I'm making a computer by scratch, I have all the parts, a 160 gig SATA HD, a 600 watt ps, a PCI Express 16x 256MB GDDR3 vid card, 1 gig of RAM, a DVD burner, and an ECS KN1 SLI Extreme Mobo, and an AMD Athlon 64 3200+ socket 939 chip, and the stupid thing WILL NOT BOOT UP, I'm starting to think its something to do with the chip beacuse I can't see anything on the screen when I try to boot it up, and it usually runs for about 5 seconds, then turns off... so its eather the chip or the ps, both are brand new... plz helpI wish I could help. My problem is similar but for different reasons. I have a trojan virus and tried to reinstall xp. Instead my computer goes to a blue screen and tries to dump physical memory after only being booted up for 3 seconds. I tried going into safe mode wih COMMAND prompt and it will not let me delete the partition. Nor will it boot up when I put int the installation xp CD. And SUGGESTIONS? Thanks, D[highlight]CAREFULLY[/highlight] review your motherboards users manual and triple check that all devices are correctly attached.

also, make SURE your processor is compatible with your motherboard.

and just for fun, make sure ALL fans are RUNNING. please tell me you put thermal paste on your cpu, because they wont run long without it.

If you think it might be the power supply, put it in another machine if you have one and try it.

If that checks good, is your ram 1 stick or 2 512 of same make. Different make can cause problems with compatibility.

If that is good make sure it is seated right.

lol lets see OF COURSE THERES THERMAL PASTE ON MY PROCESSOR lmao and its 2 512's of same make amd modeland I made sure that all devices were hooked up correctly and its the recremended processor for the motherboard....[highlight]OF COURSE THERES THERMAL PASTE ON MY PROCESSOR lmao [/highlight]

[highlight]I made sure that all devices were hooked up correctly [/highlight]

If they are all correct,Then it should WORK!!!!!Quote

[highlight]OF COURSE THERES THERMAL PASTE ON MY PROCESSOR lmao [/highlight]

[highlight]I made sure that all devices were hooked up correctly [/highlight]

If they are all correct,Then it should WORK!!!!!

I wish I could help. My problem is similar but for different reasons. I have a trojan virus and tried to reinstall xp. Instead my computer goes to a blue screen and tries to dump physical memory after only being booted up for 3 seconds. I tried going into safe mode wih command prompt and it will not let me delete the partition. Nor will it boot up when I put int the installation xp CD. And suggestions? Thanks, D