just booted up my first rig and plugged it into the monitor... at first, i got the bios beeps that my ram wasnt detected.. fixed that, turned it on... nothing... manual says no beeps means it failed a power on self test.. i double checked all the connections and what not and there's no issue there... however i read in my mobo manual that sata hdd cant be used without some windows vista service pack.. i have 2 sata drives so is it not detecting my hard drives? there's an IDE port tho... i even tried running the mobo driver via usb but nothing happened..
first boot failure please help
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Power Supply?
You said it's not doing anything right. The first thing it checks is the CPU and the Memory. Those two items have to pass before it moves on so while you may have a hard drive issue, unless the hard drive is dead and grounding out the system it is not the issue were dealing with right now.
You said it beeped to start with but you fixed that. I'm sorry but it doesn't sound like you fixed it at all. A Beep is better than Nothing. What exactly did you do to fix it?
You tried to install the motherboard drivers via USB? Have you installed Windows somehow? Was Windows previously installed before you upgraded?
You said it's not doing anything right. The first thing it checks is the CPU and the Memory. Those two items have to pass before it moves on so while you may have a hard drive issue, unless the hard drive is dead and grounding out the system it is not the issue were dealing with right now.
You said it beeped to start with but you fixed that. I'm sorry but it doesn't sound like you fixed it at all. A Beep is better than Nothing. What exactly did you do to fix it?
You tried to install the motherboard drivers via USB? Have you installed Windows somehow? Was Windows previously installed before you upgraded?
Yes it beeped because the memory sticks weren't secured.. once i fixed that, there were no more beeps... i don't have anything installed yet... once i plug the usb in, it lights up like its working but then immediately turns off.. usually when i use the usb the light stays on
power supply: epower 600w
Newegg.com - ePOWER EP-600NE-XV 600W ATX12V v2.2 / ESP12V v2.92 Power Supply - Power Supplies
power supply: epower 600w
Newegg.com - ePOWER EP-600NE-XV 600W ATX12V v2.2 / ESP12V v2.92 Power Supply - Power Supplies
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That is an untrusted manufacturer. http://www.techist.com/forums/f75/read-first-updated-power-supply-guide-221773/
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That power supply is not powering your system correctly. While it "works", it could harm other hardware.
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