Help. Booted Computer > Black Screen

wee017 · Dec 28, 2005, 07:13 PM

I was building a computer for my brother, when I finished building it I booted it and nothing showed up. Just a black screen. I took out the video card and used the intergrated video, still black screen. I put a MS-DOS boot floppy and still nothing happened. I disconnected everything and assembled again. Still black screen. The system consists of:

ASUS P5GD1-VM Motherboard
Intel P4 2.8 GHz LGA 775
GeIL Value 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered System Memory
Antec NeoHE 430 ATX12V 430W Power Supply
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler
ASUS EN6600/TD/256 Geforce 6600 256MB DDR PCI Express x16 Video Card
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 ST3120026A 120GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive
LITE-ON Black IDE Combo Drive
SAMSUNG Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive.

Please, help. I even tried to reset the Power Supply by disconnecting the power cord and holding the power switch for 10 secs. I think the motherboard is messed up, but before returning it I wanted to check here before. Thanks in advance, all help is greatly appreciated.

Vikingod · Dec 28, 2005, 07:27 PM

Are you getting any beeps, if so, how many? Does that board have the error voice, if so, attach some speakers and see what error it is giving you. Also, does the system turn on at all (hardrive spinning, mobo powering on, etc.), or is it completely dead (no action at all)?

wee017 · Dec 28, 2005, 10:10 PM

No beeps. All fans on, CPU fan on, Mobo LED on, HD spinning.

Logla · Dec 29, 2005, 11:36 AM

sounds like a dead board. If you get no beeps then its most likely the board. Have you tried to power up without the cpu inserted - just to see if anything different happens.

wee017 · Dec 29, 2005, 05:54 PM

Well thanks, I already returned it.

Matth · Dec 30, 2005, 05:02 PM

I was going to suggest chucking an old PCI card in - in the days when PCI was king, you kept an old ISA card for crosschecking, now with AGP or PCI-E, any builder should have a spare "known good" PCI graphics as a tester.

wee017 · Dec 30, 2005, 06:13 PM

Well, I do have a good PCI graphics card, that didn't work either, the onboard didn't work, and the PCI-E didn't work either. Any recommendations on a new Mobo? Has to be LGA 775 with DDR 400. (no DDR2)

Matth · Dec 31, 2005, 03:52 PM

My current machine, a Medion, has a miserably supported OEM version of an MSI Motherboard, Intel 915 chipset and DDR400...

http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p...Neo-F&class=mb - only two RAM slots, mine has 4

http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p...mbo-F&class=mb Two DDR and two DDR2 slots, ideal for upgrade

It seems that Intel 915 chipsets can often be found in DDR or DDR/DDR2 boards - anything later probably won't be.

Dec 28, 2005, 07:13 PM	#1
wee017 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Behind you. Posts: 241 Rep Power: 0	Help. Booted Computer > Black Screen I was building a computer for my brother, when I finished building it I booted it and nothing showed up. Just a black screen. I took out the video card and used the intergrated video, still black screen. I put a MS-DOS boot floppy and still nothing happened. I disconnected everything and assembled again. Still black screen. The system consists of: ASUS P5GD1-VM Motherboard Intel P4 2.8 GHz LGA 775 GeIL Value 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered System Memory Antec NeoHE 430 ATX12V 430W Power Supply ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler ASUS EN6600/TD/256 Geforce 6600 256MB DDR PCI Express x16 Video Card Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 ST3120026A 120GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive LITE-ON Black IDE Combo Drive SAMSUNG Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive. Please, help. I even tried to reset the Power Supply by disconnecting the power cord and holding the power switch for 10 secs. I think the motherboard is messed up, but before returning it I wanted to check here before. Thanks in advance, all help is greatly appreciated.

Dec 28, 2005, 07:27 PM	#2
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Are you getting any beeps, if so, how many? Does that board have the error voice, if so, attach some speakers and see what error it is giving you. Also, does the system turn on at all (hardrive spinning, mobo powering on, etc.), or is it completely dead (no action at all)?

Dec 28, 2005, 10:10 PM	Thread Starter #3
wee017 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Behind you. Posts: 241 Rep Power: 0	No beeps. All fans on, CPU fan on, Mobo LED on, HD spinning.

Dec 29, 2005, 11:36 AM	#4
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 0	sounds like a dead board. If you get no beeps then its most likely the board. Have you tried to power up without the cpu inserted - just to see if anything different happens.

Dec 29, 2005, 05:54 PM	Thread Starter #5
wee017 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Behind you. Posts: 241 Rep Power: 0	Well thanks, I already returned it.

Dec 30, 2005, 05:02 PM	#6
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,426 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	I was going to suggest chucking an old PCI card in - in the days when PCI was king, you kept an old ISA card for crosschecking, now with AGP or PCI-E, any builder should have a spare "known good" PCI graphics as a tester.

Dec 30, 2005, 06:13 PM	Thread Starter #7
wee017 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Behind you. Posts: 241 Rep Power: 0	Well, I do have a good PCI graphics card, that didn't work either, the onboard didn't work, and the PCI-E didn't work either. Any recommendations on a new Mobo? Has to be LGA 775 with DDR 400. (no DDR2)

Dec 31, 2005, 03:52 PM	#8
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,426 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	My current machine, a Medion, has a miserably supported OEM version of an MSI Motherboard, Intel 915 chipset and DDR400... http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p...Neo-F&class=mb - only two RAM slots, mine has 4 http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p...mbo-F&class=mb Two DDR and two DDR2 slots, ideal for upgrade It seems that Intel 915 chipsets can often be found in DDR or DDR/DDR2 boards - anything later probably won't be.