28 Jul
2006
28 Jul
'06
8:02 p.m.
On Fri, 28 Jul, 2006 at 10:54PM +0100, James Shuttleworth spake thus:
On Fri, 28 Jul, 2006 at 03:20PM -0400, Dave Phillips
spake thus:
But seriously...
If you've tried all of the great suggestions from people without joy,
try this:
Take the mobo (and powersupply, if it's easy enough) out of the case
and connect it all up on a copy of the yellow pages (or whatever
colour book the telephone directory is in your part of the world).
It sounds silly, but it has solved problems for me in the past.
Sometimes, something touches the case that shouldn't. If this works,
consider finding slightly longer standoffs.
James (again)
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
No video card...? 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