Solve : New PC; not working?

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Answer» I purchased parts for a new (budget) PC, I made sure that the parts were compatible, but when I put it together, well, it didn't work... Some times it turns on the first time, some times I have to push the ON button 3 times for it to start up... When it does start up, all the fans start up and keep going, but my monitor (2 year old CRT) doesn't get a signal. Watching the DVD drive, the light goes on and off along with a clicking noise the HDD makes. This is my first time building a new PC, and I'm not sure if I did everything right. My PC's specs: ASUS M2V Socket AM2 VIA K8T890 Motherboard AMD Athlon 3200+ Radeon X850XT PCI-E 1GB G-SKILL DDR2 800 240-Pin Memory Western Digital 250GB SATA 300 Hard Drive LG DVD Drive Picture's attached.It may work to boot with an operating system cd that has cd support the you can get to installing an operating system on the hard drive. First look for the utility to partition the hard drive. The primary partition should be 10 gb then the rest can be divided into desired partitions such as one for data about 20 gb, one for music and one for photos. You could also have one for documents. This arrangement makes possible the reformatting of the c drive without losing all the files on the other drives. Ron Walker Pepin, WIWhat is the specs on the PSU. Sounds like that could be your problem if it doesn't have enough oomph! to power everything at once.Quote What is the specs on the PSU. Sounds like that could be your problem if it doesn't have enough oomph! to power everything at once. It's 500W, stock. I've never had a problem with stock PSUs...If it's an off brand Chinese knock off this could be your first time. You need to SET up with MINIMAL components - MB, CPU/Fan, 1 stick RAM and video and see if that boots. If not, recheck the build and then recheck that PSU. Quote If it's an off brand Chinese knock off this could be your first time. You need to set up with MINIMAL components - MB, CPU/Fan, 1 stick RAM and video and see if that boots. If not, recheck the build and then recheck that PSU. I'll try that out, thanks. Quote Quote If it's an off brand Chinese knock off this could be your first time. You need to set up with MINIMAL components - MB, CPU/Fan, 1 stick RAM and video and see if that boots. If not, recheck the build and then recheck that PSU. I'll try that out, thanks. The cheap stock PSU died already, can't even power the little LED power light. I'll be heading to the computer shop to pick up a decent PSU later, hopefully I won't have any more problems... Which again proves that despite a "500 w" listing you do, indeed, get what you pay for. Well, I'm making progress at least. Got a new PSU, made sure everything is connected, turned it on; finally get a signal! But, the first THING I see on the screen is; Code: [Select]Reboot and select proper boot device or put media in the boot device and press any key. So, I go in to the BIOS and lo-and-behold; it doesn't detect the HDD (SATA). It's connected properly, etc... Could the BIOS be the problem? ie; it needs to be updated? I've read a little about it, but I don't want to mess with the BIOS unless I know exactly what I'm doing... Thanks for your help guys... Check on the ASUS site for BIOS update. (It's a tough site to get around, though.) Do NOT try to use a BIOS update from anywhere else, under any circumstances!Well, the BIOS detects the HDD and DVD drive now, but when it boots up it says "disk not found" and then "Select boot device or insert boot media and press any key." Put the Windows XP CD in the drive, press a key, and it says the same thing. I have it set to boot with the CD/DVD drive first... I'm stumped.

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I purchased parts for a new (budget) PC, I made sure that the parts were compatible, but when I put it together, well, it didn't work...

Some times it turns on the first time, some times I have to push the ON button 3 times for it to start up...

When it does start up, all the fans start up and keep going, but my monitor (2 year old CRT) doesn't get a signal. Watching the DVD drive, the light goes on and off along with a clicking noise the HDD makes. This is my first time building a new PC, and I'm not sure if I did everything right.

My PC's specs:

ASUS M2V Socket AM2 VIA K8T890 Motherboard
AMD Athlon 3200+
Radeon X850XT PCI-E
1GB G-SKILL DDR2 800 240-Pin Memory
Western Digital 250GB SATA 300 Hard Drive
LG DVD Drive

Picture's attached.It may work to boot with an operating system cd that has cd support the you can get to installing an operating system on the hard drive. First look for the utility to partition the hard drive. The primary partition should be 10 gb then the rest can be divided into desired partitions such as one for data about 20 gb, one for music and one for photos. You could also have one for documents. This arrangement makes possible the reformatting of the c drive without losing all the files on the other drives.

Ron Walker
Pepin, WIWhat is the specs on the PSU. Sounds like that could be your problem if it doesn't have enough oomph! to power everything at once.Quote

What is the specs on the PSU. Sounds like that could be your problem if it doesn't have enough oomph! to power everything at once.

It's 500W, stock. I've never had a problem with stock PSUs...If it's an off brand Chinese knock off this could be your first time.

You need to SET up with MINIMAL components - MB, CPU/Fan, 1 stick RAM and video and see if that boots. If not, recheck the build and then recheck that PSU. Quote

If it's an off brand Chinese knock off this could be your first time.

You need to set up with MINIMAL components - MB, CPU/Fan, 1 stick RAM and video and see if that boots. If not, recheck the build and then recheck that PSU.

I'll try that out, thanks. Quote

Quote
If it's an off brand Chinese knock off this could be your first time.

You need to set up with MINIMAL components - MB, CPU/Fan, 1 stick RAM and video and see if that boots. If not, recheck the build and then recheck that PSU.

I'll try that out, thanks.

The cheap stock PSU died already, can't even power the little LED power light.

I'll be heading to the computer shop to pick up a decent PSU later, hopefully I won't have any more problems...
Which again proves that despite a "500 w" listing you do, indeed, get what you pay for. Well, I'm making progress at least.

Got a new PSU, made sure everything is connected, turned it on; finally get a signal!

But, the first THING I see on the screen is;

Code: [Select]Reboot and select proper boot device or put media in the boot device and press any key.
So, I go in to the BIOS and lo-and-behold; it doesn't detect the HDD (SATA).

It's connected properly, etc... Could the BIOS be the problem? ie; it needs to be updated? I've read a little about it, but I don't want to mess with the BIOS unless I know exactly what I'm doing...

Thanks for your help guys... Check on the ASUS site for BIOS update. (It's a tough site to get around, though.) Do NOT try to use a BIOS update from anywhere else, under any circumstances!Well, the BIOS detects the HDD and DVD drive now, but when it boots up it says "disk not found" and then "Select boot device or insert boot media and press any key." Put the Windows XP CD in the drive, press a key, and it says the same thing. I have it set to boot with the CD/DVD drive first...

I'm stumped.

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