Hello all,
I got done building my first build the end of July, but thing is, it has not worked since. I have replaced parts, checked power supplies, replaced the motherboard, processor, etc, and it is still a no go. What happens is that I will push the power button, the computer will remain on for maybe 10 seconds max and then cycle forever, never staying on longer than 20 seconds at most. I get no display from the video card (motherboard has no onboard graphics) and only get beep codes about 1 in 5 times if I remove the RAM. Thing that puzzled me is that the system will remain powered on without the processor, but once the processor is put in, the cycle begins.
CPU: Intel Pentium E5200 2.5GHz Wolfdale
Motherboard: MSI P43 Neo3-F LGA 775
Memory: Crucial 2GB DDR2 SDRAM 800
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar SE WD3200AAJS 320GB
Video Card: ZOTAC ZT-84MEH3P-FSL GeForce 8400 GS 512MB
Case/Power Supply: APEVIA X-Dreamer ATXB3KLW-GN Green Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case ATX 420W power supply for AMD/Intel Power Supply
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-S223F 22X DVDR
I have tried unplugging everything but the essentials, nothing.
I have check for shorts and there do not appear to be any.
Any ideas? Otherwise I am going to take it into somewhere and pay $70 for them to tell me what is wrong (this was supposed to be a $500 or less build...easily approaching $700 now)
I got done building my first build the end of July, but thing is, it has not worked since. I have replaced parts, checked power supplies, replaced the motherboard, processor, etc, and it is still a no go. What happens is that I will push the power button, the computer will remain on for maybe 10 seconds max and then cycle forever, never staying on longer than 20 seconds at most. I get no display from the video card (motherboard has no onboard graphics) and only get beep codes about 1 in 5 times if I remove the RAM. Thing that puzzled me is that the system will remain powered on without the processor, but once the processor is put in, the cycle begins.
CPU: Intel Pentium E5200 2.5GHz Wolfdale
Motherboard: MSI P43 Neo3-F LGA 775
Memory: Crucial 2GB DDR2 SDRAM 800
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar SE WD3200AAJS 320GB
Video Card: ZOTAC ZT-84MEH3P-FSL GeForce 8400 GS 512MB
Case/Power Supply: APEVIA X-Dreamer ATXB3KLW-GN Green Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case ATX 420W power supply for AMD/Intel Power Supply
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-S223F 22X DVDR
I have tried unplugging everything but the essentials, nothing.
I have check for shorts and there do not appear to be any.
Any ideas? Otherwise I am going to take it into somewhere and pay $70 for them to tell me what is wrong (this was supposed to be a $500 or less build...easily approaching $700 now)
