I just finished building my new PC which just arrived, but when I turned it on, the fans ran for awhile, it made an almost inaudible beep, then it shut down. I unplugged the front panel USB connections and tried again, this time only fan LEDs came on then immediately off. Then I realized I hadn't plugged in the SLI bridge and did so, tried again, but again, only LEDs, and this time the PC made some sparking noises. I noted when I installed the CPU that it made a straining noise. I immediately stopped what I was doing and checked it, but it was properly aligned. I rechecked it several times. I may have bent the motherboard a little too much installing the heatsink and fan, I don't know. Is it OK to use the male power plugs that come from fans? I have no floppy drive. I have the mobo on SLI mode.
This is my first time building a PC. I saved for months for this thing, and I feel horrible. Please help.
Specs:
Case: Thermaltake XaserV Wingo V7000D
PSU: Enermax EG701AX-VE-SFMA Noisetaker 600W
CPU: Pentium 4 640
Motherboard: MSI P4N SLI
RAM: 4x Corsair CM2X512-5400C4 512MB DDR2-667 XMS2-5400
Video card: 2x BFG GeForce 7800 GTX OC
Hard drive 1: Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 74GB SATA 10,000RPM w/8MB buffer
Hard drive 2: Western Digital Caviar WD800JD 80GB SATA 7200RPM w/8MB buffer
This is my first time building a PC. I saved for months for this thing, and I feel horrible. Please help.
Specs:
Case: Thermaltake XaserV Wingo V7000D
PSU: Enermax EG701AX-VE-SFMA Noisetaker 600W
CPU: Pentium 4 640
Motherboard: MSI P4N SLI
RAM: 4x Corsair CM2X512-5400C4 512MB DDR2-667 XMS2-5400
Video card: 2x BFG GeForce 7800 GTX OC
Hard drive 1: Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 74GB SATA 10,000RPM w/8MB buffer
Hard drive 2: Western Digital Caviar WD800JD 80GB SATA 7200RPM w/8MB buffer