im building my first computer and i get it running for about 3o seconds and then it shut off by itself i know it i not the psu i changed it and what else could this be is it possible for a mobo to start up and still be bad because i plug my fans into the fan slot on the mobo and they do not work but my cpu fan slot works please let me know if u have expierenced this as welll and what should i do to solve it
i have a corsair 620 watt psu i have an 8800gts msi corsair 2 gb 800 dd2 memory a 2 120 mm fans 1 90 mm fan a zalman red orb cpu cooler a 250gb hard drive a dvd drive and a dvd burner drive and thats it
620 watts should be enough to drive all of those and a lot more.. Does the machine start up every time for about 30 seconds, or has it only done it once? Shutting down after a short period of time repeatedly could signal a short or something.. Any beeps or other indications of errors? Do you get far enough in the boot up for POST to at least run and find all the memory? Try resetting the CMOS on the Mobo to factory defaults and see if that does anything for you.. If all of those fail..then the safest way of determining the problem is to unplug all but the most essential devices and see if things work and then plug in one device after another and try again..rinse and repeat as they say.. Good luck..
Hmm..one beep isn't enough. Error codes are usually multiple beeps..most PCs beep once when starting up anyway. Do you get any video output or POST information?
no i unplugged every cable and guess what i had a short in a usb cable on top pf my machine now it works fine but now im having hard drive problems because im installing windows and it says hard drive is not found setup cannot continue all i have is the hard drive plugged in from the power source its a sata hard drive and ai got one plugged in from the power supply too am i misssing anything im doing wrong
Ahh OK..so it was a short indeed..good to hear.. Now first thing first..does your BIOS recognize the SATA harddrive? Also does it see the full size? What version of Windows are you using? What mobo do you have, so we can check to see if the SATA controller on there is supported by Windows..
Hmm that's not good..have you tried updating the BIOS? I actually just ordered a new ASUS 650i SLI Mobo and a couple of SATA drives myself, so I'd be very curious to see if you get this working..
You neeed a bios upgrade, me thinks. Another thing to think about is that when the OS install is starting up, you'll see a prompt for installing 3rd party drivers, which you can use to install the sATA drivers. Though, it's been awhile since I've had to do that so I can't be 100% on it.
Though, I find it funny that your bios doesn't recognize your sATA ports? Are they built in? Or did you install an adapter card?
the sata drives are built in on the mobo and ive tried to install 3rd party drivers what disk do i enter because ive tried entering the mobo disk and that doesnt work and my hard drive doesnt have anyhting to install i got it hooked up from the psu sata plug should i plug a sata cord from the psu in to the sata port and then run the slave offfthat too the hard drive or do i have it hooked up right and how do u update bios without a floppy drive
yah i have the sata controllers enabled im just going to start over and let u know if i still have touble and 1 more question when u get the flash drive u download the latest bios and then put it in the new computer right and what drive would u load from it
The manual suggests that putting the USB drive with the new BIOS into the PC is enough for it to know what to do. Regardless, when you get into the update software, if the USB drive is plugged in, it should find it and allow you to load the files from it.. I expect to do all of this over this weekend, so I can't be exact with my info..
is it only possible for half of ur mobo to work because i tried plugging in the computer fans and the only slot that works is the cpu fan would this be a problem because the sata controller on the mobo is on the bottom half that doesnt work so therefore not recognizing it at all
I built my computer over the weekend, and everything I put in (2GB ram, 2 320GB SATA HDs) were recognized and I installed Linux and WinXP on there with no problems. Not sure how only part of the Mobo could be broken, not sure if the SATA controller is a chip or something. There is also the PATA IDE controllers right near the SATA controller, so if you have a regular IDE HD or CD-ROM, plug that in and see what happens..
flip the cmos, make sure eveyrthing is plugged in right, also divide the power cords so that its not one cord from the psu going to a bunch of parts, ahve one cord go to each part, use up all the rails on the psu
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