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Help! Troubleshoot System Build

I'm going to chalk it up that I must have shorted it incorrectly. Maybe by holding the paper clip while I did it, I prevented the circuit, and it couldn't get it to turn on. Thanks everyone for all your help. I must say, having a computer with no CRAPWARE on it is great. Very "clean"...
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- Post #21
- Apr 6, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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Help! Troubleshoot System Build

Well, Perhaps the way I shorted it was wrong-- I took a bent paper clip and touched both pins in the front-panel header, after of course the power-supply was turned on in the back of the power supply-- and that didn't work. It was the same method I used to check the power-supply itself...
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- Post #19
- Apr 2, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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Help! Troubleshoot System Build

PCGEEK11 I Don't know what to say ... If I turn the power supply on when everything is connected except the front panel power-button connector, nothing happens, nada, zilch, no case fan, no cpu fan, nothing. If I turn the power supply on with the front panel power button connector...
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- Post #17
- Apr 1, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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Help! Troubleshoot System Build

:sun: Problem solved!!!! Well, this is the kind of thing you'd think the mobo mfg would tell you, especially when you e-mail their technical support, and they tell you to do something that will not work. OK, As it turns out, all of the components were fine. (I was hoping it would be...
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- Post #15
- Apr 1, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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Help! Troubleshoot System Build

I was at my local Best Buy looking for a mobo and/or CPU to test in my system, and they sell neither. There are no convenient computer hardware stores local to me. I am now suspecting it's the CPU. I can't get a "new" CPU, since I cannot return it for a refund, only replace it, and even...
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- Post #13
- Mar 25, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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Help! Troubleshoot System Build

Thanks Ausm, (sigh) ... I have already tried the no memory boot-up, and it still had no beep code, so it's down to the m/b or the CPU. (I already bought 2 power supplies, and both work on the other peripherals.) I was afraid of this ... I have to buy two of everything to build one...
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- Post #12
- Mar 24, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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Help! Troubleshoot System Build

A few more questions-- (I have taken a few days break from this) .. 1.) If the problem with my build was only the memory, wouldn't it be likely that it it would at least turn on, but it would not post-- it would say something like "memory error"? Or would it just fail to turn on at all...
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- Post #10
- Mar 23, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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Help! Troubleshoot System Build

Actually, Not even the video and ram-- just the CPU and the HSF ... In fact, thinking it might be the CPU, I was planning on plugging in JUST the HSF and seeing if I can get that on, or do MB manufacturers somehow not allow a power-up if only the HSF is plugged in?
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- Post #9
- Mar 16, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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Help! Troubleshoot System Build

:disgust: Well, Now it's even worse. I cannot return most of this to Newegg. It's taken me so long to diagnose, I am now beyond the window to return just about all of it. Could it really be the m/b? Should I buy a third, or am I throwing good money after bad. How do I test these...
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- Post #7
- Mar 15, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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Help! Troubleshoot System Build

:disgust: I bought a brand new Antec 500W power supply, on the off-chance that the ridiculous claims that a Core 2 Duo 2.66GHz power supply (65W) and a Radeon 9850 fanless GPU need more than 400W, or that the other power supply was bad. Plugged in JUST the 24-pin power connector to M/B...
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- Post #6
- Mar 15, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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Help! Troubleshoot System Build

(sigh) Did not work. I disconnected everything, took the M/B out of the case, and placed it on my desk on top of the grey foam-like rectangular packaging it came in. I left the CPU and heat-sink fan attached, took everything else off-- no memory, no video card, no panel connectors, nothing...
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- Post #5
- Mar 10, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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Help! Troubleshoot System Build

Lemodular, First, thanks for some tips-- I really appreciate it, and I hope I can get this to work. I have been very careful to ground myself, but I admit, I am not wearing a grounding bracelet, but the case and M/B are on a wooden table with a laminate top, and it's on a wooden floor. I...
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- Post #3
- Mar 9, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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Help! Troubleshoot System Build

:confused: Help, I cannot seem to get my new system to work. I read Anandtech all the time, but this is my first system build. I am trying to build the AnandTech Intel Budget system. Here are the specs: Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P(rev. 1.1) Video Card: Gigabyte GV-R455D3-512MB...
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- Mar 7, 2009
- Replies: 20
- Forum: Computer Building

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