New build - Wont boot.

Rev

Just put together a budget HTPC, most parts new, case, cpu, motherboard, graphic card, had spare memory and hdd. I know they're working.

Put the HTPC together, powers on, fans spin, that's all. No signs of life on the monitor.

Occasionally when I boot up it'll run for a few seconds, then restart. But no signs of life past that, zip on the monitor.

Any one got any idea's what could be wrong? I've stripped it out, got nothing connected besides the graphics card, memory cpu and fan and still no signs of life on the screen.

I'm assuming something is dead (v annoying since they're new parts), but how do I figure out what?

TwistedPsycho

You don't mention installing a HDD, I assume you have!

Does your HDD have a Windows installation already on it, or are you trying to install from a CD?

Interhacker

Rev wrote: »

Just put together a budget HTPC, most parts new, case, cpu, motherboard, graphic card, had spare memory and hdd. I know they're working.

Put the HTPC together, powers on, fans spin, that's all. No signs of life on the monitor.

Occasionally when I boot up it'll run for a few seconds, then restart. But no signs of life past that, zip on the monitor.

Any one got any idea's what could be wrong? I've stripped it out, got nothing connected besides the graphics card, memory cpu and fan and still no signs of life on the screen.

I'm assuming something is dead (v annoying since they're new parts), but how do I figure out what?

Reset CMOS ?

Rev

Just to add, the only thing I can see wrong, which I've just noticed, is the mobo says it's supports 667/800mhz memory and the memory I have is 5300.

Could this be why it's not booting? I have always though you could install lower speed memory, but it would obviously run slower.

It's this mobo.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/161966

Rev

Yes, have installed a HDD, nothing on it so I need to install windows.

I'll try resetting the c mos now.

spakkker

As #3 said ,also one stick ram only, onboard graphics, if there ??

Rev

reset the c mos. No change.

Am using on-board graphics and one ram stick. Still wont come on.

Interhacker

Rev wrote: »

reset the c mos. No change.

Am using on-board graphics and one ram stick. Still wont come on.

Take that ram stick out, turn it on, If it beeps (record the beeps) then the ram was active - If it dont beep, the ram is faulty or theres other problems.

Rev

I've tried to boot with no ram, still nothing, no beeps. That said. I've I have the antec solo as my desktop case and that doesn't beep, no support for the speaker (I forget the actual name). So maybe the antec fusion is the same, which is the case I'm using for the HTPC.

Interhacker

Rev wrote: »

I've tried to boot with no ram, still nothing, no beeps. That said. I've I have the antec solo as my desktop case and that doesn't beep, no support for the speaker (I forget the actual name). So maybe the antec fusion is the same, which is the case I'm using for the HTPC.

Are you sure the motherboard is fine?

Rev

Interhacker wrote: »

Are you sure the motherboard is fine?

No lol, it's new. I'm trying to rule out as much as possible since if I have to return something, I need to know what part to return.

I think since I've tried it with just the CPU on and it still wont boot it has to be either the CPU or the mobo doesn't it? If the ram was faulty, once I removed that it'd work wouldn't it, same with the gfx. So it has to be either the mobo or the cpu? Or am I talking out my backside?