My computer won't boot

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Fred93

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This is the first time I'm building a computer, I'm sure I have all the parts and I'm also pretty sure that I have connected all the pieces correctly.

But for some reason my computer still won't start or at least no picture appears on the monitor. I don't hear any beep so fairly sure that the computer doesn't beep.

I'm afraid one of the pieces is not working, but I won't exclude the possibility that I have done the wiring wrong. Could you guys please check the pictures I have taken of the computer and see if I have done something wrong, thank you.

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This is the message I keep getting on my monitor:

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All fans are running, so I know the power-cables are connected correctly
 
It looks like a problem with your graphics card. Have you tried all of the connections on the graphics card. Make sure all of the wires are connected properly to both the PSU and the components. Sometimes it can be just one slightly out of place connection that causes the problems.
 
yassarikhan786 said:
It looks like a problem with your graphics card. Have you tried all of the connections on the graphics card. Make sure all of the wires are connected properly to both the PSU and the components. Sometimes it can be just one slightly out of place connection that causes the problems.
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I have taken out and the graphic card and put it back in many times, I have also tried putting in a old graphic-card, but I still get the same result.

Also as I said the fans are working so I think the connection to the PSU is working.

As to connection to other components, there aren't any other wires, only those to PSU.
 
What about all of the connections on the PSU? Double check everything if you haven't already. If all of the connections seem fine to you, then I think your Motherboard might be toast. Static electricity can cause shorts and if you don't touch metal ever so often your hands can generate static electricity and damage any components you may come into contact with. Alternatively you can get anti-static wrist bands to prevent such things happening. Did you rid your body of static electricity ever so often when building? If not, then it is most likely your hands shorted out the motherboard/graphics card and you will need to RMA either/both.

Also, did your case have motherboard stand-offs fitted or did you have to put them in yourself. If the case didn't and you installed the motherboard without the stand-offs, then that might be the problem and you may have just buggered you motherboard.
 
You have your RAM in the wrong slots you should have a stick in the first white slot on the right and the second in the other white slot.
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yassarikhan786 said:
What about all of the connections on the PSU? Double check everything if you haven't already. If all of the connections seem fine to you, then I think your Motherboard might be toast. Static electricity can cause shorts and if you don't touch metal ever so often your hands can generate static electricity and damage any components you may come into contact with. Alternatively you can get anti-static wrist bands to prevent such things happening. Did you rid your body of static electricity ever so often when building? If not, then it is most likely your hands shorted out the motherboard/graphics card and you will need to RMA either/both.
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My dad thought me to touch a radiotor to remove any static electricity there might be on my hands, so I don't think that's the case.

yassarikhan786 said:
Also, did your case have motherboard stand-offs fitted or did you have to put them in yourself. If the case didn't and you installed the motherboard without the stand-offs, then that might be the problem and you may have just buggered you motherboard.
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My case is a CM Storm, I'm not sure what type, I haven't seen any stand offs, when I unpacked the motherboard. You are probably right when you say that may be the cause... Though the motherboard does show some numbers, can it still do that when it's 'buggered'?
 
Fred93 said:
Led poster? i'm not following...
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Those numbers on the led can be used to diagnose problems. Look up the code in the motherboard manual and see what it says. The next thing to try is booting it outside of the case to make sure the bottom of the motherboard isn't shorting out on the case itself or a rogue standoff.
 
Yep, check what the numbers on the led mean. You're going to have to take off the motherboard and make sure there are stand-offs underneath it. If there aren't any, then that may have been the cause of the problem.

EDIT: Did you do what SieB told you with the RAM?
 
sheroo said:
Those numbers on the led can be used to diagnose problems. Look up the code in the motherboard manual and see what it says. The next thing to try is booting it outside of the case to make sure the bottom of the motherboard isn't shorting out on the case itself or a rogue standoff.
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Well the I suppose you are talking about what the manual refers to as Dr. Debug.

The led said "2E", which according to the manual means "Memory initialization. Configuring memory"
 
Fred93 said:
Well the I suppose you are talking about what the manual refers to as Dr. Debug.

The led said "2E", which according to the manual means "Memory initialization. Configuring memory"
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You need to put the RAM in the white slots so it's running in dual channel, it may be the blue slots though so if it doesn't boot in with the white slots it's the blue. Some boards have different RAM placements but seen as it's Asrok which used to be Asus i'd say it's the white.
 
yassarikhan786 said:
Yep, check what the numbers on the led mean. You're going to have to take off the motherboard and make sure there are stand-offs underneath it. If there aren't any, then that may have been the cause of the problem.

EDIT: Did you do what SieB told you with the RAM?
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I have checked underneath the motherboard, is this a stand-off?

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yea thats a stand off and you need to make sure there are no other stand offs underneath apart from the ones securing your mobo or they can short out
 
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