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[EclipseX]

Need help with a recently built custom that will turn on fine, but wont start... monitor will stay blank and will say no siginal. Its not the vid card or monitor cause i tested on other system.

Specs:

Aspire Turbo II Case
ASRock P4V88 Mobo
ATI Radeon 9250 256MB
NEC 15" Flat Panel LCD
Intel P4 3.0GHz ( Prescott )
Sony DVD - ROM

[Neon]

ok things that mainly affect this are Cards so take all cards out and also take all but one memory stick out if you have two or more...

Reboot adding one card at a time...if it stops working then you found your hardware problem...

IF NOT then check the RAM is seated properly and the FLOPPY DISK CABLE is in properly and the right way, as sometimes it can throw the computer out completely, check jumper settings on the motherboard are set correctly for CPU bus speeds...

What to do if all that don't work?

Boot with the hardware you NEED, Processor, Memory stick, graphics card, keyboard and Power supply connected to nothing but the motherboard, unplug Hard drives and other drives like CD/DVD/Floppy disk

Also important is the Brass mountings that your motherboard screws into, these mountings screw into the case first...on some cases these brass screws are built into the case, but check all the same.

DOES THE KEYBOARD FLASH AS YOU TURN ON THE PC??? that finally can tell you if its dead

[RedInferno]

Maybe it's your mobo? Also, make sure the connection is tight, also make sure that if it's a double DVI card that you are plugged into the DVI port, not the TVO port.

Also, welcome EclipseX. Glad to have you on board!

Edited by RedInferno, 13 October 2005 - 01:45 AM.

[EclipseX]

Awesome replies. I'll test out your theories and get back to you a bit later. Thanks again.

/edit

How do i set the jumpers on the mobo for my bus speeds.

Edited by EclipseX, 13 October 2005 - 01:57 AM.

[Neon]

Ha no problem man, we were happy to help *if we did *

Please come back to us like Redinferno said and become an established member, it's worth it in the end

[RedInferno]

Yup, glad to help you out! Try it, come back, tell us how it works, and start posting!

[EclipseX]

the keyboard lights flash, so its def. not dead... can you tell me how i set the jumpers for my cpu bus speed like KW13 said earlier?

[Nvyseal]

Can you at least see you BIOS?

[Neon]

Usually on new boards the clock speeds are set for you, on that model of asrock it is...just refer to the CD manual you have, it requires Adobe acrobat to use

Try a cold Boot with the hardware you NEED, Processor, Memory stick, graphics card, keyboard and Power supply connected to nothing but the motherboard, unplug Hard drives and other drives like CD/DVD/Floppy disk as a last resort

[RedInferno]

BTW, what are you tlking about with the bus jumpers?

[ShadowFox]

Also sometimes the problem is with the processor... make sure the processor is seated completely.

[EclipseX]

After numerous different tests... i think it's the motherboard.

CPU - Memory - Graphics Card - Monitor - HDD were all tested on another system and worked fine.

I just have to figure out whats wrong.

[RedInferno]

Maybe it's faulty..listen for beeps in the beginning, they are like an error code.

And karl, what bus jumpers?

[Neon]

KW13, on Oct 13 2005, 02:44 AM, said:

check jumper settings on the motherboard are set correctly for CPU bus speeds...

Basically to set a CPU's clocked speed and FSB settings from the auto ones on the motherboard you can alter jumpers...in the old days there was no Auto jumpers, you did it ya'self

To set these you need the Manual, as it's an Asrock there will be a PDF one on the CD

[RedInferno]

Oh, so you're not talking about physical jumpers....like those two pin thinggs?