I've recently bought parts to build a new PC. I followed all the manuals and put everything together properly, connected a hard drive I used in my previous build and let it boot for the first time. Nothing was the matter, until I tried to enter the BIOS for the first time to install a new OS and remove the old one, since I don't like Ubuntu any more and wanted to install Linux Mint.
This is my new build:
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P
Processor: AMD FX 4300
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 2x 4GB 1600 Mhz
HDD: Western Digital 1TB Green
Power Supply: Cooler Master B500 Ver.2
GPU: nVidia GTX 470
Here is a list of the things i've tried with results:
When the PC booted with only the mouse, keyboard and a boot USB in the ports, it sounded a 5 second beep and two 1 second beeps after that. After that nothing happened.
I pulled out the USB flash and reset with the reset button. This time it only showed the BIOS splash logo, and nothing happened after that.
I've also found out at this point that all USB 2.0 ports aren't working at all during startup.
After I removed all the USB devices and restarted, it booted properly again and the USB 2.0 ports are working. Sometimes. When they feel like it. The ethernet card isn't working properly though. The light is flashing but it keeps saying I'm disconnected, without me even trying to connect, but this could be due to the system running on Linux (which is why I would need to reinstall anyway)
I can enter the BIOS if I quickly connect my keyboard after the POST beep and press F12, but when I do it slows down immensely. I have to hold a button 3 seconds before it does something, and after a few moments it just stops doing anything.
I can't use a mouse either, since it stops working after moving 4 centimetres.
I've reset the CMOS, but it didn't help.
I've tried a different graphics card to see if the power supply wasn't over demanded (which would be weird, since it's a 500W power supply in a pretty light system). That wasn't a problem. Also we could deduce that the graphics card isn't the problem.
I've even tried using the CD delivered with the motherboard to update the BIOS drivers, but unfortunately it is Windows based so it doesn't work.
I am at a complete loss. Is it my motherboard, something else, or did I screw up something?
Thank you in advance!
This is my new build:
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P
Processor: AMD FX 4300
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 2x 4GB 1600 Mhz
HDD: Western Digital 1TB Green
Power Supply: Cooler Master B500 Ver.2
GPU: nVidia GTX 470
Here is a list of the things i've tried with results:
When the PC booted with only the mouse, keyboard and a boot USB in the ports, it sounded a 5 second beep and two 1 second beeps after that. After that nothing happened.
I pulled out the USB flash and reset with the reset button. This time it only showed the BIOS splash logo, and nothing happened after that.
I've also found out at this point that all USB 2.0 ports aren't working at all during startup.
After I removed all the USB devices and restarted, it booted properly again and the USB 2.0 ports are working. Sometimes. When they feel like it. The ethernet card isn't working properly though. The light is flashing but it keeps saying I'm disconnected, without me even trying to connect, but this could be due to the system running on Linux (which is why I would need to reinstall anyway)
I can enter the BIOS if I quickly connect my keyboard after the POST beep and press F12, but when I do it slows down immensely. I have to hold a button 3 seconds before it does something, and after a few moments it just stops doing anything.
I can't use a mouse either, since it stops working after moving 4 centimetres.
I've reset the CMOS, but it didn't help.
I've tried a different graphics card to see if the power supply wasn't over demanded (which would be weird, since it's a 500W power supply in a pretty light system). That wasn't a problem. Also we could deduce that the graphics card isn't the problem.
I've even tried using the CD delivered with the motherboard to update the BIOS drivers, but unfortunately it is Windows based so it doesn't work.
I am at a complete loss. Is it my motherboard, something else, or did I screw up something?
Thank you in advance!
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