28 Jul
2006
28 Jul
'06
7:56 p.m.
On Fri, 28 Jul, 2006 at 09:17PM +0200, Nigel Henry spake thus:
On Friday 28 July 2006 21:20, Dave Phillips wrote:
That's for newbies and old ladies. I only ever build computers in
thunderstorms, while wearing nylon. My case is made of amber, and I
keep a cat in it.
James
Greetings:
Well, the hardware has been assembled, but I have a show-stopper of a
problem. When I try to start the machine I get a flash from the cool
blue lights on my Antec case, the CPU fan does a little jig, then
nothing. :(
So how do I go about diagnosing this thing ? All possible connections
have been made between the case, the power supply, and the mobo. I've
scoured the manuals for those pieces, I can't see that I've missed
connecting anything.
Here's the main machine parts:
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum motherboard
AMD64 CPU
Antec Sonata II case with power supply
1 GB RAM in slot 1
Seagate Barracuda drive
Lite-on DVD/CD RW drive
Any and all suggestions are welcome. I'd like to get this iron running
myself, the bench fees at the local shops are outrageous.
Best,
dp
Hi Dave. I'll start the show off. Harddrive on the first IDE contoller, and
set to master? DVD/CD RW drive on the second IDE controller, and set to
master?
I hope you used a well grounded wrist strap when putting it all together. Nigel.