Zemeth

New to forums, so any one who is willing to post and help me, you're the best

My Problem is that I just built my new computer, very nice parts, for me, a newbie. I'm pretty sure everything is good, all lights turn on all fans go, all jumpers on as per mobo manual said, BUT whenever I turn on my comp, the monitor stays blank, the green on light just flashes. I read up on that problem and it said that maybe if I cleared the CMOS. So I did that and it booted THen the CMOS set Wrong error came up and did F1 into set up tried to see what the problem was, after I set soem things i did Save and Exit my comp restarted and again the monitor problem! So after reseting the CMOS again I just pressed F2 to go with default settings, and it said thign to the effect of nothing being on hard drive boot from CD press any Key, so FINALLY I get into Windows XP setup. But it wouldnt let me put my OS onto my Raptor only onto my 500G Hard drive, so I restarted my comp So now no matter what I do I can only get into the BIOS after resetting CMOS and whenever I just skip and use default settings it gives me "Missing Operating System" error. If any one can read all this and help, I will cry with happiness lol.

dai

just have connected the hard drive you wish to install windows on
in the bios set it to boot from cd first save and exit the bios
pop in the xp cd and reboot
when it asks
press any key
if there is a problem post your system specs including the power supply details from the label on the side

Zemeth

I unplugged one of my hard drives and cleared CMOS, but now, the monitor doesn't show anything again! I went and bought a new CMOS battery thinking that might of been the problem, but even after I replaced the battery the monitor power is still blinking green and won't show me anything. Is oe of my parts scrambled? Maybe my RAM? Everything still turns on and lights up fine.

dai

do you get the single post beep
post your system specs including the details of the psu from the label on the side of it

Zemeth

*ASUS M2R32-MVP Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131095
*AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103771
*500 Watt ATX12v V2.2 Blue Storm II PSU http://www.directron.com/bluestormii500.html
*V-ATI RadeonX1950XTX 512 MDPCIE dual DVI w/VIV http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...RadeonX1950XTX
*Western Digital Raptor
These right specs? I'm not that experienced so bear with me if you can lol. I put the website with the complete specs of all the parts next to it.

Oh and i didnt hear any POST beep

dai

you are way underpowered you need a quality 650w preferably a 750w psu in there

Zemeth

You do not know how much I love you, Thank you so much! I'm pretty sure everything is good so i'm going to try it!
Thank you again!

dai

normally i would suggest borrowing before buying to check but it's not easy to borrow one with the high wattage

Zemeth

Well I got a pretty decent ( I hope) Opwer supplyA BFG Tech PSU 800 watt, JUST s oI know I'm not under powered lol. And if I ever get this comp working was going to add maybe another video card and what not. Anyways, changed my monitor, had another laying about. But alas, I'm getting the "Check signal" Message on my comp screen, so for some reason my comp still isnt working. Like I said, I've gotten it to work before, got it to go all the way to Windows Installation. But, when I opened my pretty little package from Microsoft, no activation key.... I have NEVER been so angry in my life. And now, it won't go back to going on the screen. I 've tried refreshing the CMOS to no success. Could the motherboard be fried? Or is it my graphics card? Or if i can some how get it back to Windows Installation screen and i finish installation, will it be ok? Thank you in advance any one who is willing to help me.

dai

set it up out of the case with
cpu
video
ram
speaker
start it by touching the 2 pins on the m/b the front case button connects to,with a small screwdriver for a fraction of a sec. and see if it posts