what in GODSNAME is wrong with this pc??????????????

[dgr]

what in GODSNAME is wrong with this pc??????????????

hello

i am building a new pc and its got to an incredible point.

I built a pc (xp2800, ThermalRight SLK-800 heatsink, collermaster201, asus a7n8xdeluxe, 9700pro, antec430, 2*twinmos pc3200cl2)

built it, didn't work:

it wouldn't post:
fans whirl
would shutdown after 4 seconds.

thought I had isolated it to the cpu or MB so I RMAed both. both came back as fine.

So i built the pc again ,this time barebones (CPU, heatsink, fan, MB, RAM, GPU< PSU). it worked. YEY!

put it into the case, sorted out the wiring. Turned it on. same problem as above.

Heres the worst bit - did the barebones test, same problem.


WHAT IN GODS NAME IS GOING ON????



Any suggestions (bar the obvious) appriciated

dgr

[Trash Man]

Sorting the MB on the case? Sounds like it to me, if it worked outside the case and then not in it.

[acidrainy]

Originally posted by Trash Man
Sorting the MB on the case? Sounds like it to me, if it worked outside the case and then not in it.

Yeah i had this problem at first.... mb was touching something in my case, failed to post...

[dgr]

yep, thought of that. so i did the barebones test, as i said.

barebones test = cpu, fan, mb, psu, gpu, ram

i.e. no case.

its def. not shorting on the case

dgr

[acidrainy]

hmm, you say it was working with the barebones test untill you used it in the case....

Is it possible you shorted the mobo when you put into the case, causing damage....?

:/

[dgr]

its possible but bear in mind that I had this problem before I RMAed the MB/CPU (even when i did the barebones test).

its very very strange

[Trash Man]

aye, sounds like you have shorted something on the MB. If it worked outside the case and then you put it back it in with no luck, then there is something in the case causing the problem.

Are you using nylon washers when putting the MB in? Are there nylon washers on the standoffs in the case?

[dgr]

um, no ther arn't (???).

its a coolermcaster 201 case, didn't come with any...

dio you guys think this could have caused a problem?

If so, whats the best source of washers.

dgr

[acidrainy]

Originally posted by dgr
If so, whats the best source of washers

Yeah i need to know this as well, my 201 arives tommorow!

[dgr]

its a v ery, very nice case.

not sure if you would care, but the 201 aluminum inside the case scratches very easily (even with finger nails).

of course you won't see it much, but its my only problem. oh and the lack of ieee1394 on the front.

does anyone make a 3.25'' firewire bayport extension? I would really like one, coolermaster only make usb ones

dgr

[acidrainy]

Is yours the all black with window one (BXT)?
As for firewire.... i dont have any devices for it yet, so no skin off my back

[dgr]

nope, i have the aluminum fronted with champagne/brown (whichever you think it looks like) sides

dgr

[acidrainy]

ahh ok, its the BXT that heading its way to me
it has Bloooooo LED's and Blooooo FAN

damn i hate having to wait over weekends for deliveries

[dgr]

trust me, you will like the case. Compared to the antec ones that a lot of my mates are buying, they r00l.

dgr

[dgr]

SUCCESS AT LAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i just realised that the only think i hadn't swopped out was the heatsink...

idn't think there was much ponit - what can go wrong with a heatsink, esp an slk800?

well i replaced it with the retail xpbarton cooler...

and what you know, it POSTED!

very very annoyed that i have wasted £25 on RMAing perfectly fine stuff when all along one of the best coolers in the world was broken.

perhaps this thread well serve as a lesson to anyone else who has problems posting

dgr

[fondie]

erm, the heatsink is broken? are you sure? nothing to do with the user's installation of it?