Hey guy try this always somthing is faulty with you hardware and you can't say what ist is.
Before you do anything go to bios (Cmos) and load fail safe defaults. Then here we go:
First of all...remove all and everything except the cpu! (Yes all...graphics card ram harddrive) You don't realy have to remove it...just unplug it from the mother board. The PCI cards have to be pulled out.
If only the cpu is left then turn on your pc. Get yourselfe a pc speaker and listen to the sounds...they are described in the manual. If your pc speaker keeps silent at this test situation you can surely say your mobo is broken. RMA a new one...(but better get yourselfe a ASUS commando. ASUS is a bit more expensive but it is worth it. never ever had to build a system twice.)
If you hear beeping sounds...can't say what they sound like cause have done this hell of a time ago...you can surely say your mobo works and is asking for ram (95% chance that the beeps will say...please give me ram).
After putting in the ram start again...if stops beeping for ram or something else...good. Ram is working. If it still beeps for ram than you can point out that your ram is faulty. Try them one by one and run memtest on them to get a prove.
Good...after the working ram...put the graphics card in. One advise...plug the monitor cable always to the DVI-connector that is closer to the mobo. Thats the primary connector. The other one is secondary and some cards have problems if nothing is connected to the primary one!
Boot your system again and see if it displays something on the monitor. If it does...wooohoo working graphics.
Finally put in the hard drive (if you use a raid put only the system harddrives in.). But only the one you need to boot your system (XP/Vista is installed on).
If ist still working...your mainsystem components are working. Do the same with your remaining hardware. So you can point out if something is damaged.
Keep in mind that touching computer hardware with bare hands could also damage it because of electrostatic discharges. Before working with computer hardware take of your shoes and stand bare foot on the ground. If that is not possible touche some earthed things like a water tap or something equaly.
I hope this guide helps ya. Greets and good luck!
EDIT:spelling
Last edited by necroyeti1612 (2007-06-11 06:17:00)