Aegis Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 So finally all of my computer parts arrived, and I'm thinking this is it. I assemble everything and click the power button...and nothing starts up. Getting a little irritated, I suspect it's one of my devices, so I unplug everything but the processor and fans and try again. Still nothing. Now I'm suspecting it's the power cable or power supply. Switch both of those and still nothing!!! I'm starting to think I got another DOA motherboard, but I'm hoping that's not the case . Is there anything I might've forgotten (Yes, I checked to see that the power cord was plugged in )? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 WOW. not again! you have some epox nf4 mobo, right?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...-123-236&depa=1this one except that u got it from mwave?the board is supposed to work great and very stable, it just may be that mwave sucksi would suggest asking mwave if u could just return it and say that u dont want another one, then either buy it from newegg or get another mobo instead such as dfi,msi,asus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aegis Posted February 22, 2006 Author Share Posted February 22, 2006 Well I'm not even going to bother posting progress on my setup anymore . I'm just cursed when it comes to hardware... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironman2003 Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Maybe a stupid question, but I had this happen to a buddy of mine who bought all parts and got so involved in assembling the system he missed one important thing...Did you make sure that your power switch connector to the mainboard is in the correct position and not in reverse polarity? Like I said, maybe a stupid question, but sometimes it's those little obvious things we overlook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 lol, that would suck. there may also be a power button on the mobo itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneless Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 1. some mobo's , really need to have the second connector from PS (4 pins) plugged .2. some mobo came from factory with the jumper for reset CMOS set ON , must set off manually . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 this mobo doesnt have the extra 4pinsand that start button on the mobo, it could be in the bottom left of this pic, there are 2 of them, retstart and starthttp://www.mustardseed.co.jp/epox/image/bi...ep9npaultra.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aegis Posted February 22, 2006 Author Share Posted February 22, 2006 I'm really confused as to what I've done wrong now. I removed the processor, which was the last thing connected to the motherboard, and for testing's sake, I tried the power one last time and voila! It powered up. Might be what ironman suggested...my power cable might've been in the wrong position. Anyway just happy to find out my motherboard isn't faulty . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 YEA! finally figured it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aegis Posted February 22, 2006 Author Share Posted February 22, 2006 (edited) Ok, I've isolated the problem. Once when the CPU is installed, the thing won't power on. My processor is an Opteron 165. Surely a 450W power supply has enough power to feed it. What am I doing wrong?EDIT: Could it be a BIOS problem? My motherboard doesn't even support dual-core (or Opteron) without a revision. Would that cause it to not power up the system? Edited February 22, 2006 by Aegis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironman2003 Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 If you have a spare cpu compat with the board laying around, you can install that and then do the bios update from the manufacturer's web site and when done, install the opteron from there. I would think the 450w PSU would work fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 so it doesnt work i hope ur cpu is not dead...http://www.epox.com.tw/eng/download.php?t=...Gx1Y0dFMk1UQXpDthat is the latest bios but i have no clue how ur going to install it, like said above, u need another cpu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrobwx71 Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 (edited) I had a similar problem with a system I built in the past.The mobo had some DIP switches and they were in the wrong positions for the chipset my mobo employed.Also, if the mobo BIOS has overclock settings, check them. I had to change mine to get it to boot.Hope this helps.RoB Edited February 22, 2006 by xrobwx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmX.Memnoch Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Yep, that can definitely cause it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aegis Posted February 22, 2006 Author Share Posted February 22, 2006 Fixed it . The BIOS update did the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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