Problems with new system

[nvening]

Ok, i just built my system. When i turn it on all the fans power and the 3 of the mobos leds go on and the forth one flashes ( the manual ststes all four as system start up, is the flash this?) My Dell monitors power putton turns from yellow to gree, but after a few seconds the light goes back to yellow. I have tested the monitor and it works on my old system.

I have reseated the GPU and tryed both DVI and analog but i get the same result. The GPUs fan is on, its power is connected, and the motherboards lights say that it is detected. I am not hearing any beeps but i am not sure about my speakers.

Thanks.

[nvening]

I have tryed a different monitor and i have reseated the RAM, it must me the GPU, the second monitor says that there is no signal.

[skuzgib]

May be the PSU - can you test with another one?

[nvening]

no, but everything else seems to be fine and i have tryed the other pci-e cable

[Clstrphbc_donut]

Wouldnt put it down to the GFX card if i were you. My 2nd PC went down yesterday, and i too thought "Gfx card." Changed the card for a FX5200 and still nothing. Reseated RAM, CPU, and put the 6600GT back in, and it was fine.

Ps. what board and CPU are you using, if your using a San Deigo that may be why?

HTH

[CrapshoT]

Try booting with just one stick of ram.If you can try some different ram as well.
What mobo is it you're using m8?

[nvening]

I have now reseated the CPU and tryed one stick of ram, no luck

I have a san diego CPU and an Nforce4 dfi ultra. Is it tipe to try flashng the bios with a proper san diego one?

[Smokey21]

Clear CMOS.

Sounds like a cold boot, no post problem. Either a BIOS problem, or memory.

[MD]

but the dell monitor green to amber syndrome would indicate a video issue.

but it must be BIOS related if you are sure the graphics are fine, do you have another system you can check the GPU in?

m@/

[nvening]

It was the CMOS all the time! It says something about a cheaksum error and values are returned to defult.

God i feel so stupid. I thought, its an new board, it will all be fresh and junk

Ok now, i need to find 64bit SATA drivers, where from?

[johnnr892]

Good to see it's all working after all the time and effort you put into deciding the system let us know how you find the performance, and then overclocking

[nvening]

Ok, do I need 64 bit SATA drivers to install x64?

[Steve]

Ok, do I need 64 bit SATA drivers to install x64?

If you're installing to a SATA drive then I'm saying yes.

[nvening]

I tryed to install windows and it loaded what it needed then the pc reset itself. It now hangs on "Verifying DMI pool data........" it does nothing. I tryed clearing the cmos and it verifys it and then says "saving the cmos.....OK" and then does nothing, and pressing enter does nothing. So i restarted the pc and it hangs on the dmi thing again. It used to pass this in seconds. grrrrrrrrrr

[Steve]

Disconnect the HDD and see if it leaves you with a boot error.

[Allen]

IMO, don't bother with DFI boards, they're too much hassle. Mine has just stopped working again and I've tried so many things to get it back up and running again... it's been a whole waste of a flipping day I should've been spending looking for a new job.