[Cialug] New Computer Hardware Issue

[David Champion]

Remove everything but the video card and try to boot. If that works, add 
parts back into the mix one at a time and see what makes it hang.

Do you have the pc speaker hooked up? Does it beep at all?

-dc

Todd Walton wrote:
> Summary
> I have a newly built computer that won't boot.  I have everything
> installed.  It has one hard drive and one DVD drive.  I hook up power
> to everything and press the power button and...
>
> Good
> It seems as if the mobo powers up.  The CPU fan spins and the PCI
> Express video card lights up and its fan spins.  The front LED lights
> up red.
>
> Bad
> The front LED being red probably means bad.  The hard drive and DVD
> drive don't power up at all.  I can't eject the DVD drive and none of
> it lights up.  The hard drive isn't vibrating or making noise.  The
> computer doesn't even get to BIOS.  At least it doesn't show on the
> monitor.
>
> Troubleshooting
> I've used different power connectors and even swapped out the power
> supply to no avail.  It does exactly the same thing.  So it can't be
> the power supply.
>
> I've disconnected and reconnected all cabling to the motherboard and the drives.
>
> Funky Thing
> When I disconnect the IDE cable to the optical drive, but leave power
> plugged in, it'll turn on.  I can eject it and it winks its LED at me.
>  So they must build drives to take input from the motherboard on
> whether it's okay to power up or not.
>
> Question
> Any ideas what could be happening?
>
> Signature
> -todd
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