On Fri, 28 Jul, 2006 at 09:17PM +0200, Nigel Henry spake thus:
> On Friday 28 July 2006 21:20, Dave Phillips wrote:
> > Greetings:
> >
> > Well, the hardware has been assembled, but I have a show-stopper of a
> > problem. When I try to start the machine I get a flash from the cool
> > blue lights on my Antec case, the CPU fan does a little jig, then
> > nothing. :(
> >
> > So how do I go about diagnosing this thing ? All possible connections
> > have been made between the case, the power supply, and the mobo. I've
> > scoured the manuals for those pieces, I can't see that I've missed
> > connecting anything.
> >
> > Here's the main machine parts:
> >
> > MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum motherboard
> > AMD64 CPU
> > Antec Sonata II case with power supply
> > 1 GB RAM in slot 1
> > Seagate Barracuda drive
> > Lite-on DVD/CD RW drive
> >
> > Any and all suggestions are welcome. I'd like to get this iron running
> > myself, the bench fees at the local shops are outrageous.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > dp
>
> Hi Dave. I'll start the show off. Harddrive on the first IDE contoller, and
> set to master? DVD/CD RW drive on the second IDE controller, and set to
> master?
>
> I hope you used a well grounded wrist strap when putting it all together.
That's for newbies and old ladies. I only ever build computers in
thunderstorms, while wearing nylon. My case is made of amber, and I
keep a cat in it.
James
> Nigel.
>
Received on Sat Jul 29 08:15:09 2006
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