New build not working!

rapcrapc
edited December 2007 in Hardware
just set up new comp but once i turn the power on, it starts up for like 2 seconds and then stops, turns back on but stays on, but nothing happening on screen and no beeps at POST. Anyone got any ideas what this could be?

I have a Abit IP-35E(socket 775) pci - express DDr2 motherboard

Corsair 520W PSU

Intel core 2 quad pro q6600

I've tried the PSU in my old computer and it runs fine any ideas?:confused:

Comments

  • SonorousSonorous F@H Fanatic US Icrontian
    edited December 2007
    So you put the new psu in the old comp or and old psu in the new comp?
  • rapcrapc
    edited December 2007
    put the new PSU in the old comp and it worked fine
  • botheredbothered Manchester UK
    edited December 2007
    Is the CPU fan running?
  • rapcrapc
    edited December 2007
    yeah thats running fine.
  • RyderRyder Kalamazoo, Mi Icrontian
    edited December 2007
    rapc,

    Do you have 1 or 2 sticks of ram installed?

    Clear the CMOS, place 1 stick in the slot closest to the CPU and power up. If that fails, try the other stick.

    Does 1 make it work and one not?
  • SPIKE09SPIKE09 Scatland
    edited December 2007
    there is a known issue with this Mobo double booting
    http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread.php?p=880759

    clearing the CMOS can help between hardware changes keep an eye out for the latest BIOS revisions
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited December 2007
    The double booting does not prevent the computer from starting - it's merely a double boot before the computer advances into Windows after POST. It's also fixed with a BIOS update. It's an annoyance but has no operational consequences whatsoever. (fixed in BIOS revision 11) But anyway, that's not the problem Trickster's describing.

    1. reset the CMOS jumper
    2. reseat the video card
    3. try the RAM test described by RyderOCZ
    4. try known good RAM (DDR2 667 or 800) from another computer
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