K8V SE Deluxe,'Computer System Failed'

[dazzled]

I am building my first computer and here is what is happening:

I have: K8V SE Deluxe (Revised 1.13??)
AMD Athlon 64 3700 processor
RAM2) Kingston 512MB 400DDR
BFG 6600GT OC Video Card

There is no display and after a few seconds the 'Computer System Fail' message goes on non stop.
I have tried: -rebuild outside the casing.
- Move RAM to different DIMMS, used RAM sticks known to be working
-Two different video cards (known to be working)
- Reset Cmos several times.
- Processor came with white thermal paste, there are no bended pins and I have reassembled the entire thing at least three times.

Would a BIOS update solve this problem. Has anyone solved a problem like this by updating the BIOS?
Desperation is setting in right now....

 

[howard_hopkinso]

Hello and welcome to Techspot.

I`m afraid it sounds like a dead psu/mobo/cpu to me.

Check all cables, and connections. Disconnect anything not required to boot your computer.

Are you getting any beeps? Do the fans/drives/spin up?

Regards Howard :wave: :wave:

 

[PUTALE]

try to clear the cmos and update the bios. See if that helps. what's yoru psu? maybe the psu is not strong enough to feed the system.

 

[dazzled]

Thanks,

The PSU is a 500W Ultra.
Everything runs, the green light on the mobo lights up, all (3) fans work and there are no beeps at all, just the message ('computer system failed' :knock:

I have tried disconnecting everything but the processesor and I get the same thing.

Does a BIOS update solve problems like this?

 

[kirock]

Can you boot from the WinXP Cd Rom? Sounds to me like a virus wiped your HDD boot sector. Never heard of "computer system fail" posting itself from BIOS before.

 

[PUTALE]

it's possible. I checked asus's website, in order for you to run the amd64 3700, you would need bios 1003.(http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=K8V SE Deluxe)

have you try to re-seat the cpu? Did you make sure to apply thermal grease?

 

[dazzled]

I want to clarify that the message comes through the speakers, there is never a monitor display. I don't think I said this before sorry.

The cpu came with the grease applied (should I put some more?). I have reseated the cpu a couple of times as well.