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I tried installing a new motherboard, CPU, and GPU, but when I power the machine it doesn't boot, One of the lights on the front turns on, but a red light appears with it. I have no idea what this means. Is this indicative of a large or small problem? I don't know what else I can do but uplug stuff and plug it into other places.
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First try resetting everything, take it out, and plug it all back in (everything even the CPU and RAM)Originally posted by DakAttack View Post
if it still does it, you should start taking things out one at a time till it boots. (start with the RAM, and work your way to the video card)
taking out both RAM sticks should make the motherboard beep at you, if it does, thats a good sign, it means the system recognizes that you have no RAM in the system.-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Wow there could be so many different issues, it really is hard to trouble shoot on what you've said. Any beeping? Fans running? Lights on mb? etc. My advice would be to find an online guide and follow that. Take everything apart and follow the guide, thats what I would do. It could be that the mb is grounded, something isn't seated properly, bad part, etc. Its super hard to say.Originally posted by FebaOriginally posted by TaskmageOriginally posted by DakAttackComment
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I know, that's what I hate about this little red light. It just doesn't say enough.Comment
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I know how you feel, I had a similar thing recently, my new PC started refusing to boot, it took me a few days to get it back running again.
Do you get anything on screen at all? BIOS POST test?
Do you have a system speaker installed? Any beeps?
Are fans on your case / cpu cooler / psu spinning?
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Nothing appears on the screen, nothing beeps, and nothing spins. I'm not sure what else to do other than take the thing apart and attempt to put it back together.Comment
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Double-check all your connections would be the first thing to do(in the motherboard I mean). If that doesn't work then you have to begin the long and tedious process of swapping out each component with one that you know for sure works. I don't know what else to tell you without more info.
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Try swapping out the power supply. You might just have a bad one.Originally posted by DakAttack View PostServer: Midgardsormr -> Quetzalcoatl -> Valefor
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Are all the power connections in properly? The 20+4 and 2x2/2x4 CPU connectors. Try plugging them and connecting them again.
If that doesn't work, unplug everything unnecessary from the motherboard, try booting up with only the motherboard, CPU and CPU cooler connected.
If that starts up then start plugging things back in one at a time, memory, video card, hard drive, optical drive.Comment
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I have no idea if everything is connected properly, I just went through the guide book that came with the motherboard.Originally posted by Kafeen View PostComment
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try this if it is still not working.
Take it all back apart, and only put in one stick of ram, and the CPU, and if it has on board video use it, and see if you can get it to come on. (no HDD or DVD drives connected) if not, then it is most likely the motherboard, but to be honest it could be any of MB/CPU/RAM/PSU-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Which is why when this happens you plug in the processor, 4/8 power pin for the processor, the 24 pin atx motherboard connector and the power button and nothing else.Originally posted by Kailea View Post
The motherboard should have a little LED on it to show that it is getting standby power. If that isn't lit, it's never going to boot, most likely the power supply is dead.
If it doesn't power up but does have the LED on the motherboard, your motherboard is probably to blame, (or you plugged the power button in backwards, flip it around and try it again), it could still be the power supply, but usually in that case it won't supply standby power if it has problems. If it powers up, it will complain about a lack of memory and you can be reasonably certain the power supply and motherboard are functioning.
Then plug the memory in. If it powers up, plug the video card in. If it is still booting here, plug everything else in, you're probably good to go.Comment
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that's pretty much what I was trying to get out ;p been so long since I had to explain this stuff -.- dell onsite calls are spoiling me with their "easy" crapOriginally posted by Mhurron View Post-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Also check that the power button connector is over the correct pins, they can be fiddly, it could be something as simple as connecting it to the wrong thing.Comment
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Thanks for the responses, guys. It's definitely getting standby power, but I haven't had the time to work with it some more. I'm currently setting up a return with Newegg, but I'll probably fiddle with it some more. If it's DOA, how much more harm can fiddling do? I really don't want them to look at it and throw the blame back on me.Comment
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Nah if you return something, they don't even look at it beyond checking that its actually in the box.Originally posted by FebaOriginally posted by TaskmageOriginally posted by DakAttackComment
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