Re: Fresh-built, doesn't post.

something anti static non conductive

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On Feb 27, 8:31 pm, "Rod Speed" <rod.speed....@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
cron...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Alright folks, I have a pickle. I'm building this computer for
someone. All parts were shipped from their brother, all from working
PCs, so unless something went wrong in shipping, I'm doing something
wrong or ruined a part.

The computer turns on. Fans spin, hard drive spins..............and
nothing else. No beeps, no output on the monitor, anything.

I have tried swapping out for a different hard drive and different
video card from known working parts I had lying around, neither fixed
the problem. I do not have any compatible ram, motherboard, or CPU to
try with. I tried switching the memory to the other ramslot, which did
not make a difference. I also tried taking it apart and rebuilding
again. No dice. Any way to narrow down what the problem is?

Try with the absolute minimum of hardware, just the motherboard, cpu and power
supply, no ram or video card and see it it will beep complaining about the lack of ram.

If it wont, reset the cmos and try again.

If it still wont, add just one stick of ram and see if it will
beep then, some motherboards wont beep with no ram.

If it still wont beep, try the motherboard loose on the desktop,
you may have a short to case that stopping it from starting.

If it still wont, measure the power supply rails with a multimeter,
and check the voltage on the Power_Good line, the grey wire
in the 20 pin ATX connector, by probing down the wire where
it enters the connector. If it isnt coming up, either the power
supply has gone bad or it doesnt like the motherboard.

I have tried everything up to trying the mobo loose on the desktop.
Would I just leave it there loose on the desk? Should I put something
under?

Still no beeps or progress..



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