does not boot at all on any OS

[vjs129]

500watt PSU, full tower, GIGABYTE GeForce 6800GT, amd athlon 64 3200+, gigabyte ga-k8nsc-939 mobo, corsair xms 1gb or so ram x 2 sticks. I bought this on a whim to fool around with got it for 30 bucks.
It does POST I can go to BIOS ive tried installing windows xp, 7, 10 linix distros and android. On windows xp is the farthest ive gotten it actually installs to the HDD and when the splash screen with the bar on the bottom comes up it goes black and does not respond sometimes the video just goes out and on all the rest of the OS's it freezes almost immediately or the video goes out. I have no idea what this could be. thanks for reading

 

[g-unit1111]

What does it say your primary boot drive is? If your boot drive is not connected to SATA-0 then you will have to go into the BIOS and select the drive that the OS is installed on as the primary.

 

[vjs129]

What does it say your primary boot drive is? If your boot drive is not connected to SATA-0 then you will have to go into the BIOS and select the drive that the OS is installed on as the primary.

there is only one drive and it is on master 3 there are only 2 sata ports on the MOBO and i have triedd both pointing to them in bios. I mean it does POST then it hops onto the HDD boots up windows xp loading screen then just goes black.

 

[g-unit1111]

there is only one drive and it is on master 3 there are only 2 sata ports on the MOBO and i have triedd both pointing to them in bios. I mean it does POST then it hops onto the HDD boots up windows xp loading screen then just goes black.

Sounds like a reformat and reinstall of Windows is in order.

 

[vjs129]

there is only one drive and it is on master 3 there are only 2 sata ports on the MOBO and i have triedd both pointing to them in bios. I mean it does POST then it hops onto the HDD boots up windows xp loading screen then just goes black.

Sounds like a reformat and reinstall of Windows is in order.

I've done that about 20 times already. not only windows though. I've tried with linux like 10 times the same thing happens no matter what OS i try to put on I also tried it on 2 different HDD. I think it might be the MOBO but it doesn't make sense to me since it does POST every single time.

 

[g-unit1111]

I've done that about 20 times already. not only windows though. I've tried with linux like 10 times the same thing happens no matter what OS i try to put on I also tried it on 2 different HDD. I think it might be the MOBO but it doesn't make sense to me since it does POST every single time.

Is there another system you can try to see if that HD works or not? Because if so then it sounds like the hard drive is most likely the problem. I would at least try that before looking at replacing your motherboard.

 

[vjs129]

I've done that about 20 times already. not only windows though. I've tried with linux like 10 times the same thing happens no matter what OS i try to put on I also tried it on 2 different HDD. I think it might be the MOBO but it doesn't make sense to me since it does POST every single time.

Is there another system you can try to see if that HD works or not? Because if so then it sounds like the hard drive is most likely the problem. I would at least try that before looking at replacing your motherboard.

ok iam going in again. I will try another HDD I have because I don't have asystem I want to mess with to boot the thing. ill report shortly

 

[vjs129]

I've done that about 20 times already. not only windows though. I've tried with linux like 10 times the same thing happens no matter what OS i try to put on I also tried it on 2 different HDD. I think it might be the MOBO but it doesn't make sense to me since it does POST every single time.

Is there another system you can try to see if that HD works or not? Because if so then it sounds like the hard drive is most likely the problem. I would at least try that before looking at replacing your motherboard.

yeah its a no go just tried 2 seperate HDD I think I am done 2 days wasted on this I think its the MOBO but I think I am just going to make a video of me destroying everything but the case.

 

[vjs129]

I've done that about 20 times already. not only windows though. I've tried with linux like 10 times the same thing happens no matter what OS i try to put on I also tried it on 2 different HDD. I think it might be the MOBO but it doesn't make sense to me since it does POST every single time.

Is there another system you can try to see if that HD works or not? Because if so then it sounds like the hard drive is most likely the problem. I would at least try that before looking at replacing your motherboard.

ok so in my last attempt before trashing this thing I decided to do one more test I disconnected everyyyything including cpu put it back together and unplugged anything external including USB and it started to install windows! sadly I do not have a ps2k (however that antiquated keyboard plug is called) so I cannot install it completely because I have to type. I tried plugging in my usb keyboard when prompted but the video goes out or the who system freezes. So I think I have narrowed it out seems like the PSU is getting drained to quickly?? wow just got a call from a buddy he has keyboard ps2k! will update

 

[g-unit1111]

ok so in my last attempt before trashing this thing I decided to do one more test I disconnected everyyyything including cpu put it back together and unplugged anything external including USB and it started to install windows! sadly I do not have a ps2k (however that antiquated keyboard plug is called) so I cannot install it completely because I have to type. I tried plugging in my usb keyboard when prompted but the video goes out or the who system freezes. So I think I have narrowed it out seems like the PSU is getting drained to quickly?? wow just got a call from a buddy he has keyboard ps2k! will update

It could be a PSU problem, that is a very likely possibility. Especially when you're using a generic, no name 500W PSU and replacing it with a much better one could solve a lot of your problems. But "getting drained too quickly" is not a thing. What's likely happening is that you have a poor quality PSU that has probably worn out over time and would need to be replaced with a much higher quality unit. That could be why your drives aren't powering on.