NEW Gaming Rig; No Post Part II
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard
550 Watt Power supply / EGM
Amd Athlon 64 3500+ 1G FSB Venice Core 939 / Big Typhoon CPU FAN
2G Kingston DDR 400, Double sided, Two 1G sticks, NOT ECC registered.
MSI NX 6600 Video Card
I've worked with computers almost all of my life....so I know that everything is properly installed. I bought everything from newegg.com, all retail except the Processor was OEM. When I fired up the Rig the D Bracket lit up four red lights, no post. I removed the fan after doing minor tests (bare bones, remove Memory, etc..) and found that the CPU wasn't even getting warm...So I returned the CPU and bought the same one; this time RETAIL to make sure that it wasn't going to be the CPU screwing up...I just reinstalled the processor today and the same damn thing happened....this time I removed the MOBO battery and tried to reset the CMos button....still no post...So I'm guessing its my motherboard...I've heard both pros and cons on the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard....
I was thinking overnight that I might had shorted the board...If any of you are familiar with this particular board, it has this starnge Metal bracket on the bottom of it where the CPU is located. Now, the Big Typhoon CPU fan that I have is MASSIVE. The instalation was crazy hard....I'm thinking that the bracket (while tightening the screws to hold the CU fan in place) might have touched some sodder points on the bottom of the board and grounded itself....but I DO have my board mounted on standoffs, so its clearly away from the back of my case....
As for the 12v Power Supply module on the board....only 20 pins from the Power supply fit into it, then the other 4 pins fit into the other spot on the board....
Oh, and the memory is loacted in Memory Module slot 1 and 2, side by side. (Green / Purple) closest to the CPU....
Can someone give me some tips to continue testing, or let me know what You think the probem might be...
sincerly, Kory
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard
550 Watt Power supply / EGM
Amd Athlon 64 3500+ 1G FSB Venice Core 939 / Big Typhoon CPU FAN
2G Kingston DDR 400, Double sided, Two 1G sticks, NOT ECC registered.
MSI NX 6600 Video Card
I've worked with computers almost all of my life....so I know that everything is properly installed. I bought everything from newegg.com, all retail except the Processor was OEM. When I fired up the Rig the D Bracket lit up four red lights, no post. I removed the fan after doing minor tests (bare bones, remove Memory, etc..) and found that the CPU wasn't even getting warm...So I returned the CPU and bought the same one; this time RETAIL to make sure that it wasn't going to be the CPU screwing up...I just reinstalled the processor today and the same damn thing happened....this time I removed the MOBO battery and tried to reset the CMos button....still no post...So I'm guessing its my motherboard...I've heard both pros and cons on the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard....
I was thinking overnight that I might had shorted the board...If any of you are familiar with this particular board, it has this starnge Metal bracket on the bottom of it where the CPU is located. Now, the Big Typhoon CPU fan that I have is MASSIVE. The instalation was crazy hard....I'm thinking that the bracket (while tightening the screws to hold the CU fan in place) might have touched some sodder points on the bottom of the board and grounded itself....but I DO have my board mounted on standoffs, so its clearly away from the back of my case....
As for the 12v Power Supply module on the board....only 20 pins from the Power supply fit into it, then the other 4 pins fit into the other spot on the board....
Oh, and the memory is loacted in Memory Module slot 1 and 2, side by side. (Green / Purple) closest to the CPU....
Can someone give me some tips to continue testing, or let me know what You think the probem might be...
sincerly, Kory