Ok Today i got my new stuff i purchased This was; AMD Athlon "Barton" XP3000+ 333FSB Socket A Corsair 1GB DDR Value Select PC3200 Lanparty Motherboard KT400A Ultra X-Connect 500W ATX Cable Detachable PSU These are the new components i placed in to my computer (preety much a new comp) Im also running 200Gig Maxtor HDD 40Gig Maxtor HDD 30Gig Maxtor HDD Radeon 9800 Xcalibur So now ill go on to describe whats happening i turn on the computer thinking awww sounds so quite (unlike my old computer which was like a monster hehe) So i look up to see No Input Signal on the monitor at first im like ok somethings not pluged in correct so i replug everything back in and start up the computer again and the same happens once again. So i discover through playing around with the stuff in the computer that without the IDE cable in the HDD (250gig one) It beeps and the hdd spins like normal. Plug in the IDE cable and it doesnt power up again. Is it the Motherboard i knew my fare share about computer problems but never experienced this one. :( HELP ME IM GOING MAD LOL. But please i cant believe i bought all this stuff and it aint working :<. Also when i turn the power on the LED's on the M/b light up as well as the PSU and all the fans including the Graphics Card Fan. Cheers Ben MY COMPS DEAD!

make sure the master and slave jumpers are set properly sometimes cable select doesnt work well. also if that doesnt work try a differnt ide cable! owen brady

Hmmm Ok im not sure which is right cables. I use my D:\ as my windows drive and my C and E drives as my normal drive but atm dont have my C:\ in my computer could this be a problem also is this correct concerning master and slave IDE Cables. V - Primary []----[]-----------[] ^ Plug in to M/B ^ Slave Above is a badly drawn hehe but if u understand it the [] being the plugs is this right and which drives should they go in to? MY COMPS DEAD!

The diagram came out wrong lets try again [1]----[2]----------[3] [1] - Connect to the Motherboard [2] - Master Drive (should connect to D:\ (Windows) [3] - Slave Drive (should connect to my free drive?) MY COMPS DEAD!

Ok i can get a beep out of my HDD's but when i put in my IDE cables they dont even power up ARGGGGGGGGGGGGG ne ideas? could it be the motherboard ive tried 3 different ide cables! MY COMPS DEAD!

Are you trying to use the D drive as the boot drive ? WRONG. Even if the boot order is altered most computers are not configured to do that. B.T.Y. you have your cables connected wrong.

have you tried clearing the cmos i just got a new pc for my birthday and so i built it i was all happy so i turned it on after doing everything right but no signal to the monitor. so i rang up some friends and they said to clear the CMOS with the jumpers on the motherboard AND IT WORKED!!! I recomend trying it!! hello