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Name: ebbinizer
Date: July 7, 2005 at 15:41:39 Pacific
Subject: if anyone can solve this, I owe u m
OS: OS
CPU/Ram: pent 4

Comment:

Here's what I ordered off newegg:
intel BOXD915PBLL Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 915P ATX Intel Motherboard
Model #: BOXD915PBLL
Item #: N82E16813121230
Advueu AMW-F196B Black 19" 25ms LCD Monitor
Item #: N82E16824180025
ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon X600Pro 100-714131 All-In-Wonder Radeon X600Pro 256MB DDR PCI Express x16 Video Card -
Item #: N82E16814102463
intel Pentium 4 530 Prescott 800MHz FSB LGA 775 Processor Model BX80547PG3000E
Item #: N82E16819116184
Kingston HyperX 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 533 (PC2 4300) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model KHX4300D2K2/1G - OEM
Item #: N82E16820144176
Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive -OEM
Item #: N82E16822135106
SONY Beige IDE DVD Burner Model DRU710A
Item #: N82E16827131236
Rosewill R114A-BLK 2-Tone Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 400W Power Supply
Item #: N82E16811147006
Easy enough. I've built a computer prior to this. Not even close and I want to stab my eyes out.
So my brother and I put it all together and powered up. everything ran great. Lights, HDs, burner, keyboard, mouse, monitor light stayed orange. RGB no input signal flashed onscreen and that was that. Here is some of the EVERYTHING I have tried.
I took the PCI-E graphics card and drove 2 hrs to try it in a friends computer. It worked.
I tried my monitor on someone else's PC. It worked.
I tried a different monitor on mine. It didn't work.
I sent back the motherboard and got a new one. It didn't work. (same problem)
I reset the BIOS.
Checked connections.
Tried new monitor cables.
Checked for bent pins.
Disconnected the HD's.
Disconnected the burner.
Bought a new antec power supply
POST info:
the keyboard lights do all flash and then go out as they should.
I have taken out one stick of ram...1 short beep
I have taken out two sticks of ram...3 long beeps
I have taken out video card....no beeps
I have left in two sticks of ram....no beeps
I notice when there are no beeps, there is the most faint beep of a different tone. You could only hear it if it were completely silent in the room.
I have also tried running the system outside the case.....same issues.

It has been over a month of trying to figure this out. Someone please tell me I'm retarded and forgot something very simple!
That or I send every part back next week. . . .

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Response Number 1

Name: NAN
Date: July 7, 2005 at 16:00:08 Pacific
Subject: if anyone can solve this, I owe u m

Reply: (edit)

This mainboard require you to take out the graphic card before installing memory. Try just one memory stick on slot 1.
Did you check the manual for power cables that needed to be pluged into the mainboard. PCIe mainboard requires extra cable. How many pin (24 or 20)is your power supply main cable have?
The board has three power supply connectors:
• Main power – a 2 x 12 connector. This connector is compatible with 2 x 10 connectors
previously used on Intel Desktop boards. The board supports the use of ATX12V power
supplies with either 2 x 10 or 2 x 12 main power cables. When using a power supply with a
2 x 10 main power cable, attach that cable on the rightmost pins of the main power connector,
leaving pins 11, 12, 23, and 24 unconnected.
• ATX12V power – a 2 x 2 connector. This connector provides power directly to the processor
voltage regulator and must always be used. Failure to do so will prevent the board from
booting.
• Alternate power – a 1 x 4 connector. This connector provides additional power when using
high wattage PCI Express x16 graphics cards.

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Response Number 2

Name: ebbinizer
Date: July 7, 2005 at 16:11:23 Pacific
Subject: if anyone can solve this, I owe u m

Reply: (edit)

My power supply has 24 pins. I also connected the 4pin connector. only thing I didn't was the 1x4. I didn't see where I would plug that in on the mobo.

Ummmm......does this video card need to be plugged by the PSU? I saw no document on that and didn't need to, in a friends computer. But could there be something to this?

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Response Number 3

Name: Grok Lobster
Date: July 7, 2005 at 16:16:28 Pacific
Subject: if anyone can solve this, I owe u m

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What kind of monitor are you using? Just because your monitor works on someone else's pc doesn't mean it will work with that graphics card on your pc. Try a newer monitor.

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Response Number 4

Name: ebbinizer
Date: July 7, 2005 at 16:23:01 Pacific
Subject: if anyone can solve this, I owe u m

Reply: (edit)

It's a brand new one:
Advueu AMW-F196B Black 19" 25ms LCD Monitor
Item #: N82E16824180025 (newegg)

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Response Number 5

Name: NAN
Date: July 7, 2005 at 16:25:50 Pacific
Subject: if anyone can solve this, I owe u m

Reply: (edit)

"does this video card need to be plugged by the PSU"
your maiboard has only 1 16x PCI slot which meant for the graphic card, so you must plug it in there. (closest to CPU)

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Response Number 6

Name: ebbinizer
Date: July 7, 2005 at 16:28:06 Pacific
Subject: if anyone can solve this, I owe u m

Reply: (edit)

but does a cable from the power supply need to go into the card?

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Response Number 7

Name: NAN
Date: July 7, 2005 at 16:30:41 Pacific
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you pluged the one like this [88]
not the one like this (0000) into the mainboard right?
If your power supply main cable has 24 pin, no need to plug the (0000) one in.

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Response Number 8

Name: ebbinizer
Date: July 7, 2005 at 16:35:11 Pacific
Subject: if anyone can solve this, I owe u m

Reply: (edit)

24 pin, yes. I plugged in that one and the 2x2 pin and the main 4pin (0000)

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Response Number 9

Name: ebbinizer
Date: July 7, 2005 at 16:35:35 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)

says to plug in all three to the mobo

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Response Number 10

Name: Grok Lobster
Date: July 7, 2005 at 16:46:38 Pacific
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Did you check the mobo manual for any special settings for the pci-e board?

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Response Number 11

Name: ebbinizer
Date: July 7, 2005 at 16:47:10 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)

yes...cant find anything.

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Response Number 12

Name: NAN
Date: July 7, 2005 at 16:47:39 Pacific
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"24 pin, yes. I plugged in that one and the 2x2 pin and the main 4pin (0000)"
You need to plug ONLY the 24 pin and the [88].

If you have the 20pin, then you have to plug all three, but you don't.

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Response Number 13

Name: Grok Lobster
Date: July 7, 2005 at 16:53:19 Pacific
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I am not familiar with the pci-e slots. Is the pci-e x16 slot different than the pci-e x1? If not, are you certain you are using the pci-e x16 slot?

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Response Number 14

Name: ebbinizer
Date: July 7, 2005 at 16:56:28 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)

oh yes. the pci-e x1 is very tiny

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Response Number 15

Name: Janos
Date: July 7, 2005 at 19:15:51 Pacific
Subject: if anyone can solve this, I owe u m

Reply: (edit)

reading this post I would have said a ram problem.
What you describe is very similar ot a ram or cpu problem...
As for the psu and connectors all need to be connected..
If the mobo has a 24 pin than the 24 pin from the psu must be connected. Also the additonal 4 pin conector for the cpu must be connected.
If the PCIX graphics card has a seperate power socket on it connect the corect cable from the psu directly to the card.
If everything works, as it should a nd you still cant get post I would be looking at the CPU. I would suggest you take the board the ram, the grpahics card with the psu to a good pc shop and have them test it for you.
Is the kingston ram certified by intel for that board ????
I do suspect it is eather the vid card, cpu or ram...
Soryy cant be much more help than that...
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Response Number 16

Name: ebbinizer
Date: July 7, 2005 at 19:17:31 Pacific
Subject: if anyone can solve this, I owe u m

Reply: (edit)

So I went to the store to buy another pci and they didnt have any so I bought another type of pci-express card and it worked! Strange because my old one worked in another computer, but nevertheless....yay. Newegg will be getting my old one back!
thank you all for your kindness and support! Much appreciated :)

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