STOP THE PRESS
put the ram in the blue slots and see if it works
put the ram in the blue slots and see if it works
Upgrade disaster
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Mr Muggles
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I like Tom's longer videos anyway, keeps me entertained
yep case fans ands lights are running, gpu fan is running, soundcard is lit up etc.. Ive pressed the clear cmos button on the back of board
see post above
Dude is all of the ram in the blue slots?
keep swapping could be the issue mate, never good to keep taking the ram out. If you dont remove the power cable when swapping ram you can kill the ram and or the mobo.
You must use the blue slots.
take the mobo battery out for an hour go have a brew and calm down. put the battery back in and then give it another go with just 1 stick in the first blue slot.
You must use the blue slots.
take the mobo battery out for an hour go have a brew and calm down. put the battery back in and then give it another go with just 1 stick in the first blue slot.
Does sound like its the wrong ram slot issue now I know you are not getting post screen and a bios clear has not worked.
Mr Muggles
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How incredibly frustrating for you. Just received all your new gear and this happens. I speak from experience here as I have had many issues with pc's over the years.
If you are getting no POST and cannot access the BIOS you may have killed the CPU also or in fact any of the critical components...let's hope not.
1) Make sure the cpu is properly seated and the cpu fan secured. Why? because I had exactly the same problem as you have now before.
2) Insert 1 stick of RAM in slot 1 or A1 w/e
3) Don't connect up all your hardware,just the GPU to see if you can see the POST and BIOS.
IF successful, then connect the HD. Don't assume your HD with OS on it will work. When you use a new MB this usually means a fresh install of OS..it did in my case. Worry about updating BIOS later if you can't see the bloody thing it's an RMA job i'm afraid.
ps
Get the Overclock video up Tom me ol' mucka i'm looking forward to it.
If you are getting no POST and cannot access the BIOS you may have killed the CPU also or in fact any of the critical components...let's hope not.
1) Make sure the cpu is properly seated and the cpu fan secured. Why? because I had exactly the same problem as you have now before.
2) Insert 1 stick of RAM in slot 1 or A1 w/e
3) Don't connect up all your hardware,just the GPU to see if you can see the POST and BIOS.
IF successful, then connect the HD. Don't assume your HD with OS on it will work. When you use a new MB this usually means a fresh install of OS..it did in my case. Worry about updating BIOS later if you can't see the bloody thing it's an RMA job i'm afraid.
ps
Get the Overclock video up Tom me ol' mucka i'm looking forward to it.
Just had the battery out for long enough and tryed with 1 stick with no luck. The bloody lcd still says locked. Tryed to post with all hardwear disconected including the HDD with the same results. Ive built a few pc`s before and thought id done a really good job with the thermal paste and the H50 cpu cooler this time but i`ll refit the CPU tomorrow just in case. Looks like the only real option im gonna have soon is take the pc out into the street and run it over with the van!
If you get any funny problems with the PC then it could still be the bent pins btw, sometimes getting it to boot is only half the story!
Hopefully it will be ok though.
Hopefully it will be ok though.
