[vox-tech] failed to build a computer

[Richard Harke]

Most of the systems I have built used "beep" codes for he most serious
failures. This required a small speaker
(usually comes with case) and connection from mobo. Manual should tell you
what beep codes mean.

Richard

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 8:06 AM, Hai Yi <yihai2004 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all:
>
> I am in the process of building a new desktop, and ran into some serious
> problems. I've been struggling with them for the past two days w/o too much
> success.
>
> Please kindly bear with me. These are my desktop's specs:
>
> Case: Silverstone FT02B
> PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W
> Mobo:GA-X58A-UD3R
> CPU: i7-950
> Video Card: Radeon HD 5870
> Memory:GSkill 4G * 2 DDR3 1600
> SSD: Kingston 128G
>
> I also use a old HDD (250G) for now.
>
> The problem is, after I wired up all internal wires and powered up the
> system, the system kept resetting, and there is no video signals. If I
> pressed the "cle cmos" button (there is one on the ft02B case, so I guess I
> don't have to jump) during this process, the reseting stops, but still no
> video signals. Next time I power up, the above happens again.
>
> both atx_12v_2x and atx slots were hooked up with the PSU; two rams were on
> bank 1 &2; power/reset sw and others were rightly put in the F_PANEL.
>
> two PCI-E cables from PSU were hooked up with the video card to feed power.
>
> It seems to me that I've exhausted all avenues I can think of to tackle the
> problem, well, before I came here. :-)
>
> Can anyone give me a hand here?
>
> Thanks a lot!
> HAi
>
>
>
>
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