Hey again, you might remember me from a little while ago asking you what parts to buy for my new computer. Well... i got all the parts and put em together and the computer worked fine. Then, i added a modem, sound card, and burner from my old computer. I may have switched a couple of the ide cables while doing that. Now... the computer gets power and the fans turn, including the fan on the video card and the processor and case fans but nothing comes on the screen. Anyone have any suggestions on what might be up? I have checked al the wires and they are in securely and the master/slave settings are all correct. The ram and video card are put in correctly. Thanks.

Try removing the sound card and modem. Then see if she starts. It is usually a good idea to only install one hardware device at a time. This way you can tell which one is causing the trouble.

Johnny


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Check your jumpers on the rewriter. How do you have it configured with your ide cables?

Rrestore the computer to how it was when it booted. Then reinstall components one at a time to isolate the problem.

Shelly

The problem is, i've tried removing everything and nothing still comes on the screen. I've tried it with just the HD, just the HD, GFX card, cdrom and ram. This was the original configuration that worked but now it doesn't. I've set the jumper on the hd to master. I've also tried with nothing but the ram in the motherboard and nothing comes on the screen. I'm assuming that something should come on the screen even if there is nothing attached, but nothing does. I'm afraid something might have happened to the motherboard...

If your monitor, it's cord and connector, the video card, the motherboard, the memory, the processor, and the power supply are all functioning, the PC should post from the bios when turned on. Don't have any data ribbons connected to the MB, only the power supply connector. Just connect the PS to the MB... and the HDD for possibly needed 12v load. You can try having only the power switch lead connected from the case, and you should try clearing the cmos with it's jumper by the method recommended in your MB manual. Don't have to have mouse or KB connected(you will get a KB error on post) if it does post. Make sure the MB is installed correctly in the case, nothing shorted. If you can get it to post, you can start back together a bit at a time to isolate the problem. If you have more than one stick of memory, try them one stick at a time... make sure it and video card are seated completely.

You may have lost one of the 'needed to post' components that was working earlier, for whatever reason.

Take care... Randell

Here is the part list that i have...

600529 1 VISIONTEK XTASY GEFORCE4 TI4400 128MB DDR AGP W/S-VIDEO OUT/DVI-I
A02598 1 MULTIWAVE 512MB PC2700 333MHZ NON-ECC DDR DIMM
A03096 1 INTEL PENTIUM 4 2.26 GHZ (BX80532PE2266D) W/512K CACHE 533MHZ 478-PIN RETAILED (3 YEARS WARRANTY)
Enermax, CS-003-A106USB+EG301P-VB, 2-Tone, 10-Bay, with 2 USB ports, 300W PS, P4, MID Tower Case. ATX $59.00
(http://www.maxpoint.com/pc_cases.htm# the case in the middle)
Lite On 52x Cd Rom - Model LTN-526 -RETAILE-IDE
WD WESTERN DIGITAL "SPECIAL EDITION" 80GB 7200RPM EIDE HARD DRIVE MODEL # WD800JB - OEM, DRIVE ONLY
MSI Motherboard Model 845G MAX-L 6580-010 Retail
Antec P4 ATX12V 400 Watt Power Supply - Retail

That was the original configuration that worked and i installed Windows XP on.

I have cleared the cmos and i'm going to try the computer again.

I just tried it again after clearing the cmos and it still doesn't work. The monitor still shows nothing and goes to power save after a minute.

Take the battery out for a minute or two. Be sure that the video card and ram are properly seated.

Mark099!

This might be a coincidence but were you grounded when you were messing around in your case? ( see other post http://www.pcnineoneone.com/dcforum/computer/40760.html )

Walter A Robertson

The first time i put everything in i was wearing an antistatic wristband but then when i put in those three extra parts i wasn't but i was careful.