Help!!!!

[Sainsep]

hi can someone point me in the right direction well i was putting the finishing touches on a new abit board on my comp when all of a sudden the computer shut off all by itself i was thinking it was the power supply but i'm really not sure since i already have a 400w in my comp??? another question is all my other components all right if the power supply did burn out??? can someone help me

[brianZ]

Hi!

Well, I'm not sure that I fully understand your question. As far as the components go, unless the power was significantly low for a good period of time, or you had some crazy power surge, you (hopefully) shouldn't have hurt your components. Only time will tell though. Was everything running before you had the problem? Can you boot up? If everthing seems o.k., and you can get the PC up and running, then it would be advisable to observe your components for a while to see if they behave strangely. I hope that helps?! Good luck.....brianZ

hi can someone point me in the right direction well i was putting the finishing touches on a new abit board on my comp when all of a sudden the computer shut off all by itself i was thinking it was the power supply but i'm really not sure since i already have a 400w in my comp??? another question is all my other components all right if the power supply did burn out??? can someone help me[/QUOTE]

[tjaymadison]

Welcome, Sainsep! http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

You can double-check your assembly steps with this procedure (http://www.pcguide.com/proc/index.htm) in The PC Guide.


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[Sainsep]

hey,

yeah we just got it working we just installed wind 98se on the comp... then we could boot up and everything work but this was only only the floppy , dvd-rom, and hard drive and video card attached to the motherboard...so i shut down the computer then attached my sound , scsi , and network card and then connected my cd-rom ,cd-r power cable from the power supply... I then booted up and i got into windows....I then went to install the drivers for my sound card and an error message came up it said "cannot write C:" so i clicked cancel and tried again and the same error message came up... then on the third time the computer just turned off by itself... and then when i tried to turn it on again nothing happens it doesn't even POST only the fans run so i'm wondering what could be the problem of the comp and are the components ok??? thanks guys

[tjaymadison]

Is the power supply new? Which brand is it?

What is connected to the SCSI card and the network card?

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"I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
-- Charles Babbage, mathematician, computer pioneer, analytical engine designer (1791-1871)
-- (Question: 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?')

"Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand."
-- Homer Simpson

[This message has been edited by tjaymadison (edited 06-01-2001).]

[Randy_tx]

Try different SDRAM module in it. It sounds like a memory prob to me; however, it would really help to post the specs of the system you are building and how much building experience you have. The fact that all of your fans are coming on indicates the power supply is working. If it isnt RAM then the next place to troubleshoot is the video card.

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[Sainsep]

well i've been working with computers for about a year now and i have never seen this problem before... i was just asking to get some more input to help me trouble shoot my system...I was thinking that the problem was with the hard drive or the sound card but since i don't have the parts to swap out and check i wanted to be sure that those were the problems since i don't wanna buy parts and it wasn't the problem... well my system is a amd athlon 700 with 256 megs of ram, a maxtor 40 G harddrive, sound blaster mp3+ sound card, ati all in wonder 32 meg video, adaptec scsi card, d-link nic. well on my scsi chain i have my plextor cd-r and cd-rom and my hard drive is on IDE 1 and dvd is on IDE2... i have a full atx tower case with an antec 400w power supply....well hope this info helps and thanks for the info so far...

[AwARe]

Heya sainsep,

Some a' dem abit boards are waaaaaaay touchy, I seen that kinda stuff lots of times on abit boards.....(crazy stuff!)

What I have learned to do when werking with abit to avoid these kinda problems is.......(and I might add it gets on my nerves, but still I like abit boards)

I always start em up with only the bare essentials........(this is a good idea no matter what the board is)
Then after I get the OS installed, I only install one card or component at a time, reboot and shut down etc in between each one........

Might not be what your particular problem is but probably a good chance thats all it is.............

I never knew why or really bothered to try to figure it out, but Ive had a few that show no signs of life at all and others that do the "fan" dance, almost as if the board dies.

The first couple of times I was really worried for a few mins on each one, but Ive never had one end up turning into a problem, just takes "a bit" <- (haha) longer to get em up and running..........

Once you get it stable, most likely it'll remain stable........

Basically in short the board seems to "Freak Out" if it has to detect more then one new thing at a time......reguardless of what that new thing may be.........

Hopefully this helps!

If its still not stable Id start over from scratch and do it the slow way...........see what happens

[This message has been edited by AwARe (edited 06-01-2001).]

[Paleo Pete]

I agree, pull it down to nothing but motherboard, CPU, video card and keyboard, see if it will boot. If not, you know you have a problem with one of those components. If it boots, add a floppy drive, try it, then hard drive, etc. I would also pull the memory and reseat it or try different memory. Randy might be right...but go back to the basics and start over, one thing at a time.

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[Black Swann]

I know it may sound sound stupid

("Don't worry Eric there are no stupid questions only stupid people" - Mr MacKay, South Park)

But it sounds like the processor may be overheating due to inadequate cooling... just a thought...

Cyrix processors main flaw is that they get too hot, worth a shot!

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[René Faucher]

Originally posted by Sainsep:
hi can someone point me in the right direction well i was putting the finishing touches on a new abit board on my comp when all of a sudden the computer shut off all by itself i was thinking it was the power supply but i'm really not sure since i already have a 400w in my comp??? another question is all my other components all right if the power supply did burn out??? can someone help me

Sainsep- Are you adept in using multimeter? Volt -ohm- amp- meter? Sounds like you DO get inside the "Box". Maybe able to have you check the output voltages of the PS. If you wish! Rene Faucher


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