Built new PC (Bootup problems)

Hydra · January 11th, 2005

I'll start off why the specs:

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (939)
RAM: Crucial 1GB (2x512MB) DDR PC3200 Ballistix Dual Channel Kit
Mobo: Asus A8V Rev.2 Deluxe (Socket 939)
HDD: Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 200GB 6B200MO SATA 8MB Cache
Case: Antec PlusView 1000AMG Metallic Gray File Server Case
PSU: Antec TruePower 430W PSU
GFX: Leadtek WinFast GeForce 6600 GT 128MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (AGP)

When I push the power switch all fans begin to spin and the internal speaker beeps once as soon as I turn it on, but I get no output to the monitor at all. It just stays in standby mode.

Anyone know what I may have done wrong?

Also what's all this 1.5v/3.3v GFX card all about?

Dart · January 11th, 2005

i think your comp needs drivers for your video card

eternal11 · January 11th, 2005

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Originally Posted by Dart

i think your comp needs drivers for your video card

how can he install the drivers without being able to view anything o.O. try checking all your connections, you know, standard trouble shooting procedure, and if that doesnt solve any problems, then try it with a differnet graphics card.

ChrisRay · January 11th, 2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hydra

I'll start off why the specs:

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (939)
RAM: Crucial 1GB (2x512MB) DDR PC3200 Ballistix Dual Channel Kit
Mobo: Asus A8V Rev.2 Deluxe (Socket 939)
HDD: Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 200GB 6B200MO SATA 8MB Cache
Case: Antec PlusView 1000AMG Metallic Gray File Server Case
PSU: Antec TruePower 430W PSU
GFX: Leadtek WinFast GeForce 6600 GT 128MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (AGP)

When I push the power switch all fans begin to spin and the internal speaker beeps once as soon as I turn it on, but I get no output to the monitor at all. It just stays in standby mode.

Anyone know what I may have done wrong?

Also what's all this 1.5v/3.3v GFX card all about?

Well, what troubleshooting have you done? Have you tried another video card? Considering your problem that would be my first step.

Esturk · January 11th, 2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dart

i think your comp needs drivers for your video card

The computer would still boot regardless of whether the OS had drivers for the video card or not.

Definately try reseating the video card and try another one. As for the voltage thing.. My Voodoo5 AGP does NOT work in my new motherboard because of the voltage.

WindHydra · January 11th, 2005

Maybe you didn't install the CPU correctly or your power supply is not compatible with your motherboard.
I tried upgrading my old comp and found out the power supply is not p4, had to buy a new one.
And don't use non-p4 power supply on p4 motherboards... I went into standby mode and pretty smoke came out

Raiden1803 · January 11th, 2005

i have this problem alot too, ( just happend last bootup after i removed a dead HD)
every time i removed something from my pc my vid card didnt seem to want to POST for some reason. my monitor would always stay in standby mode too. try Unplug the damn vid card then plug it back in

i just did that and for some reason it worked. dunno what the hell..

zukeft · January 11th, 2005

If you booted without your HD connected and got that error, try what CR says. Maybe your CPU's not properly installed. Anyway, good luck. ^^'

Kazuya Mishima · January 11th, 2005

It happens sometimes to me. You have to unplug the monitor cable and plug it again in the video card. Even if it's tight it will stay in standby mode until it just works.

Hydra · January 11th, 2005

Well I took out the card a few times and tried again, but it still didn't work. fiddled with the vga connector also, but with no luck. I would try with a different card, but I don't know if my other one has the correct voltage and if it doesn't I think it might damage my board. Old one is a Geforce 2mx, nvidia site lists them all as 1.5, but I'm not too sure. If it wasn't the Graphics card I'd at least get an error message on the screen right?

tet666 · January 11th, 2005

hello!
you dont have to worry about damaging your board with the geforce 2mx the voltage problems where just with very old cards and new boards geforce 2mx cards have the right voltage so that should be no problem.
a friend of mine had the same problem a few weeks ago with a new system it turned out that the videocard was ok but the agp slot on the board was somehow broken ,so maybe consider this too if the mx doesnt work too maybe its the board,hope this helps a little.

Hydra · January 11th, 2005

Ok, opened it up, put in the Geforce 2mx and still nothing. -_- I have no idea what's going on, cpu is in and heatsink/fan is clipped on ok, but wouldn't the bios still give a message? And I still hear the beep(kinda fast though, but there's no floppy drive) and my HDD and CD drive checking.

[vEX] · January 11th, 2005

Check your motherboards manual, it should have a section telling you what the beep means.

Hydra · January 11th, 2005

You'd be surprised but it doesn't, it does however have vocal post messages, but I had speakers plugged in and heard nothing. I checked the ASUS website to see if I could get any pointers and found BIOS versions needed for my CPU

Athlon 64 3000+ (rev.D) (Socket939) ALL 1007
Athlon 64 3000+ (CG version) (Socket939) ALL 1009

I'm not sure if this is it since one of the Vocal messages can be "No CPU installed" and surely it would have reported that. My BIOS version seems to be 1008, but I have no idea if my CPU is Rev.D or CG version. =/

I'm going out of my mind. -_-

Kazuya Mishima · January 12th, 2005

Could you try a pci video card? Maybe the agp slot is broken.

KanedA · January 12th, 2005

simply try to take out all parts, and build it again... I dunno if it'll work, but it's worth trying

Hydra · January 12th, 2005

Well I rebuilt the comp from start and it works great now. ^^ No problems so far, except I can't get my SATA drive to detect, but I'll fix that when I can be bothered. :P Too busy playing NFS:U2 and all the games I want at max ^^

Thanks for the help all.

Esturk · January 13th, 2005

What kind of SATA drive do you have Hydra?

Hydra · January 13th, 2005

A Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 200GB 6B200MO SATA 8MB Cache the real problem is configuring the Asus controller drivers, since I think I've done it wrong and now have to go about using the proper ones.

Esturk · January 13th, 2005

Ah I see. Very nice indeed.

January 11th, 2005	#1 (permalink)
Hydra ???!!!???!!!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: In your lunchbox. No don't open the lid! Ack the light it burns. Posts: 2,183	Built new PC (Bootup problems) I'll start off why the specs: CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (939) RAM: Crucial 1GB (2x512MB) DDR PC3200 Ballistix Dual Channel Kit Mobo: Asus A8V Rev.2 Deluxe (Socket 939) HDD: Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 200GB 6B200MO SATA 8MB Cache Case: Antec PlusView 1000AMG Metallic Gray File Server Case PSU: Antec TruePower 430W PSU GFX: Leadtek WinFast GeForce 6600 GT 128MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (AGP) When I push the power switch all fans begin to spin and the internal speaker beeps once as soon as I turn it on, but I get no output to the monitor at all. It just stays in standby mode. Anyone know what I may have done wrong? Also what's all this 1.5v/3.3v GFX card all about? __________________ Mobo: Asus A8V Deluxe CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ RAM: 1024MB DDR400 Dual Channel Graphics: nVidia Geforce FX 6600 GT 128MB DDR3 HDD: 260GB OS: Windows XP SP2 Last edited by Hydra; January 11th, 2005 at 00:19.

January 11th, 2005	#6 (permalink)
WindHydra Wind, Life, Eternity Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: El Monte Posts: 1,331	Maybe you didn't install the CPU correctly or your power supply is not compatible with your motherboard. I tried upgrading my old comp and found out the power supply is not p4, had to buy a new one. And don't use non-p4 power supply on p4 motherboards... I went into standby mode and pretty smoke came out __________________ My deviantArt :bounce: We ran like the wind, under the cerulean skies...

January 11th, 2005	#7 (permalink)
Raiden1803 ..... Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: in a van down by the river Posts: 2,535	i have this problem alot too, ( just happend last bootup after i removed a dead HD) every time i removed something from my pc my vid card didnt seem to want to POST for some reason. my monitor would always stay in standby mode too. try Unplug the damn vid card then plug it back in i just did that and for some reason it worked. dunno what the hell.. __________________ OS: WinXP (Sp2 Build) CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.39GHz GFX: ATi Radeon X850 PRO 256MB SOUND: SB Audigy 2 ZS Speakers : Creative Inspire T7700 CD/CD-RW: Lite-On DVDRW SOH1213S / Sony CRX 230ED RAM: 1gig DDR HD: 160gig Seagate

January 11th, 2005	#9 (permalink)
Kazuya Mishima The seeker of perfection Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Suing somebody Posts: 3,013	It happens sometimes to me. You have to unplug the monitor cable and plug it again in the video card. Even if it's tight it will stay in standby mode until it just works. __________________ Visit my blog in Spanish: http://andreyirra.blogspot.com

January 11th, 2005	#10 (permalink)
Hydra ???!!!???!!!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: In your lunchbox. No don't open the lid! Ack the light it burns. Posts: 2,183	Well I took out the card a few times and tried again, but it still didn't work. fiddled with the vga connector also, but with no luck. I would try with a different card, but I don't know if my other one has the correct voltage and if it doesn't I think it might damage my board. Old one is a Geforce 2mx, nvidia site lists them all as 1.5, but I'm not too sure. If it wasn't the Graphics card I'd at least get an error message on the screen right? __________________ Mobo: Asus A8V Deluxe CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ RAM: 1024MB DDR400 Dual Channel Graphics: nVidia Geforce FX 6600 GT 128MB DDR3 HDD: 260GB OS: Windows XP SP2

January 11th, 2005	#2 (permalink)
Dart Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 140	i think your comp needs drivers for your video card

January 11th, 2005	#8 (permalink)
zukeft Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Bogota, Colombia Posts: 1,157	If you booted without your HD connected and got that error, try what CR says. Maybe your CPU's not properly installed. Anyway, good luck. ^^'

January 11th, 2005	#11 (permalink)
tet666 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 40	hello! you dont have to worry about damaging your board with the geforce 2mx the voltage problems where just with very old cards and new boards geforce 2mx cards have the right voltage so that should be no problem. a friend of mine had the same problem a few weeks ago with a new system it turned out that the videocard was ok but the agp slot on the board was somehow broken ,so maybe consider this too if the mx doesnt work too maybe its the board,hope this helps a little.

January 11th, 2005	#12 (permalink)
Hydra ???!!!???!!!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: In your lunchbox. No don't open the lid! Ack the light it burns. Posts: 2,183	Ok, opened it up, put in the Geforce 2mx and still nothing. -_- I have no idea what's going on, cpu is in and heatsink/fan is clipped on ok, but wouldn't the bios still give a message? And I still hear the beep(kinda fast though, but there's no floppy drive) and my HDD and CD drive checking. __________________ Mobo: Asus A8V Deluxe CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ RAM: 1024MB DDR400 Dual Channel Graphics: nVidia Geforce FX 6600 GT 128MB DDR3 HDD: 260GB OS: Windows XP SP2

January 11th, 2005	#13 (permalink)
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January 11th, 2005	#14 (permalink)
Hydra ???!!!???!!!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: In your lunchbox. No don't open the lid! Ack the light it burns. Posts: 2,183	You'd be surprised but it doesn't, it does however have vocal post messages, but I had speakers plugged in and heard nothing. I checked the ASUS website to see if I could get any pointers and found BIOS versions needed for my CPU Athlon 64 3000+ (rev.D) (Socket939) ALL 1007 Athlon 64 3000+ (CG version) (Socket939) ALL 1009 I'm not sure if this is it since one of the Vocal messages can be "No CPU installed" and surely it would have reported that. My BIOS version seems to be 1008, but I have no idea if my CPU is Rev.D or CG version. =/ I'm going out of my mind. -_- __________________ Mobo: Asus A8V Deluxe CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ RAM: 1024MB DDR400 Dual Channel Graphics: nVidia Geforce FX 6600 GT 128MB DDR3 HDD: 260GB OS: Windows XP SP2

January 12th, 2005	#15 (permalink)
Kazuya Mishima The seeker of perfection Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Suing somebody Posts: 3,013	Could you try a pci video card? Maybe the agp slot is broken. __________________ Visit my blog in Spanish: http://andreyirra.blogspot.com

January 12th, 2005	#16 (permalink)
KanedA PS2 PAL[v9] Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: PolanD Posts: 5,288	simply try to take out all parts, and build it again... I dunno if it'll work, but it's worth trying __________________

January 12th, 2005	#17 (permalink)
Hydra ???!!!???!!!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: In your lunchbox. No don't open the lid! Ack the light it burns. Posts: 2,183	Well I rebuilt the comp from start and it works great now. ^^ No problems so far, except I can't get my SATA drive to detect, but I'll fix that when I can be bothered. :P Too busy playing NFS:U2 and all the games I want at max ^^ Thanks for the help all. __________________ Mobo: Asus A8V Deluxe CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ RAM: 1024MB DDR400 Dual Channel Graphics: nVidia Geforce FX 6600 GT 128MB DDR3 HDD: 260GB OS: Windows XP SP2

January 13th, 2005	#18 (permalink)
Esturk Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,957	What kind of SATA drive do you have Hydra? __________________ Necrosaro: Windows XP Pro x64 Edition SP2 \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 4MB L2 Cache \| Asus P5K Deluxe, Intel P35 Chipset, Socket 775 \| 4GB Kingston PC5300 DDR2 \| Nvidia GeForce 8800GT, 1024MB \| Creative SB X-Fi Fatality Edition \| Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD, 150Gb, SATA, Western Digital WD5000AAKS, 500GB, SATA \| LG 16x DVD-RWx2 SATA.

January 13th, 2005	#19 (permalink)
Hydra ???!!!???!!!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: In your lunchbox. No don't open the lid! Ack the light it burns. Posts: 2,183	A Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 200GB 6B200MO SATA 8MB Cache the real problem is configuring the Asus controller drivers, since I think I've done it wrong and now have to go about using the proper ones. __________________ Mobo: Asus A8V Deluxe CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ RAM: 1024MB DDR400 Dual Channel Graphics: nVidia Geforce FX 6600 GT 128MB DDR3 HDD: 260GB OS: Windows XP SP2

January 13th, 2005	#20 (permalink)
Esturk Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,957	Ah I see. Very nice indeed. __________________ Necrosaro: Windows XP Pro x64 Edition SP2 \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 4MB L2 Cache \| Asus P5K Deluxe, Intel P35 Chipset, Socket 775 \| 4GB Kingston PC5300 DDR2 \| Nvidia GeForce 8800GT, 1024MB \| Creative SB X-Fi Fatality Edition \| Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD, 150Gb, SATA, Western Digital WD5000AAKS, 500GB, SATA \| LG 16x DVD-RWx2 SATA.

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