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Author:  whitty [ Fri Jul 17, 2009 1:16 am ]
Post subject:  Black screen & other small things on a newly built comp
Just built this mofo:
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And when I press the power button, everything starts up. But I get a black screen. Well, really I get nothing, because my monitor falls asleep because it's not getting any input from the computer. I don't know what the issue is, Intel service rep people said I should take it to Geek Squad.

On the startup there are no beeps, so it seems everything is going fine. Except that it powers on for about 5-10 seconds, powers down, stays off for 2-3 seconds, then comes back on and stays on.

So why do I get a black screen?
On another note, my USB mouse and keyboard don't get power from the computer. How do I know this? My keyboard won't light up and the laser on my mouse doesn't turn on.

I'm running Vista 32 bit, Intel Pentium D @ 3 & 3, 3GB DDR2 memory, GeFore9600 GT, and have a 530W psu.
Author:  Disst [ Fri Jul 17, 2009 1:44 am ]
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whitty wrote:
I'm running Vista 32 bit


What happened to your own OS?
Author:  whitty [ Fri Jul 17, 2009 1:46 am ]
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3POK_PHALE wrote:
whitty wrote:
I'm running Vista 32 bit

What happened to your own OS?

Irrelevant. And it's on a CD.
Author:  Ophanim [ Fri Jul 17, 2009 2:26 am ]
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What the ♥♥♥♥ why did you build this ♥♥♥♥ oh god I ♥♥♥♥ hate you connect your USB ports to the motherboard get better taste kill yourself
Author:  whitty [ Fri Jul 17, 2009 3:10 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Black screen & other small things on a newly built comp
Ophanim wrote:
What the ♥♥♥♥ why did you build this ♥♥♥♥ oh god I ♥♥♥♥ hate you connect your USB ports to the motherboard get better taste kill yourself

Umm... Well the USB ports are connected to the motherboard. That's not my big problem though.

I want to know why my screen is blank.

I googled this and read through lots of stuff. I've tried it w/o RAM, w/o other stuff, changing out the cables, etc. but nothing does anything.
Author:  Geti [ Fri Jul 17, 2009 3:50 am ]
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did you change from one brand of processor to another the other?
cause windows doesnt like that.
go get a windows CD and reinstall, then come back.
Author:  whitty [ Fri Jul 17, 2009 3:51 am ]
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Used my old processor.


And forget about the USB issue, they work. So now it's just the video output.
Author:  Ophanim [ Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:50 am ]
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Does your motherboard have onboard video?
Author:  whitty [ Fri Jul 17, 2009 2:56 pm ]
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nope, otherwise i'd use it until this is fixed
Author:  whitty [ Fri Jul 17, 2009 7:03 pm ]
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Went to Geek Squad, found out the mobo was bad. Sending it in to Newegg to get a new one.
Author:  Fribox [ Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:12 pm ]
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did you install bios? really, you need bios for anything on your PC to work
im running pheonix 6.0 bios, i suggest those if you know where to find them.

check all you connections from wire and make sure they are all firmly placed in the correct path, your screen connections may be messed up or you OS went bad. try reinstalling your OS or installing diffrent bios.
Author:  The ClamV2 [Bot] [ Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:26 pm ]
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What the ♥♥♥♥
Are you seriously that stupid bro
All mobos have a bios when they come out of the factory, you can change them, but ♥♥♥♥'s kind of annoying and there's really no point unless you think your bios is ♥♥♥♥.
Author:  Fribox [ Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:47 pm ]
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that was completely my point, his bios are probly ♥♥♥♥.
Author:  whitty [ Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Black screen & other small things on a newly built comp
A day after I sent it back, I found a little shard of circuitry.

So that was probably what was wrong. Doesn't matter, I get my new one in soon.
Author:  Geti [ Sun Jul 26, 2009 10:33 pm ]
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Ophanim wrote:
you are going to break everything
what did we say, mr "slap it all together"?
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