New Intel Build

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Ummm my 7950 is sitting on one of my sata cables...lol

 

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Omg I quit. I have error 99 after removing satas plus the memory and cpu one...

 

[Torn Mind]

Ummm my 7950 is sitting on one of my sata cables...lol

The two RAM clips on the end of the RAM sticks should have "locked" inwards into the notches on the RAM if the RAM has been pushed in fully into place. Just be sure you did not install them in backwards before shoving them in to see if they are fully inserted.

You can disconnect the SATA cable at the hard drive end.

For troubleshooting, I think the graphics card can be uninstalled as well and put back in its anti-static bag. The first thing is to make sure that the mobo can do the POST(Power on Self Test) and display an image on your screen via the IGP. That will be confirmation that the memory issue is fixed and that everything else should be working fine as well.

 

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I quit. I'll just take it to uncle in 2 weeks. That was all rocket science what you just said...

My graphics card has no bag it's a year old.

I get 99 when hdd,ssd, and dvd drive are unplugged. I get A2 with them plugged in.

This is me quitting.

 

[richaron]

After you've gone and kicked something... If you want to troubleshoot, I'd suggest starting from the most basic working config i.e. unplug everything from the motherboard; except CPU and RAM and power plugs (the big one & a 4 or 8 pin) and the power switch. You'll want a monitor also.

Aim of the game is to get anything on your monitor. Then you start plugging stuff in again slowly (whilst powered off ofc).

 

[Puffnstuff]

Getting errors D7,15,40f, and A2.

Yes took me an hour to put them in now powers on with error.

If you powered up the board with components in a grounded situation you probably damaged the mb.

 

[Carson Dyle]

WE HAVE POWER! but I don't think my cpu fan is kicking on, I've had it on for about 10 minutes and it's not spinning.

What do you mean you don't _think_ the CPU fan is kicking on? It's either spinning or it isn't and it should be very easy to tell the difference. If the fan cable is plugged into the motherboard and the motherboard is powered up, there is little reason for the CPU fan not to be running.

 

[Blain]

Bring it by the house and I'll take a look at it for you.

 

[Blain]

I am too the point now where I would just like to give up because I am at a complete loss. Would plugging my ram in wrong make my board not work?

You have your parts, you have another "I have failed" thread on the problem...

Allow this thread to die.

Note: this post was merged in from the old thread.

mfenn
General Hardware Moderator

 

[Puppies04]

Should I restart and put all the stand offs in? I didn't do this with my 1st build...

Care to answer my question from post #9

 

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If you powered up the board with components in a grounded situation you probably damaged the mb.

Then yes I probably messed the board up. I had no clue those were standoffs until I read my manual after many failed attempts. My 1st build did not have them and it worked fine, I don't get that.

No cursing in the technical forums.

mfenn
General

 

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Aim of the game is to get anything on your monitor. Then you start plugging stuff in again slowly (whilst powered off ofc).

How do I get something on my screen without a graphics card?

 

[circusslaughter]

Erm, do you have any stand offs fitted? You know they are not optional right?

I put the standoffs in last night before bed and hit the clear button and it powered on.

 

[Carson Dyle]

Is it really possible to mount a motherboard without standoffs? I don't see how it would line up with the I/O shield without them.

 

[wabbitslayer]

OP, if you are doing any of this with the mobo in the case, you're doing it wrong.
Pull the mobo out, put it on the cardboard box it came in, connect the psu, cpu fan, and go from there with your mobo error code list handy, adding things one at a time. (You start it by taking a flathead screwdriver and briefly shorting the power pins (where the case power switch plugs in)).

 

[circusslaughter]

What do you mean you don't _think_ the CPU fan is kicking on? It's either spinning or it isn't

There is nothing from my cpu fan and it's correctly plugged. As stated earlier everything is erroring out currently.

 

[circusslaughter]

OP, if you are doing any of this with the mobo in the case, you're doing it wrong.
Pull the mobo out, put it on the cardboard box it came in, connect the psu, cpu fan, and go from there with your mobo error code list handy, adding things one at a time. (You start it by taking a flathead screwdriver and briefly shorting the power pins (where the case power switch plugs in)).

I AM NOT DISMANTLING THIS BUILD FOR THE 4th TIME.

If I do that it's getting RMAd as a bad board.

 

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Is it really possible to mount a motherboard without standoffs? I don't see how it would line up with the I/O shield without them.

Apparently. My other build has worked great for a year.

 

[circusslaughter]

Seriously about to just RMA this board but will I have to buy thermal paste to put my CPU on a new board?

 

[circusslaughter]

Newegg says this a VGA not a motherboard

RMA takes two weeks so I am seeing if I have money for a new board because I am not waiting 2 weeks on a RMA.

If the new board fixes it, what can I do with the extra board?

LIKE LITERALLY EVERYTHING IS ERRORING NOW! I think I broke my board not using the stand offs...

 

[Carson Dyle]

Wow. You're flying all over the place. Do you have ADD or something?

#1: List _all_ of the components that you have on hand for this build. Manufacturers, model numbers and quantity. Include everything old and everything that you just purchased, including the case.

#2: Which components do you have installed in the system when you see these errors?

 

[circusslaughter]

Ok I have a Kingston SSD,Asus Optical drive, Seagate 2tb hdd, the asrock board, muskin silverline ram 8gb(2 sticks), and i5 4670 All new.

The xfx 7950 is a year old.

I get CPU error, ram error, and sata error with everything plugged in.

Unplug the sata, and I get graphics card error, cpu error, and ram error.

My cpu fan doesn't work.

Irrelevant but yes I have ADHD and stressing over this bitch doesn't help.

The graphics card has zero error or heating issues in the AMD build.

 

[Carson Dyle]

Which case is this all mounted in?

Have you plugged in both power connectors to the motherboard? There is a 24-pin connector and an 8-pin connector.

Make sure the CPU fan is plugged in correctly to the CPU fan header on the motherboard. Only one of the fan headers is designated for the CPU.

As someone already instructed, you need to strip this down to the bare minimum of components and see if it will POST.

Your CPU has integrated graphics (there should be video connectors on the back of the motherboard), so pull the video card out of the system and connect your monitor to the motherboard's video output. Disconnect _all_ of the drives - SSD, hard drive, and optical drive. You should be left with only:

case
power supply
motherboard
cpu and heatsink/fan
memory
keyboard
mouse
monitor

If you still get a memory error, pull one of the memory sticks and try yet again.

 

[circusslaughter]

Raidmax vampire. This board is squirly. It's bigger then a ATX, I put standoff in the designated atx slots and that wasn't enough so took everything out again last night. All standoffs are in place.

CPU fan is correct.

 

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I have errors still but I got something saying run setup on my screen.

Error 99, 4f, 78