Pc Help for novice

[Inferi]

Don't take any of this as condesending...

It can vary from PC, but this is what you might see when you power on (all white text on black background apart from logos):

1) Graphics card info - chipset/bios etc. You might see something like NVxx (where NV is NVidia).
2) Next screen, maybe a Mainboard/Manufacturer logo (Asus etc) or the POST being performed - memory check, lists HDD/CD etc. You should see HDD LED activity and possible the floppy light on.
3) Next screen is like a "table" showing the components again, total memory and possibly IRQs etc.
4) Then the PC attempts to boot an operating system from floppy/CD/HDD etc depending upon the order set in the mainboard BIOS. In your case, I guess XP from the HDD.

Can you tell us what if any of these you see ?

PS Did you connect the PCI-e power cable to the GFX card ?
I don't think you need the connection to the ez-plug unless you are running 2 GFX cards (says Asus A8N-SLI Premium manual).

PPS Have you done anything like try to upgrade the GFX/Mainboard BIOS or change the Asus boot logo?

[letshavesome]

the screen that appears says sumat about the ram i think, ddr 300 and then pauses, nothing after that.

does that help??

I did connect a pci-e power cable to the gfx card (6 black pin box). I dont know what u mean by upgrading the GFX/Mainboard BIOS or change the Asus boot logo?

How do i do that.

Thanks

James

[MantisCSS]

this si sooooo confusing, did u send back ur PSU? get that sorted first, and one by one test the new componants in ur old PC, if u can.

[Mama Sumae]

the screen that appears says sumat about the ram i think, ddr 300 and then pauses, nothing after that.


James

All ram ddr 300? if no u might need to manually setup the speed on the bios.


try to post a pic of the screen might help us

[letshavesome]

sorry guys, im getting the psu changed today (i think), so when it arrives ill test it out. If the same thing happens then ill take a pic of the screen that appears.

thanks

James

[letshavesome]

Hi guys, just recieved a new psu but i still cant get anything to come up on the monitor. no beep happens when i turn it on, just the fans start moving?? What could possibly be the problem

thanks

James

[letshavesome]

ive know that the psu and ram isn't the problem. Im going to ring scan and see if they can take the cpu and motherboard back to test them then all i need to to somehow test the gcard.

thanks

James

[No.72]

whare do you live james dorset????

[amjedm]

whare do you live james dorset????

I would say Leicester from the following

http://forums.hexus.net/showpost.php...6&postcount=88

[No.72]

k lol

[letshavesome]

yeah i am from leicester.

I most probably found the problem. When i was taking the pc to parts i found that on the cpu, two of the pins where bent even though it was fitted in the correct way? Ive sent the cpu back to AMD and am awaiting on a replacement.

thanks

James

[letshavesome]

i have finally recieved a new cpu, ive been sent the 3800+ now. Im stuck though,

the power comes on and the screen displays a black screen which say the model of my motherboard, ram and then a list of things saying none apart from the secondary ide which says my dvd rom? Then it does nothing? Ive got a pic but dont know how to put it on here? the pic is not that clear but i want to show u what i meant.


what do i need to do now?

thanks

James