Cant make it work

[Fizics]

i just finished putting it all together and low and behold it didnt work the mobo has power the hardrive is spinning but i get nothing no beep no post. nothing. i couldnt find anything about clearing the cmos in the manual or anything about jumpers (there could be but i didnt see it) if anyone has any ideas it would be really apreciated

asus p5nd2-sli
intel pentium d 805
1 GB pny ram
80 GB WD SATA

this is my first build so im sure i missed something stupid

 

[DonNagual]

Start with resetting your bios and see if you can boot up. See page 2-22 of your manual on how to do this with the board's jumpers.

If this doesn't fix you up, confirm the following:

-Do you have the 12v power connection seated? Your motherboard needs two connections, the 24 pin and the 12v connector.
-Did you use riser pins between your motherboard and the case?
-What is your graphics card? Does it require its own power connection? Most newer cards do. If so, did you connect it?
-What speed is your ram? Take it out and re-seat it.
-What make/model is your PSU? How many watts is it rated at and how many amps does it have on the +12v rail? You can find this info on the sticker attached to the PSU side.

Let us know these first. Good luck!

 

[Fizics]

i think the 12v connecter is the problem....but i have no clue where it is on the mobo

nvm i got the 12v connector figured out let me see how it works

O Yeah Im In Buisness Thanks So Much For The Help

but now i have no clue how to get windows running

ok i got into windows setup now the problem im having is that it wants me to insert the windows xp cd .... well its already in, do i need my previous windows cd (98) and then install xp from that ? or what

 

[DonNagual]

Go into your bios and check the boot device priority. You want to have the the CD drive listed BEFORE the Hard drive.

 

[Fizics]

thanks so much and i finaly got it going and then of all the things to go wrong my psu is turning on and off and making a clicking noise .... dont know what to do probably going to send it back

 

[DonNagual]

You sure it is your PSU that is acting up?

It may be that your system is overheating and automatically shutting off. Did you apply thermal paste/thermal pad to the CPU?

 

[Fizics]

i didnt apply the thermal past ...even though i spent 10 bucks on the stuff (worth its weight in gold id say) because the heat sink had a thermal pad my temps acording to the software provided with the mobo are between 27* and 35* i havnt had a chance to test it under full load yet

 

[DonNagual]

Doesn't sound like you are overheating then. Are you still having the problem? I noticed in your other thread you mentioned you are able to install steam (I re-opened that thread by the way, as this sounds like it may be a separate problem).

We need more details on this

my psu is turning on and off and making a clicking noise

Is this still happening?

 

[Fizics]

no im an ***** i took all the plugs out of the psu and forgot to plug the 24pin back in evrey things running great except for this whole steam thing