Author Topic: Problems building my new comp (Read 5567 times)

lanjoky · « **on:** November 17, 2004, 02:41:30 PM »

well put my new pc together last night but dont have it working as of yet .... hit the power button and it turns on but I get 0 video 3 external drives (including floppy) dont work right either light stays lit or nothing at all happens ...

My question is

is 500w Powersupply sufficient to run the following
AMD 64 FX-55
Nvidia 6800 Ultra
2 Raptor HD's
1 IDE HD
1 DVD Writer
1 DVD Rom
Fan controller
and a floppy drive?

the only thing I can think of is that i either didnt complete a circuit ... or the parts arent getting the power they need ...

But the fan controller works and the 1 cdROm drive does have a light. and the lights on my fans inside the case lite up as well as the lights inside the PSU.

So if its not the PSU .... what else should I check?

Thanks in advance for any help you all can provide ... this is the second computer ive built and I didnt have these type problems with my first build about 2 years ago.

llDayo · « **Reply #1 on:** November 17, 2004, 02:53:32 PM »

Disconnect everything but video and motherboard from the PS (500 watts should be plenty!). If they work connect something else. Keep doing this until it doesn't work anymore. That'll help narrow it down.

Pride · « **Reply #2 on:** November 17, 2004, 03:25:37 PM »

I agree with lldayo!

Mobo/CPU/RAM and Video card. See if it posts the BIOS.

Next, Connect Floppy drive

Next, DVD Rom1, 2

Next IDE HD

Next Raptor1, 2

etc.

My guess is that your BIOS cannot post the raptors, and may require a bios update. just a random guess tho.

Judge · « **Reply #3 on:** November 17, 2004, 04:00:15 PM »

for my computer when i built it, i put it all together and hit the power button. It turned on, but nothing came up on the monitor, nothing seemed to be booting up but the computer was running. Turned out after switching Vid cards/hard drives/ram , that my Motherboard was DoA. RMA'ed it and got a replacemtn, works now. just my 2 cents (not saying it's your mobo, just giving my situation hoping it helps)

Judge · « **Reply #4 on:** November 17, 2004, 04:02:28 PM »

IMO 500watts should easily be plenty for that system. For one, the CD drives don't really use much power unless your using both of them, same with floppy and 3 drives or w/e. Unless you're using them all at once, it's not using a lot of power. That's just what I think.

lanjoky · « **Reply #5 on:** November 17, 2004, 09:35:04 PM »

did what ya guys said and started with just the GPU and the basics and buitl it up with no problems ... looks like i must have initally wired it wrong ... lol ...

Thanks for the help!

Lan

lanjoky · « **Reply #6 on:** November 18, 2004, 07:17:29 AM »

well ive run into another problem ... when I bootted initially last night all the drives were detected in the bios (2cdrom 3 HD) I went and setup raid and the continued to the XP install. I get have way through the XP install I get the blue screen of death with a memory dump error .... I restart my pc ... and now my 2 SATA HD's aren't being picked up by the bios .... anyone got any ideas?

Thanks
lan

AngryHostage · « **Reply #7 on:** November 18, 2004, 08:51:33 AM »

1. Pull the cmos jumper and take out the battery then put them back.
2. Flash the BIOS
3. download the iso for memtest i86 (it's fairly small) and burn to a cd and boot to that cd and let memtest check out your ram. (its to my experience that when you get the bsd when installing XP, your RAM is a good place to start looking, then CPU, then MOBO.
4. Install XP with minimal devices attached (1 HD, 1 CDROM, 1 video)
5. Send lots of cash to AngryHostage for general purposes....
(just thought that up since you're in the mood to follow advice :book: )

cuzzNkev · « **Reply #8 on:** November 18, 2004, 10:00:34 AM »

hey, for Pron Technical support, send some cash to me and Agent.

lanjoky · « **Reply #9 on:** November 19, 2004, 11:30:57 AM »

ok ... got past the restarting problem ... had to down clock my ram in the bios ... I shouldnt have to do that but with the FX-55 it may just be moving to fast for it when its clocked at 200mhz .... so I had to turn it down to 166Mhz....

Next problem .... LOL

When I attempt to play any graphical game (T:V or AA) every 15-20 seconds my video freezes and I cant move / do anything for 5-10 seconds .... I thinj its video lag but with a 6800 ultra I should have 0 lag at normal settings ..... anyone one got a clue on what I can check for this?

Thanks for all the help!!

Pride · « **Reply #10 on:** November 19, 2004, 12:34:08 PM »

What drivers are you using? Official NVidia? Overclocked?

sully! · « **Reply #11 on:** November 19, 2004, 12:40:35 PM »

and what other processes are running in the background (anti-virus, firewall, etc.)

lanjoky · « **Reply #12 on:** November 19, 2004, 12:58:30 PM »

Quote from: "sully"

and what other processes are running in the background (anti-virus, firewall, etc.)

None

And will get ya the driver information when I get home ... its whatever came with the card ... just cant remember the version .... and no the card is not overclocked!

Thanks for the help

sully! · « **Reply #13 on:** November 19, 2004, 01:02:09 PM »

as for the driver version, I personally never use the stock drivers that come with the card. nVidia's ForeceWare drivers will always improve upon whatever a card manufacturer provides as nVidia is always updating the driverset and a manufacturer might just re-brand a driver or just give you an older version of nVidia's driver (whatever's available when they press the disc).

http://www.fites.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=682

lanjoky · « **Reply #14 on:** November 19, 2004, 02:28:44 PM »

Did the driver update and still the same problem ... anyone got any other ideas?

Thanks
Lan

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