Building a PC, can anyone with any knowledge please help?

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srywrgnbr (archived)
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Posted September 12, 2008 at 15:25 GMT
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I wouldn't think so...  That could be an issue with the power supply itself.  Try disconnecting the CD rom and floppy drive - the goal being to reduce the overall wattage consumption.
 
I'd start by removing everything from the board except the video, cpu and ram.  Go through the manual and confirm that the jumpers, plugs, etc... are all correct.  Make sure the cpu, ram and video card are seated correctly.  Then start it up.  If that fails, reseat everything and try again.  If it still fails, (and you have reset the CMOS), then you're probably facing a physical failure... a bad PS, board, etc...
 
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Graham1982 (archived)
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Posted September 12, 2008 at 17:36 GMT
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Hi:

 

Thanks for all your help. I have arranged for someone at the IT department at work to take a look at it. I don't want to risk breaking it any further if it is broken. At least if they look at it there, they can probably swap out components and isolate what the problem is. So much for just throwing something together!

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