Yesterday me and my friend put together my new rig. Specs:
Asus P5B-E
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
OCZ ModStream 450w
G.Skill 2gb PC2-6400 4-4-4-12
Gainward 7900GT 512mb
This all in a nice and shiny Antec Solo case.
But after connecting everything the system does not boot. The motherboard does not post, make any sounds, show any sign of activity. The fans aren't running, the disks aren't spinning, there is no video output signal. All I do know is that the motherboard power led is on; the motherboard is supposedly receiving power.
I also tried to jumpstart it to make sure it wasn't the power button. And I removed and re-seated the battery in the motherboard. My friend also had some advanced tricks up his sleeve that I can't recall. Tried various combinations of connected hardware, double checked all of the cables. The only thing we haven't tried yet, is to take everything out and boot it out of the case on wood/cardboard or whatever so I'm not excluding the motherboard shorting with the chassis but I can't see any sign of that being case.
The power supply has a big fan and a big LED; so it's clear that this one isn't activated when I try to boot the system. There is power, but where it all goes, I don't know. What I do know is that the psu is making a very soft yet audible cracking noise. Almost sounding like static / interference or something. I wouldn't know, I'm not that great a technician.
The memory is compatible with the motherboard. It doesn't boot with one or no memory sticks; it doesn't boot with a PC3200 one either.
Can anybody help this poor man? :/
Asus P5B-E
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
OCZ ModStream 450w
G.Skill 2gb PC2-6400 4-4-4-12
Gainward 7900GT 512mb
This all in a nice and shiny Antec Solo case.
But after connecting everything the system does not boot. The motherboard does not post, make any sounds, show any sign of activity. The fans aren't running, the disks aren't spinning, there is no video output signal. All I do know is that the motherboard power led is on; the motherboard is supposedly receiving power.
I also tried to jumpstart it to make sure it wasn't the power button. And I removed and re-seated the battery in the motherboard. My friend also had some advanced tricks up his sleeve that I can't recall. Tried various combinations of connected hardware, double checked all of the cables. The only thing we haven't tried yet, is to take everything out and boot it out of the case on wood/cardboard or whatever so I'm not excluding the motherboard shorting with the chassis but I can't see any sign of that being case.
The power supply has a big fan and a big LED; so it's clear that this one isn't activated when I try to boot the system. There is power, but where it all goes, I don't know. What I do know is that the psu is making a very soft yet audible cracking noise. Almost sounding like static / interference or something. I wouldn't know, I'm not that great a technician.
The memory is compatible with the motherboard. It doesn't boot with one or no memory sticks; it doesn't boot with a PC3200 one either.
Can anybody help this poor man? :/