PC problem!!

by Lakaiii • 7 Aug 2008, 23:23 • Journals
Even though I'm not too experienced with building computers, I've bought me components to build one. After putting everything together precisely by the manual, I don't seem to get anything to display on my monitor. The CPU fan is running, there is lights on my motherboard and on the front panel of my PC. My graphic card fan is not spinning when I start my computer, but I don't know if that's the problem. It might not be the problem, but the fact that I don't get the BIOS screen on my monitor makes me think it is.

I have no idea what it can be, so I'll just hope for someone to be able to help me here :P
Does anyone have a clue what to do?

I've read that a lot of people have problems with ASUS motherboards being picky about types and brands of RAM, so it might have something to do with that.


Some PC specs:

Memory - Corsair Value S. 2048MB

Motherboard - Asus P5N-E SLI

Graphics card - Sapphire Radeon HD 3650 512MB
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finkregh 8 Aug 2008, 00:24
it's prolly the gfx since it's not spinning ( only logical thing imo )

i'd go to a pc expert, let him check the gfx and ask for warrnty if needed
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stormeh 8 Aug 2008, 00:25
"My graphic card fan is not spinning when I start my computer"

Connected it to a power supply? And attached correctly to your mobo?
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Lakaiii 8 Aug 2008, 00:27
It doesn't say the graphic card is supposed to be connected to a power supply, nor is there a way to connect it to one. And I'm quite sure it's correctly attached to my mobo, is there some fancy way to do it properly? :P
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Gero 8 Aug 2008, 00:31
If it clicks it should be fine xD
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MindGamee 8 Aug 2008, 00:54
if your graphics card is good, it will need to be connected to the power supply, the manual wont tell you this.
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Gero 8 Aug 2008, 00:27
didn't forget the 4 pin plug? (however that's power for your CPU i believe)

didn't forget the pci-e power plug?

does your motherboard gives beeps when you leave everything about except CPU?

you didn't forgot to plug in your monitor into your graphic card? :DD

is your graphic card correctly placed in the pci-e lane?


also try other monitor and other graka if avi
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Lakaiii 8 Aug 2008, 00:31
Well the thing is, the mobo doesn't give me beeps at all, I'm really sure I have connected the PC speaker thing correctly (I've tried all possible ways, even without the PC speaker thing) but no luck. How could I have placed the graphics card incorrectly? Give me some infos that I can possibly understand :P
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Gero 8 Aug 2008, 00:33
NVM what a just said, something else

it says
"Sapphire Radeon HD 3650 512MB DDR2, PCI-Express 2.0, 2xDVI-I/HDMI"

Seems like your motherboard doesn't support 2.0
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Lakaiii 8 Aug 2008, 00:37
Hmm, could you check to see by looking at the link? It doesn't say 2.0 does it? :S
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Gero 8 Aug 2008, 00:38
No it doesn't

I know that motherboards with 2.0 are compactible with 1.x cards, but i don't know the other way around (so card 2.0 and mobo 1.x)
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Lakaiii 8 Aug 2008, 00:40
Oh shit, seems like it :s
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Gero 8 Aug 2008, 00:42
Well it seems like it's the only logic explanation, since 2.0 cards require much more power from your mobo then 1.x does, and that's why your card isn't getting enough and can't work / boot
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Hexagon 8 Aug 2008, 00:30
Sånn utifra specs på mobo: "Power Connectors 4-pin ATX12V connector, 24-pin main power connector"

http://www.hardware.no/artikler/stromforsyningens_kabler_og_kontakter/39078/3
side 3+4
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Hexagon 8 Aug 2008, 00:38
Meeeeen ikke før han er sikker på at han har kobla power riktig din lille luring <3
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plekter 8 Aug 2008, 00:39
Sikkert lurt å prøve det først ja =D
Leste ikke skikkelig, trodde maskina funka før og plutselig hadde slutta å gå..
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Lakaiii 8 Aug 2008, 00:43
Dvs? :d
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Hexagon 8 Aug 2008, 00:45
Det vil si at det er lite sannsynlig at det er det som er problemet ;p Skal se om jeg finner en liste over kort som ikke er bakoverkompatible, men jeg tviler på at ditt er ett av de... Skal si ifra i så fall :)
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Lakaiii 8 Aug 2008, 00:48
Takker så masse for hjelpen :)
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Hexagon 8 Aug 2008, 00:53
Np er en smule brisen og kjeder meg anyways xD Uansett, bare sånn for ordens skyld; har du 2 forskjellige strømkontakter koblet i hovedkortet fra strømforsyningen?
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Lakaiii 8 Aug 2008, 01:14
Såvidt jeg vet har jeg bare en strømkabel til hovedkortet, eller en brei en, og en firkanta en ved siden av CPUen?
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Lakaiii 8 Aug 2008, 00:53
Men i og med at grafikkortet ikke gir respons, burde det bety at det ikke er kompatibelt?
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Hexagon 8 Aug 2008, 00:56
Skulle tro at viften gikk rundt uansett egentlig...
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NViz 8 Aug 2008, 00:45
that gfx is not supposed to be connected to the powersupply so no need to do that ;>

image: card_front

Did you put the gfx card in the first pci-express slot(the blue one) ?
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Gero 8 Aug 2008, 00:51
Btw you could go trying to the local PC store and ask if they can update your BIOS to the latest one, maybe this fixes some stuff
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Lakaiii 8 Aug 2008, 00:54
Yeah, I'm considering going to a store to do that and maybe try with some other components to see if some of mine aren't compatible.
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Gabt 8 Aug 2008, 00:56
Reset jumper 14 and try optimal defaults.
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Lakaiii 8 Aug 2008, 01:15
wat?
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Gabt 8 Aug 2008, 01:17
Why do people say that on the internet? if i say What? to someone, like the way u just did. I generaly want them to repeat what they said, but on the net, u can just re-read it. Cant ya? :P

Ive told u what to try, if u dont know how to do it, u now know what to search for on google, dont ya?
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Lakaiii 8 Aug 2008, 01:20
hah :D Well I could google it, but for starters I don't know the basic meaning of what you said :D So could you please explain to me? :(
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Gabt 8 Aug 2008, 01:25
image: cmos
Take the red thing off the right and mid pin, move to left and mid pin, hit power button until mobo inits, then back off. reset the red thing, optimal defaults loaded.
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Gabt 8 Aug 2008, 01:26
I got right and left mixed up btw, lol :D
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matz 9 Aug 2008, 03:13
why not just remove the complementary metal oxide semiconductor??
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S3ti 8 Aug 2008, 01:24
As allready mentioned above, is the 4-pin plug connected to the mobo?

Is the SLI-selector in the right position?

Try to boot with one RAM-Stick only or at different slots...
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Lakaiii 8 Aug 2008, 01:39
I've tried one RAM stick in different slots, doesn't help.
I'm not sure what the 4-pin plug is :P Could you show me a pic or explain to me?
And what's a SLI-selector? Thanks in advance
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S3ti 8 Aug 2008, 03:03
image: 329410rc6

If you don´t know what I mean this might be the prob :)

It´s the little plug near the cpu-socket, it has to be connected to the power supply so your cpu gets enough power.

The little slot-card between the PCIe slots is the SLI-selector, u can choose either u install 1 gfx-card or 2. I guess single card is standard setting but look in your manual to cover this.
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Lakaiii 8 Aug 2008, 03:09
yo, the SLI thing is where it is in your pic, do I have to do something special to it? :)

btw the 4-pin thing was connected :P
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S3ti 8 Aug 2008, 03:14
It has two sides, "single video card" and "dual video card" (it´s printed on it I guess) and you must plug in the right side.

So far no more tips, if that doesn´t work it maybe ram-problem, or a hardware defect. You will have to test it with different rams, gfx-cards, cpus and so on to find the faulty part :/
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solitude 8 Aug 2008, 08:17
take a picture of what youve done and how it looks and upload it here so its easier for people to help you.
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0V1E 8 Aug 2008, 02:16
ask jetro tbh :p
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shepherd 8 Aug 2008, 09:11
It sounds like problem with RAM to me, even though it seems that you've got the right kind of ram and your mobo supports it too. Should've bought Kingston instead :p

edit: Oh and it definitely could be problem with your gfx, your mobo doesn't support 2.0 pci-e.
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matz 9 Aug 2008, 03:10
PCIe is forward & backwards compatible :)
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