HI, I’m building my own computer. Followed the manual to a “T” but computer will not post. I looked online for advice and was told to go with a barebones setup. Removed the mobo from the tower, have installed on it only the CPU w/Heatsink, I stick of Ram, and the video card. Mobo remained plugged into my PSU and fans are running smoothly on startup, but still no post. I removed the ram and restarted and got beep codes for that. Also the LED light is on for the mobo. I reseated the ram into different slots, still no post. Placed ram back into the original slot. Removed the video card this time and restarted…no beep code at all. Fans all on, LED light still on, just no recognition of the video card not being there. I replaced the video card and reseated it. No Post. Removed it. No Post, no beep. Now I read in a post that if all I get is a blank screen but all fans are on and LED light is on and the speaker is working, that I should suspect the CPU. I just bought this system so I will return the CPU but I am afraid to remove it from it’s heatsink. I understand there could be more issues once you break the seal between the pad on the heatsink and its contact to the CPU. Should I just bring in the whole motherboard then? Just not sure what to do when asking for this to be replaced. Motherboard and/or CPU.
Thanks for any advice you can offer.
Bruce
System Specs:
Socket 754 Asus K8V-X mobo
AMD 64 3000+ Newcastle CPU
512 meg stick of Samsung PC3200 Ram DS
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro Video Card 128 meg
480 Watt Super Flower PSU
