Serious Problem :mad:

[Gibbs]

Ok now am lost as wee to go next, i have tryed everything i know and nothing seems to make a difference.

Spec:

E6300 @ 3.15Ghz

1 GB Geil DDR2 PC6400 RAM

Gigabyte DS3

BFB GeForce 7600GT

Seagate 200GB SATA HD

2 x Maxtor 160GB SATA HDs

Tagan 500W PSU

Tonight i went to take out the RAM and replace it with 1 GB i got from the MM as I have to RMA both sticks to Geil. Upon swapping the sticks, and cleaning off dust with a clean brush, the machine starts up, as in lights, fans etc but nothing on screen, not one thing.

Tryed the Geil RAM again, re-sitting the GFX card 3 times, swapping RAM in different slots.

Nothing happens other than then machines fans, lights, HD spinning up.

I dont no were to go from here so all help is welcomed.

I have also tryed clearing the CMOS by pulling the battery out and leaving for an hour but still no luck

 

[FarFarAway]

Tried 1 stick of RAM after taking CMOS out and totally disconnecting the power?

 

[llwyd]

what type of brush did you use? certain brushes can generate a lot of static

 

[Rastalovich]

Argh, I never like the "fan comes on but no1`s home" problems.

For me it`s been either cpu fragged or the mobo >.<

Last rma was a mobo problem.

But u`ve cleared the bios....

.. cpu doesn`t sound happy to me, strip the pc down to just the visual output, cpu and a stick of known good memory - only, and try for a post.

U not get any beeps at all ?

 

[JN]

Had the same problem with my P5B DLX when it got a bit wet. Fans but no output on the screen

 

[Gibbs]

no beeps what so ever from the board.

The brush i used was a semi-hard bristle brush hair dressers use to apply hair dry. I have used the same brush for 3years on man rigs without any issuess.

Am gonna test the GFX card in a buddys machines tonight and if it works then its the board or CPU. But the thing that stomps me is the machine was running 100% pior to swaping the RAM and a clean up, just its just nackered

 

[llwyd]

when you take the card out, strip the lot out and try running it on an anti static bag somewhere, its possible that the adding / removing the ram has moved the board slightly and is causing a short behind it. Physical damage to the motherboard is all i can see happening, unless your CPU is IHSless and you have a tall heatsink which you knocked or something

 

[Gibbs]

Already have had the board out running on its own, with just the GFX card, 1 stick of RAM, CPU and 1 HD with still nothing

CPU is not IHSless and wasn't touched during the install of the new RAM. I have a mate taking the GFX card away tonight to test it and will have it back within a few hours so ill be able to say if its it or not.

If its not the GFX card then a new mobo in needed i guess. Asus PB5 Deluxe on router

 

[Rastalovich]

Have you got an old cpu, old ram, and old gfxcard to check the mobo out ?

 

[Gibbs]

no nothing old, this machine was my 1st step into PCI-E. have tryed other RAM.

 

[Rastalovich]

Shizzzle, kinda leaves u up in the air as to which exactly is at fault >.<

U got any m8s with similar spec u can lean on ?

 

[Gibbs]

not with a similar spec but i do have a mate who has a PCI-e board to test the card on but his board only takes DDR and not DDR2 so i cant test the RAM on it