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December 13th 03, 12:31 PM
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Black screen at startup - and NOTHING happens
The Mc Coy:
Mobo: Asus A7N8X Deluxe Gold rev. 2.0 CPU: AMD Athlon 3200 barton 400 fsb Cooler: Thermaltake Volcano 12 mounted with heatsensor underneath the CPU Memory: 2 x Samsung 512 Mb DDR 400 PC3200 Model M368L6423DT M-CCC VGA: Asus V7700 Cabinet: Aopen H700A Super Tower PSU: Aopen standard 350 watt ATX HDD1: 1 Maxtor 6Y080P0 80 GB IDE ATA 133 Connected as master on primary IDE Channel HDD2: Segate Barracuda ST3160023AS160 GB SATA Connected on primary SATA Channel CDRW: Plextor Premium DVDRW: LG GSA 4040B DVD -/+R/RW/DVDRAM DVD: Toshiba SD1712 Cables: CoolerMaster ULTRA TUBE ATA 133/100/66/33 Monitor: Proview 772M Problem: After finishing assembly of the above mentioned Mc Coy dream machine and connecting the powercord for the first time - the disks started spinning, the drives blinked and powerleds went green - all coolers turned- everything al right, except that THE SCREEN STAYS BLACK AND NOTHING HAPPENS - all jumpersettings verified and jumpers changed just in case - cmos cleared and tried again - NOTHING - just stays black and i cant even reach setup of bios - HELP ME please.... 
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December 13th 03, 04:08 PM
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"Ann Petersen" wrote in message ... The Mc Coy: Mobo: Asus A7N8X Deluxe Gold rev. 2.0 CPU: AMD Athlon 3200 barton 400 fsb Cooler: Thermaltake Volcano 12 mounted with heatsensor underneath the CPU Memory: 2 x Samsung 512 Mb DDR 400 PC3200 Model M368L6423DT M-CCC VGA: Asus V7700 Cabinet: Aopen H700A Super Tower PSU: Aopen standard 350 watt ATX HDD1: 1 Maxtor 6Y080P0 80 GB IDE ATA 133 Connected as master on primary IDE Channel HDD2: Segate Barracuda ST3160023AS160 GB SATA Connected on primary SATA Channel CDRW: Plextor Premium DVDRW: LG GSA 4040B DVD -/+R/RW/DVDRAM DVD: Toshiba SD1712 Cables: CoolerMaster ULTRA TUBE ATA 133/100/66/33 Monitor: Proview 772M Problem: After finishing assembly of the above mentioned Mc Coy dream machine and connecting the powercord for the first time - the disks started spinning, the drives blinked and powerleds went green - all coolers turned- everything al right, except that THE SCREEN STAYS BLACK AND NOTHING HAPPENS - all jumpersettings verified and jumpers changed just in case - cmos cleared and tried again - NOTHING - just stays black and i cant even reach setup of bios - HELP ME please.... To start you off: 1. Try reseating the videocard. Any beeps or other communication from the system? 2. Disconnect/remove everything except the bare essentials. Video card, floppy, *1* stick of memory, and (perhaps) the primary HD. Then, see if you get video. I'm not familiar with your video card or PSU, but it sounds like you have quite a current draw on startup, and that PSU *may* not be up to the task.
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December 13th 03, 05:43 PM
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On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 13:31:26 +0100, Ann Petersen wrote:
The Mc Coy: Mobo: Asus A7N8X Deluxe Gold rev. 2.0 CPU: AMD Athlon 3200 barton 400 fsb Cooler: Thermaltake Volcano 12 mounted with heatsensor underneath the CPU Memory: 2 x Samsung 512 Mb DDR 400 PC3200 Model M368L6423DT M-CCC VGA: Asus V7700 Cabinet: Aopen H700A Super Tower PSU: Aopen standard 350 watt ATX HDD1: 1 Maxtor 6Y080P0 80 GB IDE ATA 133 Connected as master on primary IDE Channel HDD2: Segate Barracuda ST3160023AS160 GB SATA Connected on primary SATA Channel CDRW: Plextor Premium DVDRW: LG GSA 4040B DVD -/+R/RW/DVDRAM DVD: Toshiba SD1712 Cables: CoolerMaster ULTRA TUBE ATA 133/100/66/33 Monitor: Proview 772M Problem: After finishing assembly of the above mentioned Mc Coy dream machine and connecting the powercord for the first time - the disks started spinning, the drives blinked and powerleds went green - all coolers turned- everything al right, except that THE SCREEN STAYS BLACK AND NOTHING HAPPENS - all jumpersettings verified and jumpers changed just in case - cmos cleared and tried again - NOTHING - just stays black and i cant even reach setup of bios - HELP ME please.... I see two things that may be a problem. First is the PSU. Even if it boots with it, it may not be large enough to run your system stable. For what you have, I'd get 450w minimum. Second is the ram. PC3200 is the minimum required. If it's just a little weak, more problems. I'd get at least PC3700 (or faster) incase you want to raise fsb. Neither of these may be the reason it doesn't boot, but deserve considerations. As someone else suggested, strip the system to bare minimum and go from there. -- Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB) http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.html
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December 14th 03, 11:37 AM
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"Ann Petersen" wrote in message
... The Mc Coy: Info removed Peter is correct, you must start with a basic setup. One stick of RAM, then try the other. Video Card and RAM. Get a boot screen first. Additionally, I agree with the power draw. I run a dual MP1800 system, and it uses a lot! disconnect all your other peripherals, CDROMs, DVD etc. They are not necessary initially. Tech Rule No 1. Back to Basics!
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December 14th 03, 01:01 PM
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"Ann Petersen" wrote in message ... The Mc Coy: Problem: After finishing assembly of the above mentioned Mc Coy dream machine and connecting the powercord for the first time - the disks started spinning, the drives blinked and powerleds went green - all coolers turned- everything al right, except that THE SCREEN STAYS BLACK AND NOTHING HAPPENS - all jumpersettings verified and jumpers changed just in case - cmos cleared and tried again - NOTHING - just stays black and i cant even reach setup of bios - HELP ME please.... Look first thing is first Did you plug in speakers so you could hear the error msg if there is one?
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December 14th 03, 10:43 PM
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Ann Petersen wrote:
The Mc Coy: Mobo: Asus A7N8X Deluxe Gold rev. 2.0 CPU: AMD Athlon 3200 barton 400 fsb Cooler: Thermaltake Volcano 12 mounted with heatsensor underneath the CPU Memory: 2 x Samsung 512 Mb DDR 400 PC3200 Model M368L6423DT M-CCC VGA: Asus V7700 Cabinet: Aopen H700A Super Tower PSU: Aopen standard 350 watt ATX HDD1: 1 Maxtor 6Y080P0 80 GB IDE ATA 133 Connected as master on primary IDE Channel HDD2: Segate Barracuda ST3160023AS160 GB SATA Connected on primary SATA Channel CDRW: Plextor Premium DVDRW: LG GSA 4040B DVD -/+R/RW/DVDRAM DVD: Toshiba SD1712 Cables: CoolerMaster ULTRA TUBE ATA 133/100/66/33 Monitor: Proview 772M Problem: After finishing assembly of the above mentioned Mc Coy dream machine and connecting the powercord for the first time - the disks started spinning, the drives blinked and powerleds went green - all coolers turned- everything al right, except that THE SCREEN STAYS BLACK AND NOTHING HAPPENS - all jumpersettings verified and jumpers changed just in case - cmos cleared and tried again - NOTHING - just stays black and i cant even reach setup of bios - HELP ME please.... This is o/t but why would you have an Geforce 2 with a system like that? ....just considering you paid top dollar for the processor...
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#7
December 15th 03, 05:12 PM
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Like the others say, it is probably the PSU.
One thing to try is once you are at the Blank Screen and nothing is going on, push the 'reset' button and see if it will now boot up with the proper screen. Sometimes this will let a marginally low power or weak PSU get the system running because all the drives keep spinning during a 'reset' and don't draw the power they normally do when starting from a standstill. This may sound dumb, but are you sure the voltage selector switch on the back of the PSU is in the correct position? (115v-230v) "Ann Petersen" wrote in message ... The Mc Coy: Mobo: Asus A7N8X Deluxe Gold rev. 2.0 CPU: AMD Athlon 3200 barton 400 fsb Cooler: Thermaltake Volcano 12 mounted with heatsensor underneath the CPU Memory: 2 x Samsung 512 Mb DDR 400 PC3200 Model M368L6423DT M-CCC VGA: Asus V7700 Cabinet: Aopen H700A Super Tower PSU: Aopen standard 350 watt ATX HDD1: 1 Maxtor 6Y080P0 80 GB IDE ATA 133 Connected as master on primary IDE Channel HDD2: Segate Barracuda ST3160023AS160 GB SATA Connected on primary SATA Channel CDRW: Plextor Premium DVDRW: LG GSA 4040B DVD -/+R/RW/DVDRAM DVD: Toshiba SD1712 Cables: CoolerMaster ULTRA TUBE ATA 133/100/66/33 Monitor: Proview 772M Problem: After finishing assembly of the above mentioned Mc Coy dream machine and connecting the powercord for the first time - the disks started spinning, the drives blinked and powerleds went green - all coolers turned- everything al right, except that THE SCREEN STAYS BLACK AND NOTHING HAPPENS - all jumpersettings verified and jumpers changed just in case - cmos cleared and tried again - NOTHING - just stays black and i cant even reach setup of bios - HELP ME please....
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