HELP! Computer Assembly! - dmorris perhaps?

Well I got all of my components and put everything together and what not and when I startup the computer and have my VGA plugged into my PCI-E x16 slot nothing shows up on the screen. It's blank.

I have no clue what to do or where to go from here. I need help.. ( Please contact me on AIM if you can step by step me through it perhaps

AIM Do The Paul

Really want to get this working, but I can of figured I wouldn't be able to.

Someone who can HELP PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE message me on AIM.

Perhaps it's a BIOS setting set wrong?

Does it beep after you turn it on? Are you sure everything seated correctly (CPU, RAM...)

The CPU is in correctly and the heatsink down. The one RAM card won't move when I try to move it and the clips are closed and stuff, so I'm assuming it is. No beeps when I turn it on though.

Seriously,
http//www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=blank+screen+on+startup&btnG=Google+Search
start from there.

Does your PCIe videocard require a power connection? Most do. Have you connected it? Is your power supply PCIe compliant, i.e. does it have the 4-pin power connectors (not to be confused with the 4-pin AUX connector for the motherboard that looks very similar). Speaking of the AUX motherboard power, you must connect that too on recent motherboards.

[quotedb61fa4752="ajasax"]Seriously,
http//www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=blank+screen+on+startup&btnG=Google+Search
start from there.[/quotedb61fa4752]

Thanks douchebag, didn't try that. Even though most of those are blank screen on start-up of Windows. Seeing as I don't have Windows that's an issue; no? Get out of here you useless fool.

dmorris I have a EVGA NVidia GeForce 7600 GS that I'm almost sure didn't come with nor requires a power connection. I also connected 2 power connectors for the motherboard one big long one and a short 4-pin one.

I have no clue what the issue is but I need to plug in the speaker to hear some beeps but I can't seem to find it in my case.

Hey guys, he has dual-channel ram but only plugged 1 of the sticks in, that's probably his problem...

Yeah, but the first was incredibly hard to get in and now pushing the other in you can clearly see the motherboard bending a tiny little bit in there so I'm afraid to push too hard.

Well.. here's the new situation, apparently I'm an idiot

My motherboard says it's 184 pin and the RAM I bought is 220 pin - are they compatable, or no?

im going to be building my first custom can someone pm me or aim me so you can help me especially dmorris

So basically I have to sell the RAM or motherboard now and get a new one that's compatible with 240-pin RAM. Anyone interested in a ASUS A8N SLI Premium by chance? Haha.

Ugh.. this is terrible because if TigerDirect won't do the return then I'm stuck dishing out another $200 for another one. Ah I guess you learn from your mistakes. Expensive or not, you learn.

[quote168f8d7500="Akademikz"]Well.. here's the new situation, apparently I'm an idiot

My motherboard says it's 184 pin and the RAM I bought is 220 pin - are they compatable, or no?[/quote168f8d7500]

I just want to slap you right now.

The red flag should have been drawn when you first found it hard to get the ram in and the MB started to bend.

2ndly, you should have done your homework before attempting to build a pc

Just get new RAM. It's cheaper. My friend may be interested in the mobo. How much would it be shipped to NYC? Zip code 11362 if you need it.

[quote71b5f995e8="ffactoryxx"][quote71b5f995e8="Akademikz"]Well.. here's the new situation, apparently I'm an idiot

My motherboard says it's 184 pin and the RAM I bought is 220 pin - are they compatable, or no?[/quote71b5f995e8]

I just want to slap you right now.

The red flag should have been drawn when you first found it hard to get the ram in and the MB started to bend.

2ndly, you should have done your homework before attempting to build a pc[/quote71b5f995e8]

I made a mistake, and yes, it was stupid.

I also just found another key thing that I didn't know. My CPU (Socket 939) doesn't have a motherboard that will offer 240-pin slots so I do in fact have to change RAM as opposed to the motherboard.

And yes, a red flag had gone in when the mobo began to slightly bend (hopefully nothing is wrong). I eventually "crammed" the RAM into the slot and had it not really locked, but the RAM was in. That didn't break my motherboard but would it have affected the RAM and/or my RAM slots?

i'm still trying to get my computer past the bios screen, lol.

I bought a new 300GB harddrive.. so all the parts are brand new (newegg even sent me a new mobo revision for the RMA.. one that supports core 2 duo).

I've been meaning to call asus, but no time for it.

I"m sick of this shit, this computer will be freaking sic if it works!

shock Hopefully not, but you may very well have damaged the motherboard and the RAM module by forcing a DDR2 module into a DDR slot.

[quoteb9e966a233="burritopunk"]Hey guys, he has dual-channel ram but only plugged 1 of the sticks in, that's probably his problem...[/quoteb9e966a233]
No, even if he didn't have the wrong type of RAM, that wouldn't have been a problem. In fact, there is no such thing as "dual-channel" RAM. The RAM sold in dual-channel kits are simply 2 matched sticks of regular RAM. Dual-channel is optional on all motherboards that support it, and is enabled automatically when 2 or more compatible sticks are detected, but single modules run in single-channel mode just fine.

I was speaking with someone about arranging a trade for 2GB of RAM that is compatible with my motherboard (2x1GB DDR400) - that's a pretty good deal, right?

Also, this individual forewarned me to test a 256mb RAM stick or something to see if all goes well booting wise and if it doesn't then get a new mobo, and if it does the mobo is fine.

Hopefully it all goes well, and if not he'll sell me the mobo that's one step above mine for like $70-80 off because he used it for a little while - but it's perfect.

Thoughts, opinions?

[quotea2793758b7="ffactoryxx"][quotea2793758b7="Akademikz"]Well.. here's the new situation, apparently I'm an idiot

My motherboard says it's 184 pin and the RAM I bought is 220 pin - are they compatable, or no?[/quotea2793758b7]

I just want to slap you right now.

The red flag should have been drawn when you first found it hard to get the ram in and the MB started to bend.

2ndly, you should have done your homework before attempting to build a pc[/quotea2793758b7]

Hey man everyone makes mistakes when learning this stuff, especially when they dont have someone to look over their shoulder. This is why RMA exists ;-)

Refer to my post above, hopefully someone can clarify because I'm not sure I can return things to TigerDirect and shipping and all that stuff would be tedious anyway. Is the RAM trade fair and what not?

And yes, I made a mistake and hell it may have been costly but it happens. I'm only human. And now next time I'll know what to look for and how to assemble so it won't happen again. That's the nature of learning.

I understand it was a mistake but i just get tired of people doing these things.

Ive seen people hammer in ram litterally with a hammer because it wouldnt go it (WRONG RAM TYPE)

Ive seen people take pins off the bottom of a cpu because it wouldnt fit since it was the wrong cpu for the board.

The wildest thing ive seen is someone cutting off part of the connectors on an agp card or vice versa because it wouldnt fit into a pci-e slot

DDR != DDR2 eng101

If anything, I got a laugh out of this. Hope things work out.

[quotebe356f1458="Tholek"]If anything, I got a laugh out of this. Hope things work out.[/quotebe356f1458]

I'm happy to provide laughs, by all means. What I did was stupid and I guess I learn from my mistakes but now next time I'll read more carefully before buying and not trying to jam RAM into the wrong sized slots. Go me.

Nah, don't beat yourself up about it too much. We've all done stupid things. It's just that we usually do them for women. )

[quote8348dedfed="Tholek"]Nah, don't beat yourself up about it too much. We've all done stupid things. It's just that we usually do them for women. )[/quote8348dedfed]

If there's anything wrong with my motherboard it could cost me a little bit to pick up another motherboard but other than that it was a learning experience and now for the future I know not only how to assemble a computer but I'm gradually learning more about them. It's all water under the bridge.