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New system not booting

Discussion in 'Windows BSOD, Freezing, Restarting Help' started by Ural_, Jan 16, 2013.

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  1. Ural_ TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 114

    Was unsure if this was the correct section to post as windows has not been load yet.

    To the problem, I recently started building a new system for my brother.. Specs ill put in dotpoint form underneath.

    *AsRock AMD 970Pro3 Motherboard
    *AMD FX 6300 3.5Ghz 6 Core CPU
    *Patriot Viper 1600 RAM
    *Vantec ION 520W PSU
    *XFX ATI Radeon 7770 Graphics Card
    *Various hard drives..

    Time to boot.. Nothing comes up. Fans spin, led's light up, though nothing comes up on display, nor any beep. Attach a motherboard testing card. Comes with 0.0. After various tests I perform on it mixing different hardware to get to the bottom of the problem. Still the same problem. I get convinced that it is a problem with the cpu or motherboard so I take it back.

    Apparently its the BIOS, CPU needs version 1.5 BIOS, so they update it for me. I pick it up, bring it home and yet again, the same problem. I bring it back, they test it.. Apparently it works and windows loads.. Yet I still can't boot it at home.

    I notice that I didn't try different RAM, so I try that, to no avail.

    Any ideas? :(
  2. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,724   +62

    Replace the motherboard
  3. Ural_ TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 114

    Its apparently been checked by the computer store and said to be fine. If I had another amd socket am3 motherboard in the house I would test it out anyway, but I don't. Must find another solution.
  4. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,724   +62

    Take it back to the computer store once more and be forceful in telling them it still won't work properly. The store isn't Best Buy is it?
  5. Ural_ TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 114

    Its from 'MSY' in Australia haha, they're not known for their customer service skills, but they're prices can't be beaten. Guess that might be the only option :(
  6. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,724   +62

    Okay Ural, I wish there was another option... Maybe power supply?
     
  7. Ural_ TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 114

    I tried another power supply I had at home, however same problem. Although this was only 350W, do you think theirs any chance that it could just need a very powerful PSU? Well over the 500W?
  8. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,724   +62

    Yes you probably need a bigger power supply. The reason I mention power supply is because it is really the only part that may be affected by where the computer is plugged in. The computer store or your home
  9. Ural_ TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 114

    The computer store used their own, so you might be correct, is their any good way of testing if a power supply doesn't give enough power to the cpu itself?

    Or atleast the motherboard, since the fans and drives seem to be powering on fine.
  10. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,724   +62

    No you have to swap the PS out with a better more powerful one