashy alright.

PogMoThoin

toco123 wrote: »

My connections have no plus or minus. It now looks like las vegas in there since I reconnected the POWER SW.

Look again, I also got the Armour, there is a little mark, like a triangle, it indicates +

Get 2 specsavers if ya dont see it

blackgold>>

It's obviously not going through the post routines so .
Check the ram i think thats your problem .

PogMoThoin

Try it with one stick of ram, try one stick of ram in another slot

toco123

What you mean? Ram is lighting up like las vegas? will do anyway!

toco123

just tried it....


I love you guys!!!

Sqaull20

toco123 wrote: »

will a hi res picture do?

Yes, want to see do you have the reset switch, power led's etc in the right places...

Boards layout isnt the greatest I agree, almost impossible to see the markings unless you get out a pair of binoculars

toco123

ah.. ive plugged them all out since.. ill work at it one by one after!

RoyalMarine

im drinking so dont take this personally, but with all the advise you give everyone you'd think that taking the above steps to fix it would have come naturally to you

remember im drinking

extra-ordinary_

Remove and then re-install the gfx card.

toco123

Hah.. lol.... here I usually spec pcs thats about all i got.. so i want to move to the next level.

Vista doesn't recognise my hard-drive and I can't see where in the bios to find it. Does the hard drive have to be in SATA 0?

RoyalMarine

toco123 wrote: »

Hah.. lol.... here I usually spec pcs thats about all i got.. so i want to move to the next level.

Vista doesn't recognise my hard-drive and I can't see where in the bios to find it. Does the hard drive have to be in SATA 0?

is the harddrive showing in the bios? if not then id check the sata cable and power to the harddrive.

toco123

can't seem to find it in BIOs... my nav skills suck when i have no patience!!

toco123

cant find it at all or anything SATA related?!?

RoyalMarine

it should be on the first page of the bios.

primary ide
slave ide
sata 1
sata 2
sata 3
sata 4
sata 5
sata 6

is on mine.

toco123

... all on mine is
master ide
slave ide
master ide 2
master ide 2
i think ill check again