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Technical Help & Discussion => Self Building, Upgrading & General Hardware Help => Topic started by: skurken on May 29, 2003, 01:08

Title: new mobo/cpu/memory - system not booting
Post by: skurken on May 29, 2003, 01:08

hey again

just got my asus p4pe mobo, p4 2,4 and 512mb ddr ram. installed everything correctly, pressed the ON switch...........nothing!

my power switch is connected correctly to the mobo and the mobo gets power(green led is on)

any ideas?

Title: Re:new mobo/cpu/memory - system not booting
Post by: Sandra on May 29, 2003, 01:14

Any Beeps at all or no noise?

Title: Re:new mobo/cpu/memory - system not booting
Post by: skurken on May 29, 2003, 01:16

no, nothing  ???

Title: Re:new mobo/cpu/memory - system not booting
Post by: Sandra on May 29, 2003, 01:26

Ok if you didnt get the initial BEEP its usually a memory fault.
Is it a new stick?Can you try a different one?
Have you got just one stick in?Can you try it in different slots?
Its got to be a memory fault Skurken,I am 99% sure of that  :(

Title: Re:new mobo/cpu/memory - system not booting
Post by: skurken on May 29, 2003, 01:36

ive already tried a different slot for the ram..... its a new stick

also the fan doesnt start.....neither the psu one nor the cpu

thanks for replying  ;)

Title: Re:new mobo/cpu/memory - system not booting
Post by: Sandra on May 29, 2003, 01:46

That sounds more like the power isnt getting connected properly then but cant think why.
Is it in a case you have used before with same power supply previously used?

Title: Re:new mobo/cpu/memory - system not booting
Post by: Sandra on May 29, 2003, 01:57

Just come across this and I remember hearing about this before do you know which voltage your AGP card has Skurken?


 AGP Warning LED
ASUS has designed into this motherboard an AGP Warning LED. The AGP Warning LED automatically stops you from turning on your system with incompatible voltage AGP (3.3V) cards, and protects from permanently damaging your motherboard.

Can you let me know which card you are using if you are unsure of the voltage and I will see if I can find it for you  :-*

Title: Re:new mobo/cpu/memory - system not booting
Post by: Adept on May 29, 2003, 08:55

Skurken, check if the CMOS jumper on the motherboard is set to closed. The mobo will not boot if it is.

This has caught me a few times in the past ::)

Title: COMPUTER WORKING!
Post by: skurken on June 02, 2003, 16:58

hey again....

It was a faulty memory stick after all.

Now everything is working perfectly after 2months of head-scratching

thanks everyone ;D

skurken

Title: Re:new mobo/cpu/memory - system not booting
Post by: Clive on June 02, 2003, 17:10

Thanks for letting us know Skurken.  I hope you had clear skies for the eclipse last Saturday and that you got up in time to see it!  ;D

Title: Re:new mobo/cpu/memory - system not booting
Post by: Sandra on June 02, 2003, 17:13

Quote from: Sandra on May 29, 2003, 01:26

its usually a memory fault.Can you try a different one?

Thanks for letting us know and glad that its all sorted now Skurken  :-*