New pc problems

[Giblet]

Basicaly i got some upgrades for my computer and put it all together and im getting a very odd set of problems.

First off its a Lan Party nF4 SLI mother board, AMD 64 4000+, MSI 6800gt, Antec NeoPower 450 watt psu, 1 gig pc 3200 ram. thats about it for the new stuff.

Now for the problems. basicaly when i boot it up it will either stall or restart when it gets around the same spot in the bios. Not the exact same spot but around the same spot. First thing i thought was not enough power but the pus should be able to handle the load easy so i checked everywhere for a short. Nothing. I've cleared the cmos like 10 times. I've taken everything apart checked all points of contacts and pasical stripped it down to all it needs to run and still the same problem.

Anyone have any clue what this could be because I am stumped. Its prabably something really easy I'm to stupid to know about and thats why i come to you. I'm hoping I wont have to send anything back.

 

[CreativeTom]

Strange...sounds like you have done everything you should have. I think maybe it could possibly be a problem with the memory but i doubt it, I just threw it out there cause I can't think of anything right now. I would however make sure you have the latest BIOS revision, and if you don't go ahead and upgrade to the latest. I am guessing that it stalls after POST?? at around what point does it stall?? does it say anything on your screen at the time that it does??

 

[Cheezeit]

Originally posted by: CreativeTom
Strange...sounds like you have done everything you should have. I think maybe it could possibly be a problem with the memory but i doubt it, I just threw it out there cause I can't think of anything right now. I would however make sure you have the latest BIOS revision, and if you don't go ahead and upgrade to the latest. I am guessing that it stalls after POST?? at around what point does it stall?? does it say anything on your screen at the time that it does??

I don't think he can get far enough to update bios. Just curious, what is your PSU?

 

[CreativeTom]

Originally posted by: Cheezeit

Originally posted by: CreativeTom
Strange...sounds like you have done everything you should have. I think maybe it could possibly be a problem with the memory but i doubt it, I just threw it out there cause I can't think of anything right now. I would however make sure you have the latest BIOS revision, and if you don't go ahead and upgrade to the latest. I am guessing that it stalls after POST?? at around what point does it stall?? does it say anything on your screen at the time that it does??

I don't think he can get far enough to update bios. Just curious, what is your PSU?

Well that's why I was trying to establish at what point it halts. I think if you read the OP you will see that he states that it's an Antec NeoPower 450 which should do nicely with that MOBO and setup. (Unless the PSU is fautly and that is what's causing the problem)

 

[Giblet]

yeah posts fine i can go into the bios setup if i choose to and it will stay there indefinatly but ot stalls around when it says Verifying DMI something or other. Sometimes it gets a step further sometimes not that far. Im am going to try to hook up with a friend that has things that i can swap in but im thinking its prabably a bad mobo which would suck beyon beliefe

 

[CreativeTom]

Originally posted by: Giblet
yeah posts fine i can go into the bios setup if i choose to and it will stay there indefinatly but ot stalls around when it says Verifying DMI something or other. Sometimes it gets a step further sometimes not that far. Im am going to try to hook up with a friend that has things that i can swap in but im thinking its prabably a bad mobo which would suck beyon beliefe

Oh well let me see if this helps you.

The DFI thing you keep seeing is when the BIOS is trying to send some information to the operating system. It sounds like it's an issue with the HDD to be honest, I am guessing this drive is the same one you had before you bought the upgrades??? I think the problem is with the drive not agreeing with the new setup. Disconect the HDD and see what happens. Let me know.

 

[Giblet]

I've tried it with and without the HDD with no difference.

 

[yaleblor]

check to see if the ram is properly seated and is supported on the mobo,also a quick shut down could mean that the cpu/heat sink is mounted incorrectly.
are you getting and beep codes on startup?

 

[Giblet]

at first i was getting a beep code and searched forever to find a list of what beep codes ment what with no avail but finaly found that with only one stick of ram i needed to put it in the second slot which I did. No more beep codes. Ill check the CPU again.

 

[yaleblor]

when you install a new mobo you need to either reinstall windows or if your lucky do a repair. i doubt all if any of your old system drivers/controllers are compatible . were you able to install all the drivers and software from the mobo installation disk? you need to go to the tech support forum at the mobo's website and get the correct install protocol ,also now that you got rid of the error beep diconnect the power and discharge the cmos for a full min. then select failsafe settings and see if that will boot up ,then run the install disk for the mobo,you might get lucky and not have to reinstall windows.

BUT 1st and foremost go to the manufacturers website and get the the correct procedure

good luck

also is your hard drive a sata ?

 

[knothead34]

should boot up with one stick of ram in an orange slot furthest away from the cpu. and load optimized defaults.480 watts and native 24 pin are recommended for these boards and no adapter. if what i suggested does not work. go to www.dfi-street.com two guys who work for tech support manage the site they can surely help you. also what brand is that pc3200 ram? if its corsair ....by chance its hard to get going with that board. the street might be able to offer some timings for you to get up and running.

 

[Giblet]

Wow thanks for the helpful input.
Well i worked with my friend and got it past the boot error when we tried 2 sticks instead of one. Basicaly i just traided my 1 gig stick for his 2 512 sticks and everyone is happy since he doesn't have dual channel. It seems that it should be able to boot with only one but it doesn't like it.

The only problem now is we get a random blue screen of death (got many differest ones) or a restart when ever we tried to format the hard drive while using the windows xp install cd. We tried different drives, both IDE 1 and 2 and different cables only to decide it was most likely the CD or the IDE controller. Hopefuly its just the CD. I'll get a different one and try it out tommarrow.

Also no its not a SATA drive but eventualy I will get one. This comp wont have any extra so swaping in a new drive isn't that big of a deal. All my music and crap will be on the machine i make with the parts i swapped out.

 

[yaleblor]

did you run the installation cd that came with the mobo? if no do so,also can you boot to safe mode with cd rom support?
in bios did you hit the auto detect hdd's?(i think f4)


if you can boot onto safemode with cd support your almost home free
i think you need to reinstall all the drivers and what not thats on the mobo cd
whats the error message when you get the bsod?

 

[Giblet]

well i decied just to whipe one of my spare HDD so right now i am trying to install windows not boot up into it. The BSDs varried from just saying some random hardware was out of wack to one talking about the CDFS_File_System. Im pretty sure a large portion of it was random due to some of the very odd ones we got. BUt im still waiting on a new CD so we will have to wait and see

 

[rise]

are you on 3.10 bios or later?

also, when you get to windows, do not install the nv ide drivers, just use windows.

also may want to take your volts off "auto" if they are set to that. use your recommended, probably 1.4vcore +104% and 2.8dram is good to get going. the others should be fine.