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New computer won't POST




By Chynnae on Mar 31, 2008

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I recently bought the following components to build a new computer:

Case: Antec P182
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L
PSU: Corsair 520HX
CPU: Intel E6850
GPU: EVGA 8800GTS 512MB (G92)
Hard Drive: WD Raptor X 150GB
Ram: Corsair 4GB PC2-6400 C4
OS: Windows Vista Premium OEM 66I-00715

Iassembled everything and upon power up, I encountered an earblasting continuous beep. After inspecting the card ,I realized I hadn't connectedpower to the video card (doh!)

With power to the video card, the screeching beep wentaway and all the fans run (the 3 internal case fans, the CPU fan andthe graphics card fan), the DVD drive works and I can hear the harddrive spinning, BUT... no startup "beep" and no post/bios. I triedreseating the RAM in different combinations as well as reseating the video card but still nothing.

I hired a specialist to diagnose my computer but he's had it for a week and I suspect he doesn't know how to fix it. He originally said the motherboard was shorted and after replacing it, he now says that the short has caused irreparable damage to other components (which doesn't sound right).

I want a second opinion so I was hoping to get a recommendation from y'all on a reputable computer repair store around Palo Alto/Peninsula Bay Area.

Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated! Thank you in advance.

Same Problem

Dec 24, 2008

-   same problem here, different specs:

msi p6n
core2duo 2.6
1gb kingston khx8500d2/1g
psu: raidmax rx-630a
gpu: 9800gt gigabyte

led will go through some codes among which c1.. .c2.. c3 and then stop at 18.. or 1B.. which mean CPUinit or RAMinit..

tried everything from switching ram slots, ram dimms (3 different in total, all kingston though), switching psus.. bread borded it..

need help guys! i am in despair.. the internet fails me as of yet!!
-   lapizz

Solution #1

posted on Mar 31, 2008
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Coldcut

Rank: Wiz 
Rating: 84%, 726 votes
have you tried different memory as no matter what the board says they don't like some memory .
also take the board out of the case and connect pwr supply.
cpu and fan ,video card , and 1 memory stick

no cables ,keyboard ,mouse or drives connected.
this is called bread boarding.
reset the bios jumper, then put jumper back.
and power up.


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