Topic: Just built New PC - HAVING PROBLEMS - HELP!!!

[Moreno]

Hi Guys,


Am having a major problem.

I have just built my new pc using the follwoing motherboard (ASrock 775Dual-vsta) and have one CDRW and one DVDRW connected. I also have two normal IDE Hard drives connected and one SATA. I have installed a nice graphics card and the soundblaster audigy unit.

Basically I have gone to power her up and the fan starts and automatically just turns off. I see both the CPU fan and graphics card fan start but then straight away just turn off.

Any ideas as to what the problem could be?

[Sandra]

I recently bought 2 of those motherboards from ebuyer in the same order.

One is in this pc that I am using at the moment and I havent had any problems with it.

The second that I got was for a friends pc that I built up a week later.
That had the same problem as you describe and turned out to be a faulty motherboard 

To check if its anything else, it could be that the CPU heatsink isnt seated properly and the CPU is overheating and shutting the pc down, disconnect all your hard drives, floppy and CD/DVD from the motherboard.

You just want your mouse, keyboard, graphics card, monitor and ram connected, no other cards or peripherals.

Check that the CPU and its cooler are fitted correctly and start the pc up and go into the bios.
If it runs ok you can add the other drives one by one and see if that stops it running.

If its not the CPU/Heatsink then I think it will possibly be a bad batch of motherboards that have gone out.
Ebuyer verified that the one I returned was faulty and refunded my money.

[Tony]

Sandra, are there times when you wished you hadn't bothered. 

[Sandra]

You can lead a horse to water but you cant make it drink, as they say Tony 

[Tony]

I reckon it's bad manners not to post feed back, when someone has been decent enough to offer advice. But I'm from the old school I guess, whipper snappers these days want their @rses tanning 

[Simon]

I totally agree, Tony.  Not to mention a reply being polite, it could also help other members with similar problems, to know that the answer we gave was right (or wrong, but that never happens with Sandra )

That said, Moreno has replied to other threads, so I guess this one just slipped quietly past, and most things are forgiveable here. 

Just wait 'till next time he posts!    

[TR]

Still reckon it was the 4 pin power supply connector that wasn't connected  when I built my last pc, I left that off and had exactly the same problem as merono 

[Reno]

I've had major problems with asus motherboards. I will not buy another. Nowadays I just stick mainly with gigabyte or foxconn. When i ran the shop my distributors suggested that we buy those brands mainly because of their price, great RMA, and lack of issues.

[gmax]

I've had major problems with asus motherboards. I will not buy another. Nowadays I just stick mainly with gigabyte or foxconn. When i ran the shop my distributors suggested that we buy those brands mainly because of their price, great RMA, and lack of issues.

I'm surprised to read that, i've had a good run with Asus motherboards and video cards, my last pc i used a P4C 800E deluxe, now i'm using a A8N SLI Deluxe .Both
have been rock solid, but i have heard that Asus RMA can be a painful experience.