New build Cant Post.

[gravesrobert]

Building a new rig for the first time. no beeps, will not post.

-MSI 990FXA-GD65V2 Desktop Motherboard - AMD 990FX Chipset - Socket AM3+

-RAIDMAX Horus ATX-322WB Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

-XFX Double D R9-270X-CDFC Radeon R9 270X 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card

-AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 8-Core 4.0GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Desktop Processor FD8350FRHKBOX

-Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s

-HyperX Fury Black Series 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866

-RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-630SS 630W ATX12V V2.2/ EPS12V SLI

I have triple checked all my connections and went through the check list posted. i still can't find the issue. i dont have the space to bread board living in a barracks. any ideas?

 

[logainofhades]

I would say it is most likely that junk power supply you purchased.

 

[herrwizo]

Yup. Absolute, utter junk. Use this list and purchase something from tier one or two.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html

P.S. I would ditch that case as well and get something worthy of otherwise nice components. Coolermaster, antec, fractal, corsair and many others make very nice cases with good airflow. You need that.

 

[ingtar33]

well... i see 3 parts that might be DOA, just because they're notorious parts for being DOA (power supply at the top of the list).

Lets start off testing your psu. Unplug it from everything. take a paperclick, bend it in half and jumpstart the psu. (there should be a green wire, leading to one of the pins on the big 24 pin plug. touch that pin with the paperclip and touch one of the pins running off one of the black ground wires with the other end)

If the psu doesn't start it's dead.

if the psu starts up... plug the motherboard, cpu and gpu back in. do not plug in anything else. Now try to start it. if it does not start...

Now unplug the power and reset switches from the motherboard. bridge the pins on the power switch with a flathead screwdriver. see if the system starts. if it starts you have a dead switch. make sure it's not the reset switch causing the issue by plugging it back in any trying to bridge the power again with the screwdriver. assuming it starts it's a dead power switch. if it doesn't it's a dead reset switch.

Moving on... if you still haven't been able to power on the system, and the power supply turned on... take out all the ram... then put one stick in. try it in each slot on the motherboard. then swap to the other stick. keep trying to power the system on. if the system never powers on, then it's not the ram... if it does, then either you have a bad stick of ram or you were using a bad slot on the motherboard... OR the wrong slot on the motherboard.

let me know how it goes after trying all of this first.

 

[gravesrobert]

the system powers on and everything spins up. the psu is good to go as well. i am just not getting any beeps or displays

 

[logainofhades]

Get rid of that PSU, no matter what the problem is. It is junk. Unless you want to watch your hard earned money go up in smoke, quite literally.

 

[gravesrobert]

i understand your concern however i would like to figure out what is wrong with the set up before i thorw more money at this with no resolution. i unfortuantly have a really limited budget.

 

[herrwizo]

What the man tried to tell you is that your budget may just end up being even more limited if you keep trying with this psu.

 

[gravesrobert]

well i aint gonna argue with yall so went out and got a new 500 w power supply from best buy. cooler master extreme power plus. it still is having the same issue.

 

[ingtar33]

the system powers on and everything spins up. the psu is good to go as well. i am just not getting any beeps or displays

well that's something...

we can probably toss the psu aside as an issue ATM... it still might be, but it just dropped a few spots on my list of likely culprits.

The gpu however just jumped to the top of the list.

Take out the gpu. if you have another gpu laying around try it to see if your system will display graphics. if it doesn't, then atleast we can discount the gpu. if you get graphics with the 2nd gpu, or you don't have a 2nd gpu to try these things... in whatever order you want.

1) clr_cmos: in my humble experience this will probably fix the problem. take the battery out of the motherboard, pull the plug on the back of the psu, and set the clr_cmos switch. leave it for a few minutes. then pop the battery back in, reset the clr_cmos jumper, and plug the psu back in.

2) try another video cord... either the same type or another. if you're using a vga-dvi adaptor, MAKE SURE you are using a DVI-D adapter (i had this happen to me once. same issue, no picture, turned out it was the wrong vga-dvi adaptor)

3) make sure the monitor works. try it on another computer

4) try reseating the GPU

5) if you are using a 6 or 8 pin molex "adaptor" to power your gpu, try another adaptor~

6) try plugging the gpu into a difference PCI-E slot.

7) make sure your gpu works, by trying it in someone else's machine.


Your issue could also be caused by a grounding problem. Make sure you have motherboard spacers behind your motherboard. and make sure they're in the right spot. this type of problem closely mimics a grounding issue, so we gotta chase down all these probabilities.

 

[herrwizo]

Try assembling the machine outside of the computer case.

 

[ingtar33]

Try assembling the machine outside of the computer case.

yeah. he said he didn't have the room to breadboard it. otherwise it would be number 1 of my list of things to suggest he try to do.

 

[herrwizo]

Suspend it in the air?