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moonphrogg · 06-17-2005, 09:50 PM

So, I just got a new motherboard (Asus K8N-E Deluxe) in the mail today, and I installed into my wife's computer along with a new processor (Athlon 64 3200+) and a new heatsink and cooling fan. The case, hard drives, cd and dvd roms, video card (ATI all-in-wonder) and wireless network card have been taken from other computers.

So, I get everything put together and turn the computer on. Noticing that power was running through and everything seemed to be functioning properly, (all fans running, computer boots and posts), I quickly flip the computer off and connect the monitor, mouse, speakers and keyboard. I turn the computer back on, it boots, it posts, and then it asks me if I want to run the computer in safe or diagnostic modes (since I didn't let windows boot last time). I tell it that I just want it to boot windows normally. Everything seems to be going well until 10 seconds later, the computer shuts down completely and I can't even start it again.

All that happens when I hit the power button is each fan budges and then nothing.

Here's what I've tried:

Reseating EVERYTHING (multiple times)
I've taken the heatsink off the processor to check for contact, cleaned and reapplied thermal paste and mounted the heatsink again
I've tried booting the computer with nothing attatched except for the processor (also tried booting with processor and ram; processor, video card and ram; and everything)
I've also tried booting the computer minimally (processor, ram, video card) with the motherboard outside of the case, resting on a wooden table.

All of these have delivered the same results. Fan budges, then nothing (but the LED on the motherboard stays green whenever the power supply is switched on)

It's not the 4 pin 12 volt connector either. I have that connected to the motherboard.

The thing that gets me is that it worked until I tried to load windows. . .any ideas?

Additionally, I feel fairly competent in working with hardware. This is not the first computer I've built (although, it's the first with an AMD processor).

Thanks for any help!

06-17-2005, 09:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
moonphrogg Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 4 OS: windows xp	K8N-E won't post, display, hardly budges the fans. So, I just got a new motherboard (Asus K8N-E Deluxe) in the mail today, and I installed into my wife's computer along with a new processor (Athlon 64 3200+) and a new heatsink and cooling fan. The case, hard drives, cd and dvd roms, video card (ATI all-in-wonder) and wireless network card have been taken from other computers. So, I get everything put together and turn the computer on. Noticing that power was running through and everything seemed to be functioning properly, (all fans running, computer boots and posts), I quickly flip the computer off and connect the monitor, mouse, speakers and keyboard. I turn the computer back on, it boots, it posts, and then it asks me if I want to run the computer in safe or diagnostic modes (since I didn't let windows boot last time). I tell it that I just want it to boot windows normally. Everything seems to be going well until 10 seconds later, the computer shuts down completely and I can't even start it again. All that happens when I hit the power button is each fan budges and then nothing. Here's what I've tried: Reseating EVERYTHING (multiple times) I've taken the heatsink off the processor to check for contact, cleaned and reapplied thermal paste and mounted the heatsink again I've tried booting the computer with nothing attatched except for the processor (also tried booting with processor and ram; processor, video card and ram; and everything) I've also tried booting the computer minimally (processor, ram, video card) with the motherboard outside of the case, resting on a wooden table. All of these have delivered the same results. Fan budges, then nothing (but the LED on the motherboard stays green whenever the power supply is switched on) It's not the 4 pin 12 volt connector either. I have that connected to the motherboard. The thing that gets me is that it worked until I tried to load windows. . .any ideas? Additionally, I feel fairly competent in working with hardware. This is not the first computer I've built (although, it's the first with an AMD processor). Thanks for any help!