28 Jul
2006
28 Jul
'06
7:58 p.m.
On Fri, 2006-07-28 at 15:20 -0400, Dave Phillips wrote:
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. :(
Check that you have connected the processor fan and that it is spinning
at the fastest rate you can get it to spin. Some mobos will refuse to
start if they don't detect a processor fan running happily. There's
usually a boot time key combination that can be used to boot - and then
you can change the detection to "off" in the bios.
-- Fernando
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