Hey all, here is a little backround first. I decided that I would help a friend get a new pc. He wanted something for gaming and I helped him get the list below.
Antec Sonata III 500 Black 0.8mm cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply - Retail
SAMSUNG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model SH-S223Q/BEBN - OEM
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
EVGA 512-P3-N845-AR GeForce 8800GTS (G92) KO 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-6400C5 - Retail
ASUS P5Q LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8400 - Retail
Now I have everything together and trying to get it to post for the first time, I plug everything together and fire it up. I get one long continous beep. Did a little digging and find that I forgot to put power to the EVGA card (oops!).
After plugging in the card, I repower it up. I get nothing, no beeps, no post no video what so ever.
At this point I'm a little stumped but no big deal I think, I remove the hd, dvd, and just try to boot up the ram, cpu and vid. I get nothing again, no post no beeps.
At this point I double check my cpu and make sure that is all fine. Its all seated and has no issues that I can tell.
I remove one stick of ram and nothing changes.
I remove ALL the ram and still nothing changes.
At this point I am thinking I probably got bad ram, but before I return it to newegg to get some new sticks I wanted to get a second opinion. Any idea's?
Thanks!
Antec Sonata III 500 Black 0.8mm cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply - Retail
SAMSUNG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model SH-S223Q/BEBN - OEM
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
EVGA 512-P3-N845-AR GeForce 8800GTS (G92) KO 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-6400C5 - Retail
ASUS P5Q LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8400 - Retail
Now I have everything together and trying to get it to post for the first time, I plug everything together and fire it up. I get one long continous beep. Did a little digging and find that I forgot to put power to the EVGA card (oops!).
After plugging in the card, I repower it up. I get nothing, no beeps, no post no video what so ever.
At this point I'm a little stumped but no big deal I think, I remove the hd, dvd, and just try to boot up the ram, cpu and vid. I get nothing again, no post no beeps.
At this point I double check my cpu and make sure that is all fine. Its all seated and has no issues that I can tell.
I remove one stick of ram and nothing changes.
I remove ALL the ram and still nothing changes.
At this point I am thinking I probably got bad ram, but before I return it to newegg to get some new sticks I wanted to get a second opinion. Any idea's?
Thanks!