If only I could access BIOS =/. (there's literaly no signal)
Oddly enough, when I tested the PCI card on another computer that normally uses an AGP card (i took out the AGP, of course), i didnt change that setting and the card worked.
Here's a much more indepth post of my situation:
I assembled a computer with the following parts:
Asus p5b motherboard
Pentium d 2.8 (775)
Vortex TX CPU fan
x850xt pcie video card
2 x 1gig patriot ddr2 667 RAM
ide HD
When I first turned on the system, the screen said it was searching for hardware. It took a while and then detected my hard drive. Then it jumped to a different looking screen. The resolution was wrong so the left part of the screen got cut off and I don't remember exactly what it said but it was something like this:
|
|CPU detected
| <error message of some sort>
|
the strait line represents where it got cut off. I assume it said "no CPU detected" (or "no cpu installed" or something like that.) This wouldn't surprise me because this is the first time Ive build a computer.
I probably restarted it after that (been working on this for a few days, it's all a little blurry now) and just got a blank screen (no bios options).
I took the entire thing apart and remounted the CPU (no, it wasn't in wrong. The arrow was in the bottom left corner and I definitely didnt force it in...but it was worth a try).
I then put in the CPU fan, video card, and ram.
Still nothing, blank screen.
Anyway, stuff I've tried:
Made sure the video card is correctly mounted.
leave the hard drive unplugged
reset the CMOS (about 50 times total: like every time i've tried anything new)
remount the CPU...again
yes...the video card's power supply is plugged in (atx 6 pin)
Here's a good one: I found an old PCI graphics card (that works, I tested it in another comp). I took out the x850 and put this in the PCI slot. Same problem occured...blank screen(meaning it's probably the mobo)
Other stuff you might need to know:
--the video card has dual dvi out, but i don't have a dvi screen. I bought the video card oem so it didnt come with a converter but i bought one.
--My Mobo doesnt have integrated graphics
--When I turn on the computer, the CPU and x850 fan turns on. The x850 fan stays at 100% until i cut the power (except the first time i turned it on, the x850 fan powered down like it's supposed to)
--ASUS boards are appearently picky with RAM. The patriot ram I initially had isn't approved...but then again it *did* initially turn on. The RAM interchanged it with probably isnt approved either.
--Alas, my case does not have a speaker--no bios beep codes.
Like I said, i've been trying things for a while and nothing seems to work. Basically, I'm pretty sure that something is fried but I have no idea what. I would say it is the motherboard, but if it is, how do i know for sure. And more importantly, how do i prevent the next one from getting fried in the same way? Basically I just want to know what parts I need to buy to fix it.
A lot of what you may suggest I've already tried, but if you have a specific way of trying it, i'll do it.
More importantly however, i'm moving into the diagnostic phase.
I have a 4700 dimension that I can use to troubleshoot and test stuff in (i'd really rather not break it though...)
here's what it has:
lga775 mb (pretty sure. Probably doesnt support pentium D because it's dual core)
pentuim 4 processer (could I test this in my computer?)
2 x 256 mb ddr2 ram
integrated graphics
a PCI-E slot
a power supply WITHOUT a ATX PCIE cord (i think i'm going to buy a molex converter so I can test the video card)
(*note, this isnt the computer I used to test the PCI graphics card in to see if it's still working, meaning I don't know if this MoBo interferes with graphics cards).
Anyway...suggestions for troubleshooting/diagnostics?
