cif Posted February 2, 2006 CID Share Posted February 2, 2006 my friend recently bought my old motherboard off me, and a brand new gfx card, cpu, ram and some ofther stuff. today i went round to set it all up, i got eveything in all fits etc, as far as i am concerned everything thing is in right. we went to boot up and everything switched on but the monitor was still on its orange light, and wouldnt turn on, and when i turned the monitor off and back on it just said no signal. the spects are ASUS K8V-SE Deluxe Motherboard AMD Athlon 64 3000 Newcastle 130nm (Socket 754) OcUK GeForce 6600 GT 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (AGP) standard cheap 512RAM old PSU (think its 300W) when i gave him the motherboard last october it worked, im not sure if that is the problem or not. all help is appriciated thanks andy Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10979-friend-has-a-big-pc-problem/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltageman Posted February 2, 2006 CID Share Posted February 2, 2006 That power supply may not have enough juice(I think that vid card requires 350watt), or the memory stick could be bad... Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10979-friend-has-a-big-pc-problem/#findComment-114583 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cif Posted February 2, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 2, 2006 memory stick is brand new, could be the psu though, erm it was booting up and evrything, and the lights etc were on it was just the monitor, erm the gpu fan was spinning etc, can the psu still be a problem even with all that happening Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10979-friend-has-a-big-pc-problem/#findComment-114584 Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted February 2, 2006 CID Share Posted February 2, 2006 Are you using anything to discharge your static? If not, I would recomend this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16899888207, I try to use it all the time and the one time I was working on an old pc for a server without it I ended up frying the ram. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10979-friend-has-a-big-pc-problem/#findComment-114595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
just- Posted February 2, 2006 CID Share Posted February 2, 2006 that is kind of unlucky but it happens well its a trial and error process maybe if only the video doesnt work bring your video card stick it on his PC and see if it works and start elimination options like that Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10979-friend-has-a-big-pc-problem/#findComment-114600 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cif Posted February 2, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 2, 2006 k, well there shouldnt be anything wrong wiht the graphics card he just got it Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10979-friend-has-a-big-pc-problem/#findComment-114604 Share on other sites More sharing options...
compuworm Posted February 2, 2006 CID Share Posted February 2, 2006 Reset the CMOS. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10979-friend-has-a-big-pc-problem/#findComment-114609 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cif Posted February 2, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 2, 2006 i tried Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10979-friend-has-a-big-pc-problem/#findComment-114611 Share on other sites More sharing options...
compuworm Posted February 2, 2006 CID Share Posted February 2, 2006 Are u using dual brands of memory? Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10979-friend-has-a-big-pc-problem/#findComment-114612 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted February 2, 2006 CID Share Posted February 2, 2006 Is there any beeping or signal lights to indicate a post error? Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10979-friend-has-a-big-pc-problem/#findComment-114623 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccr1958 Posted February 2, 2006 CID Share Posted February 2, 2006 does his monitor require drivers....try a different monitor maybe Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10979-friend-has-a-big-pc-problem/#findComment-114625 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny_Boy_69 Posted February 3, 2006 CID Share Posted February 3, 2006 Dude i had this problem and all it was is that the memory stick was in the wrong slot..... try putting it in other slots........ this sounds wierd yea but worked for me so up to u i mean whats the worst that can happen Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10979-friend-has-a-big-pc-problem/#findComment-114636 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cif Posted February 3, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 3, 2006 im using 1 512 ram stick, ill try switching it tonight, no bleeping or flashing lights. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10979-friend-has-a-big-pc-problem/#findComment-114808 Share on other sites More sharing options...
resijs Posted February 3, 2006 CID Share Posted February 3, 2006 The small power cord might not be in the motherboard or in the gfx card. Had that happen to me. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10979-friend-has-a-big-pc-problem/#findComment-114823 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cif Posted February 10, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 10, 2006 ok he has switched the ram between the different slots and has got it to work, he is seeing bad bios insert bios floppy or something along the lines of that, i have told him to reset cmos etc and he says he has and he says hes stilll getting the same message, any ideas? Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10979-friend-has-a-big-pc-problem/#findComment-117035 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny_Boy_69 Posted February 10, 2006 CID Share Posted February 10, 2006 should e able to et past this problem by pressing i think F1 im not sure because the datails are very vaugue but i least i was right about the memory in the wrong slot.... get with some proper details danny Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10979-friend-has-a-big-pc-problem/#findComment-117043 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cif Posted February 10, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 10, 2006 k im sure he told me that was all that was on the screen Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10979-friend-has-a-big-pc-problem/#findComment-117050 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted February 10, 2006 CID Share Posted February 10, 2006 cif ; Are you sure your freind knows how to move the jumper to reset the CMOS? If he did this correctly is it possible the motherboard battery went bad while it wasn't being used? If thats not the problem then the BIOS needs to be flashed so you need to DL the correct one for the motherboard for your freind If you no longer have it. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10979-friend-has-a-big-pc-problem/#findComment-117060 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cif Posted February 10, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 10, 2006 lol that was a concern myself, i dunno if he can actually clear the cmos, shall i try doing it for him? and then if that does not work how/were will i dowload the correct bios flash or whatever for the mobo? Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10979-friend-has-a-big-pc-problem/#findComment-117063 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted February 10, 2006 CID Share Posted February 10, 2006 cif ;Yes try doing it for him If you have any doubt of his technecal skill. For the bios I would need a lot more info.But you should be able to find a DL on web & DL it for you freind.Just put in the information you have for the motherboard & look for it.One possible site is DriverGuide.com but the motherboard manufacturer may have the best BIOS for the mobo. http://driverguide.com/ Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10979-friend-has-a-big-pc-problem/#findComment-117070 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cif Posted February 12, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 12, 2006 i have the computer here and its saying nvidia geforce 6600 gt vbios version 5.43.02.80.0P copyright © 1996 - 2004 nvidia corp. 256.0MB RAM Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery... and its been like that for 10 mins so its obviosly not doing anything any help? Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10979-friend-has-a-big-pc-problem/#findComment-117688 Share on other sites More sharing options...
basic Posted February 12, 2006 CID Share Posted February 12, 2006 Have you disabled onboard video? Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10979-friend-has-a-big-pc-problem/#findComment-117696 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cif Posted February 12, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 12, 2006 well as far as i know, im using the graphics card and its working Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10979-friend-has-a-big-pc-problem/#findComment-117697 Share on other sites More sharing options...
basic Posted February 12, 2006 CID Share Posted February 12, 2006 Ok i thought you said in your first post that the monitor would not recieve a signal,the video card also has a bios and i thought maybe it was conflicting with the onboard......my reason for thinking you were getting the bios checksum error. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/10979-friend-has-a-big-pc-problem/#findComment-117700 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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