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Posted: 22nd May 2005 09:13
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ok my gpc(generic pc) is screwing up
i havent attached my monitor to it yet but i know its unresponsive because the num lock and such keys wont change and the leds dont say that the hdd is busy and the floppydisk does not do a bootcheck(where it makes that sound when u first boot
umm and well the case ummm lets just forget about the case theres nothing wrong with it because it does not exist
my motherboard is on a peice of paper cause i dont have a case that it will fit in so i took off the front panel of another case so i have a reset button and leds

a pic of my "case" is attached
btw yes the white stuff is paper

so does anyone know what could be wrong

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Posted: 22nd May 2005 09:16 Edited at: 22nd May 2005 19:29
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I dont know whats wrong but are you trying to start a fire. Thats a very good way to make one
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Posted: 22nd May 2005 09:34 Edited at: 22nd May 2005 09:54
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hwo could it?
i have it on paper cause the carpet im not sure that it wont short circuit anything but ok i will make some makeshift elevator out of a salvaged peice of a case i got

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well finally got it done
that is ON TOP of the case not in the case though

so does anyone have a clue as to why it wont respond

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Posted: 23rd May 2005 00:40
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duh?

plug in monitor?
mount in case? (earth terminals are actualy there for a reason)
actualy read up on things you shouldn`t do when building a system?
like placing a motherboard on a nylon carpet?
leaving loads of conductive metal cases in a heap?
antistatic precautions?
installed memory correctly?
plugged switch cables onto correct pins?
read motherboard manual?

and how on earth you expect any degree of success working in such a mess escapes me, I actualy flinched when I saw that photo, waste of some good hardware a charity shop could have made use of <jk>, dunno whats wrong with it though, not the sort of thing thats easy to fix over the internet, at a guess something is plugged in incorrectly or you just zapped it to death with all the static you made running about and climbing over it .

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I had the exact same problem. Turned out my AGP slot on the board was defective.

It's M-E-G-A-T-O-N. NOT MEGATRON.
DON'T MAKE ME GET THE RABBIT.
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hmm well this has no agp and im sure its connected right as far as power and ide(my mom has the exact same motherboard except actually in a case and such and i based it off of the way that was setup

hmm well i didnt need it anyway i guess(also tried switching cpus cause it looks like my bro turned on the cpu without the fan or even heatsink on so now it has some orange stuff on it so... but still didnt work)

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Posted: 23rd May 2005 11:28
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Could be your RAM is not well plugged in. Take it out and put it back in. If that doesn't work, disasemble the whole thing and try again.

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How about getting a case? How are you even managing to turn it on without the connectors from the power switches of a case?

Get one from ComputerGeeks, they're pretty cheap.

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Any beeps? I have a BIOS error sheet here ('How to build your own PC') or is it just LED's?

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uhhh
leds arent quite working yet
beeps
i dont have a speaker hooked up yet
i quit this little project
i could care
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but any
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sorry for
making this so un
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*i get bored too sometimes*

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Beeps will come out with no speakers and a long neverending one will come out if no ram, have you checked what that random cord going off to the side does?

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As long as you have a static free enviroment, your fine without the case. I've run a computer with out a case for about 2 weeks cause the case was on backorder and I really wanted to use my new toys.

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If you dont have onboard graphics then it wont work until you put a gcard in.
you may need to reset your bios.
if you have installed windows xp on a different computer then put the hdd in that computer it wont work.

Any spelling mistakes are totally In tensional.
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tried with and without gcard
done did
no i mean it wont even show a bios screen or anything
and yes i already knew that and i have 2000 thank y9ou very much but was planning to install redhat linux 9 on it but anyway i will just continue to use virtual pc

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Listen to the beeps and take note of how many. Go to your motherboards website to see what it means. Most of the time it is due to loose ram or a loose video card though. I would completely disassemble the PC and rebuild checking all connections for tightness and cleanliness.

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no it has no built in speaker so therefore it cant beep and the leds dont quite work

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Then rebuild it! Make it faster! Stronger! And make it work!

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I had this problem, I had to get a new one.

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I'm sure you can find a speaker somewhere to put into it. Almost all MB's have a plug for it.

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Posted: 5th Jun 2005 03:14
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ahh im too lazy and l;ike i said i gave up on this little project

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things in the past i have experienced a pc to not boot up:

not having Ram plugged in correctly
not having the CPU fan plugged in (CPU protection thingy on my motherboard)
a loose molex or other power connection.

ok thats the only few things i can remember.

you might need to plug the pic speaker in, since motherboards will have a sound warning system being a combination of beeps which you can check in the manual telling you what they mean.
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what pic speaker
i have no speaker
if u are talking about one of those peizo speakers then no i do not have 1 on this motherboard

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there should be one in your case near the front :/ between the metal case and the plastic outside
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oh
uhhmmm
it sorta ummmm
got the wires broke off(that is how my grandpa gave it to me)

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solder them back on
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He probably already fried his mobo if he hears a weird humming sound when he turns it on then just touch it i promise you won't live to tell about it.

But setting it on paper wtf is this a damn joke? its gotta be a joke. I mean seriously is this a joke?! i once set my mobo on some antistatic plastic you know the stuff it comes in and turned it on. Needless to say it didnt work THANK YOU TECH SUPPORT! it costed me a few too for that mobo so i was pissed but i'v learned don't listin to tech support!

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lol@underlord
umm and no im not stupid enough to touch it(usally anyway)

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the humming noise might just be the PSU or a fan or the hard drives whirring
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well if i unplug hdd floppy and fans then i hear nothing so i guess its not fried

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