Reply With Quoteif i start it with no RAM it makes no difference
strange
If you had no RAM, you'd get the 12, or however many it is, bleeps of death and very little else.Originally Posted by shamster
if i start it with no RAM it makes no difference
strange
Its definitely not your RAM that's at fault, dude. Is your CPU under warranty?
i have only just bought it so yes
problem is aria say that if I return stuff and its not faulty they will send it back and charge me shipping so I want to make sure i know what is at fault
do u reckon its CPU?
Like I said all along, probably your CPU.
chatted to a mate and he asked me whether i had put the memory in the correct bank
looked in my case and it was in the second bank!
will swap it over later and try and hopefully get going
thanks 4 you help people
The memory slot you put the RAM in should make no difference at all, although running in certain slots does SOMETIMES improve performance, but not markedly.
As for the problem your having, unplug everything that is un necessary and just run the pc with the HDD, CPU, RAM and GFX card. See what happens. If it still has the problem try re-seating the CPU (with new thermal paste) and unplugging and re plugging the hdd/ATX/4pin connectors to make sure you have connected them properly.
The mobo is alive if its booting up, or even if its lighting up so it sounds like more of a fault with the CPU or the PSU (power supply unit). However, the pc should boot into the bios even if the CPU is faulty and display that there is a cpu problem. Read the instructions and it should have a troubleshooting section, in which the 'beeps' should be explained.
If not, try downloading the latest bios version for the HDD and flash the motherboard.
ok it made no difference at all!!!
i took out the CPU completley and it was exactly the same boot!
does that mean its the CPU fried or the motherboard which didnt recognise it?
headache!!
did you re apply thermal paste to it and seat the heatsink correctly?
Send the CPU back, its ****ed.
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