Newly built computer turns on but nothing happens.

My monitor is just a black screen and the keyboard won't light up as well as any of the drives I have.

Specs are:

ECS GF8200A motherboard
GeForce gts 250
4 sticks of 512mb corsair ram ddr2 667
AMD Phenom II X3 710
Antech 650 watt psu.

 

1. Who assembled the PC?

2. Do any fans come on when you turn the PC on?

3. If fans do come on, can you hear any of them changing speed?

4. Does the computer make any beeping noises when you turn it on?

5. If you have a floppy drive on the computer, does it's light come on when you start up?

6. Which port are you using for Graphics? The one built into the motherboard, or one on the graphics card?

If you can answer these questions, it will be a lot easier to diagnose the fault.

 

I actually put it together myself and I've done this before but this is the first time I've had something like this happen. When I turn it on the cpu fan as well as my other fans all turn on without a problem. My computer has no floppy drive and none of the lights on my optical drives turn on like they normally would. The fans don't appear to be changing speed based on the sound and the computer doesn't make any beeping noises either. I've tried using both the graphics card as well as the onboard video to get it to work. Any suggestions?

 

Unplug the power cord from the power supply, open the case, and strip it down to the bare minimums needed to boot up: disconnect all the drives (CD/HD/floppy) from power and data cables, remove the video card and use only the onboard for now, remove all the memory except for one stick, remove all the other PCI expansion cards if you have any (sound card, modem, etc), clear the BIOS using the onboard jumper, double check the CPU that it's installed correctly and that the CPU cooler is correctly mounted, disconnect all onboard jumpers (like the front panel USB header and front panel audio header). If you have a voltmeter, check the CMOS/BIOS battery and make sure it's reading at 3v (if it's +/- 0.15v it's OK). Once you have it down to the minimums, power up. I have seen some new motheboards take almost 20-30sec to completely boot up to where there's video on the screen, so wait a bit. Not all motherboards have built-in speakers so you may not get any beeps. If you still get nothing with the minimum setup, remove the single memory stick, and try a different one in a different slot; continue this until you get video or run out of RAM sticks and/or RAM slots. If you never get any video, then the problem is likely the motheboard, but could be the power supply, or CPU. It's unlikely that all 4 sticks of memory are bad. If you have access to a known good power supply, try it.... after all this, let us know what worked, and the final result! Good luck!!!!!!!
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I've tried all the steps you've described and it still doesn't work. How can I tell if it's the motherboard or the cpu that is the problem? The cpu doesn't even begin to get warm after it runs for about 5 minutes it stays just as cool as if the computer wasn't running at all. Would that be an indicator of a bad cpu or could the motherboard causing it?

 

And, you are 100% certain that you have the power/reset connectors in place properly?

Another thing to try, is lay the mobo on a antistatic mat, with just a stick of ram and cpu/HSF fan. Then power it up that way. Out of the case. I've seen in the past where the case can/may cause the issue.

 

According to the manual it may not support your CPU:

Accommodates AMD PhenomTM processor (socket AM2+)
AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core/AthlonTM 64/SempronTM processors

 

Ram supports:

A-DATA M2OAD5G3H3166I1C52
Apacer 78.91G92.9K5
APOGEE AU51082-667P005
Cosair VS512MB667D2
Kingston KVR667D2N5/512
Micron MT4HTF6464AY-667E1
Nanya NT512T64U88A0BY-3C
PSC AL6E8E63J-6E1
Ramxel RML1520HC38D6F-667
512 MB
Transcend Transcend K4T51083QC
ZCE6

 

I went to the manufacturers site and it supports my cpu. I checked that before I bought and the RAM I have is also supported made sure to check that too. I also tried testing the motherboard to make sure It wasn't shorting on my case but that is also not the problem. Must be a bad motherboard.

 

That cpu is definitely seems to be supported in the current bios, but when was the board manufactured?

If it was near to the cpu release date it might be that you need a bios update.

It's prudent though to be fairly certain of that though before trying it. Bearing in mind it can take a while after a cpu release date before it's added to the mobo cpu support list and new revision bios released.

 

ECS is at the very bottom of the heap, when it comes to quality motherboards.
No experienced tech would ever buy one.
It may just be DOA and it certainly wouldn't be the first.
I'd get a replacement as soon as possible. Preferably, NOT an ECS.
An MSI would be a better choice.

Good Luck,
Shadow