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New Motherboard won't boot...
Okay, so my computer died a little while back. The BIOS would just freeze. So I decided to replace the old mobo.
I get the Asus P5GD2-X because it's compatible with my current CPU and memory. I plug everything in tonight and power it up, but nothing happens. The light on the mobo is on, the fans spin, the hard drives spin, but no display. I tried two different types of graphics cards, still no display.
I started to take out cards and ram one at a time, but after the third or so try, I just unplugged everything but the CPU. Still nothing! Not even a beep!!!!
It's been a while since I've built a system, but shouldn't the mobo at least give me some beep codes?? Did I get a bad board? HELP!?!?!?!
I get the Asus P5GD2-X because it's compatible with my current CPU and memory. I plug everything in tonight and power it up, but nothing happens. The light on the mobo is on, the fans spin, the hard drives spin, but no display. I tried two different types of graphics cards, still no display.
I started to take out cards and ram one at a time, but after the third or so try, I just unplugged everything but the CPU. Still nothing! Not even a beep!!!!
It's been a while since I've built a system, but shouldn't the mobo at least give me some beep codes?? Did I get a bad board? HELP!?!?!?!
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Thanks everyone for the replies.
It looks like the motherboard is bad. I have tried a different power supply and that didn't help. I don't have another cpu, but when I pulled it out and tried to boot, there were still no beeps or an audio message. that would occur according to asus.
Thanks for the help!!
It looks like the motherboard is bad. I have tried a different power supply and that didn't help. I don't have another cpu, but when I pulled it out and tried to boot, there were still no beeps or an audio message. that would occur according to asus.
Thanks for the help!!
wuthout cpu , no board will do anything !
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I contacted Asus, and they said it would give me an error message, which it did not.
Regardless, no matter what I tried, the board would never boot up...it's DOA.
Regardless, no matter what I tried, the board would never boot up...it's DOA.
without cpu it will give nothing; no message -you must have misunderstood
i have such a board and guess what ? without cpu - nada = 0
i have such a board and guess what ? without cpu - nada = 0
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No it does not; here the cpu support page :
http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=P5GD2
umho, you never mentioned you used a dual core...
http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=P5GD2
umho, you never mentioned you used a dual core...
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It's been a while since I've built a PC and back in the day, it was always AMD. So, I'm a little rusty.
I checked the specs on the board and it says it's 775, 800 fsb, supports P4, etc. I didn't realize that it wouldn't be compatible. My bad.
I checked the specs on the board and it says it's 775, 800 fsb, supports P4, etc. I didn't realize that it wouldn't be compatible. My bad.
nowadays, you better have an intel...check the net
otherwise :
i suggest testing with the minimum setup - disconnect also all peripherals and network cables :
motherboard + cpu + 1 ram stick, video card, power supply
on boot, do you have a display?
if NO it is one of the connected, swap ram, Power supply, video card - leaving only motherboard and cpu (probably bad mobo, DOA)
if Yes, add devices till the problem shows