Problem booting up my new comp.

[notochord]

I just got done building my new comp and everytime i try and boot up the comp turns on and all the fans and stuff turn on. but then when i look at my monitor it says no signal. i tried both dvi connectors and two dvi cables and nothing.

any idea on whats wrong?? or how i can fix this.

Thanks
~noto

[Gary_McGowan]

Had a similar problem back a long and all it was i fitted the memory in the wrong way. Real stoopid lol hope u work out your prob soon mate can't really help. Gary

[notochord]

my memory that i have now has leds on the top that go from like green to red and they all turn on when i turn on the comp but then after a while they start to flicker.. im pretty sure there in the right way. im pretty sure their in the right way. i have 2 1 gb sticks of ram and i put them both in the blue slots...

ive checked everything and still have no idea...:(
~noto

[zitwep10]

I am sure you have a 4 mollex cable which is not plugged into your motherboard, it should be 4 mollex plugged to the motherboard and the other end should be 6 mollex into the power pack I think.

[notochord]

whats a power pack?? sry im a noob this is my first computer that im building

i have 3 things plugged into my motherboard(asus A8N-32 deluxe) i have this one plug with 4 connetors and the connectors are in a square(atx 12 v. then i have another connector with the 4 connectors in a line the mobo manual calls it a ez plug... and then i plugged in this EATXPWR plug...

i think that my problem is this EZ plug thing. im pretty sure this is just a dumb mistake. the problem is tho that i have no one who lives near me who can show me. and i dont want to take it to geek squad cause thats lame and they'll charge me like 300 dollars to rearrange some plugs..

i thought that maybe i screwed up when i installed the video card so i did it again but when i turn on the computer the fan on the video card starts to spin so...

~noto

[zitwep10]

Power pack? Isn't that kind of obvious? It's the box at the pack which provides your computer with electricity. I have nearly the same mobo as you (A8N-SLI). You should have 3 cables plugged into your mobo, the ATX 12 V one, the big one with loads of pins and one just above the video card. Did you read the manual?

[notochord]

it should be 4 mollex plugged to the motherboard and the other end should be 6 mollex into the power pack I think.

i did read the manual and i had 3 plugs into my motherboard. what do you mean the other end should be 6 mollex into the power pack??


and the green led at the bottom of the motherboard is on.

[zitwep10]

Doesn't mean anything, I had the same problem and nothing would pop up on the screen but there was the green LED. What I forgot was the 12 Volt ATX cable. What brand and model is your powerpack?

[notochord]

silverstone strider 560watt powersupply

[AKA_RA]

in all my years of computer building, i have never heard the PSU refered to as a "power pack" i think that zitwep is making a lot of assumtions. i think what he failed to mention was that a 4 molex and a 6 molex plugs that he refers to are actually making referance to how many pins each has. its true that you have a 4 pin molex connector that needs to be plugged in, wether or not it plugs into your power supply by a 6 pin version similar to that used to power a pci-e video card depends on if your power supply is modular and if it is , it might now even use that sort of plug. either way, first thing you need to do is make sure your 24pin power cable is conencted securely, same goes for the 12v plug located behind the ps/2 ports(mouse/keyboard port) and the third should be a 4 pin molex that you would normally see plugged into such things as a cd-rom. if all those are conencted, i would begin checking to make sure everything is set in its slot properly(i.e. video card, sound card, etc.)

[notochord]

ok i just checked my 24 pin plug and where one of the pins is supposed to go there is nothing. theres no metal pin and no wire going out the back. is it supposed to be like that.

[Omega]

I am sure you have a 4 mollex cable which is not plugged into your motherboard, it should be 4 mollex plugged to the motherboard and the other end should be 6 mollex into the power pack I think.


it's called a POWER SUPPLY.

Also, you don't put MOLEX connectors in, you put a 12v and a ATX connector.

[CanaBalistic]

If there is no loose wire hanging about then you've got it right.

Does your videocard have a power connector?
What version is your power supply? Mine is ATX. 2.0, i know i cant use any other version as my computer will not boot up. You might be in the same situation.


Also, you don't put MOLEX connectors in, you put a 12v and a ATX connector.

Some mother boards do take a molex connector...

[zitwep10]

it's called a POWER SUPPLY.

Also, you don't put MOLEX connectors in, you put a 12v and a ATX connector.


Read the next post of mine, I said ATX 12 v, the first time I thought he wouldn't understand. Technically the PSU is a power pack, and I aint making any assumptions, what makes you say this? I had this exact problem like 3 weeks ago, and that was because I forgot the ATX 12 V cable.

[Omega]

Read the next post of mine, I said ATX 12 v, the first time I thought he wouldn't understand. Technically the PSU is a power pack, and I aint making any assumptions, what makes you say this? I had this exact problem like 3 weeks ago, and that was because I forgot the ATX 12 V cable.


it isn't a pack of power, it's a power supply unit. PSU.

and when did i assume anything? when did i say that you made assumptions? please back up your statement with proof.

[zitwep10]

in all my years of computer building, i have never heard the PSU refered to as a "power pack" i think that zitwep is making a lot of assumtions. i think what he failed to mention was that a 4 molex and a 6 molex plugs that he refers to are actually making referance to how many pins each has. its true that you have a 4 pin molex connector that needs to be plugged in, wether or not it plugs into your power supply by a 6 pin version similar to that used to power a pci-e video card depends on if your power supply is modular and if it is , it might now even use that sort of plug. either way, first thing you need to do is make sure your 24pin power cable is conencted securely, same goes for the 12v plug located behind the ps/2 ports(mouse/keyboard port) and the third should be a 4 pin molex that you would normally see plugged into such things as a cd-rom. if all those are conencted, i would begin checking to make sure everything is set in its slot properly(i.e. video card, sound card, etc.)

Woops, sorry it wasn't you, I apologize.
I am sorry to tell you, but in my time in engineering class, we always called those things which are normally square and you can plug any kind of thing from a bulb circuit to a sensor, a power pack, but not a pack of power like you put forward. Maybe power pack isn't used in the computing world, but also do not deform my words, power pack is different than pack of power. It's different than saying a pack which provides power, by saying a pack of power it seems like you think that I think that the "pack" which magically provides "power". But a power pack works with a bunch of magnets and all the crap which is inside, plugged into your house plug. And a power pack is closely related to a PSU and virtually the same thing.

[notochord]

ok you guys are really confusing me... can i take pics of the three cables that im plugging in. and can you tell me if they are the right ones. and is it a problem if my 24 pin cable is missing a pin??

and with my power supply there was this converter i guess and it went from a 24 pin connector to a 20 pin connector. and the 24 pin connector also is missing that pin...

[CanaBalistic]

Maybe you need to use the 20pin adapter...

My comp works with the 20pin but the manual says if im adding a vid card (insted of internal) that i should use the 24pin. It works either way for me.

[notochord]

ok i am using these three plugs
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/7715/img05975ij.th.jpg (http://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img05975ij.jpg)
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/5889/img05997qg.th.jpg (http://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img05997qg.jpg)


and im plugging it into here
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/250/img06064pk.th.jpg (http://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img06064pk.jpg)
and here http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/8606/img06077pu.th.jpg (http://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img06077pu.jpg)

i tried the 20 pin connector and it didnt work...:(

i dont know if you can tell but on the first picture on the column of pins on the left side going from top to bottom the 5th pin is missing...

[notochord]

ok guys i got it to work...

it wasnt the power connectors to the mobo or anything.

i was getting frustrated so i just tried the analog cable to my monitor instead of the dvi one and it worked.... im kinda pissed off.

do i have to install something for the monitor to reckognize the dvi??

thanks anyway i'd be screwed with out you guys.
~noto

[vidas7de7jesus7]

It's possible that right now the computer recognizes the DVI port as a port for a second monitor. You'll most likely need to configure the graphics card and set the DVI port as default instead of the analog.

[monoflap]

When I got a crt monitor (only 2-3 yrs old btw) for my comp it had problems showing certain resolutions. So, long story short I downloaded the drivers and everything worked great. My guess is that its a driver issue. It could be a hardware problem like a faulty dvi slot in the graphics card or something but i think thats pretty unlikely.