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problems with my AMD 64 3200+ & Asus K8V Deluxe motherboard
Ok, so I got this combo on Friday and attempted to set it up. I first
tested it by putting the video card and RAM in the mobo and connecting the monitor, power supply and power switch. I put the mobo on a piece of cardboard outside the case and powered it up. Everything seemed to be fine. Then I installed it in my case and hooked up everything and now I'm running into a couple of problems. The first is, the computer now turns on as soon as I plug the power cord into the power supply. At first I thought I had the power switch connector in backwards or something so I switched it around and tried it the other way, but the same thing happened. Then I just completely unplugged all the front panel connectors but the computer still turns on as soon as I plug the power cord in. Any ideas on why this might be happening? Also, once it attempts to post, it detects my IDE devices fine, then it seems it tries to find whether I have RAID (I don't), then I get to a screen where it says "Error loading OS". I set up my bios so that it boots from my CD-RW first and put my Windows XP disc in (one I've used with success many times before) but the same thing happens. Any ideas there? Any help would be much appreciated. Trying to get this thing up and running before Doom III comes out. Thanks! |
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"Nikko" wrote in message nk.net... Ok, so I got this combo on Friday and attempted to set it up. I first tested it by putting the video card and RAM in the mobo and connecting the monitor, power supply and power switch. I put the mobo on a piece of cardboard outside the case and powered it up. Everything seemed to be fine. Then I installed it in my case and hooked up everything and now I'm running into a couple of problems. The first is, the computer now turns on as soon as I plug the power cord into the power supply. At first I thought I had the power switch connector in backwards or something so I switched it around and tried it the other way, but the same thing happened. Then I just completely unplugged all the front panel connectors but the computer still turns on as soon as I plug the power cord in. Any ideas on why this might be happening? Also, once it attempts to post, it detects my IDE devices fine, then it seems it tries to find whether I have RAID (I don't), then I get to a screen where it says "Error loading OS". I set up my bios so that it boots from my CD-RW first and put my Windows XP disc in (one I've used with success many times before) but the same thing happens. Any ideas there? Any help would be much appreciated. Trying to get this thing up and running before Doom III comes out. Thanks! That is odd, have you checked to make sure the motherboard isn't touching any place it shouldn't? Tried taking it out and booting it out of the box, does it still happen? If not hten I would guess that something in the case is shorting the mobo for you. |
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"Chris Stolworthy" wrote in message That is odd, have you checked to make sure the motherboard isn't touching any place it shouldn't? Tried taking it out and booting it out of the box, does it still happen? If not hten I would guess that something in the case is shorting the mobo for you. Hey. What in the case could be causing that to happen? I used this metal stand-offs/risers to keep the mobo from touching the case, but I'm not sure if all of them were exactly the same size. Is it possible that's the problem? |
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"Nikko" wrote in message nk.net... "Chris Stolworthy" wrote in message That is odd, have you checked to make sure the motherboard isn't touching any place it shouldn't? Tried taking it out and booting it out of the box, does it still happen? If not hten I would guess that something in the case is shorting the mobo for you. Hey. What in the case could be causing that to happen? I used this metal stand-offs/risers to keep the mobo from touching the case, but I'm not sure if all of them were exactly the same size. Is it possible that's the problem? I have seen all kind of wierd things with computers...if the head of the screw is bigger than the metal "lip around the hole in the Mobo I have seen those short them, also if the Mobo is "twisted" or has a significant amount of pressure on the mounting screws, or more likely check to see that you don't have a mounting stud someplace under the Mobo. HTH -Chris |
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On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 18:51:23 GMT, "Nikko"
wrote: "Chris Stolworthy" wrote in message That is odd, have you checked to make sure the motherboard isn't touching any place it shouldn't? Tried taking it out and booting it out of the box, does it still happen? If not hten I would guess that something in the case is shorting the mobo for you. Hey. What in the case could be causing that to happen? I used this metal stand-offs/risers to keep the mobo from touching the case, but I'm not sure if all of them were exactly the same size. Is it possible that's the problem? If they are significantly different size it could flex the board making bad contacts or even crack some solder joints if the height difference were severe enough. You might just have an extra, unused standoff shorting back of board? Often a standoff is incorrectly used in position (roughly) to the left of 2nd PCI slot from top.. that position is used by mATX boards but not many (most?) full ATX. Easiest way to check that is to count number of standoffs showing on front of board and take right-side panel off and see how many standoffs are installed, protruding though motherboard tray. Another possibility is if you have a wake-on-lan or modem device plugged in... try disabling these settings in bios and/or removing the PCI cards and AMR/CNR/etc risers if any are installed... in other words, strip system down and disable onboard features trying to isolate cause. |
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Ok, so I got this combo on Friday and attempted to set it up. I first
tested it by putting the video card and RAM in the mobo and connecting the monitor, power supply and power switch. I put the mobo on a piece of cardboard outside the case and powered it up. Everything seemed to be fine. Then I installed it in my case and hooked up everything and now I'm running into a couple of problems. The first is, the computer now turns on as soon as I plug the power cord into the power supply. It's always possible the bios has an option to power on once power is restored (though unusual for this to default to on). I know my MSI board has this option, so if the power goes out or somethin, it will come back on automatically. Regards, Chris |
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