Help needed setting up new pc

darant · 16-08-2003, 17:29

Hi,

Ive just finished building my new pc and need help. All the hardware is installed (i think) the HDD,CDRW, floppy, Mother board, processor, Memory, Graphics card.

Ive powered up the pc and nothing has happend.

Im not doing something right but i dont know what?

Plese help!!!!!

Paul K · 16-08-2003, 17:32

Double check everything is seated, all cables in properly.
Does anything at all happen? Any noise, clicks etc?

darant · 16-08-2003, 17:36

yes. well no..... the fans on the processors work, the psu fan works, thats it really. my monitor says activate by pc. theres no os installed yet as all is new.

darkangel · 16-08-2003, 18:56

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Originally posted by darant
yes. well no..... the fans on the processors work, the psu fan works, thats it really. my monitor says activate by pc. theres no os installed yet as all is new.

no beep have u move the bios jumper yet?

Paul K · 16-08-2003, 19:42

You have power, strip it down to basics.
Graphics card, CPU, Memory and then switch on.
Are you sure all your hardware is installed correctly? Is the CPU seated fully? Are all memory chips installed correctly?
Do you know what Motherboard it is?

darant · 17-08-2003, 11:29

sorry for the delay. just replying from my phone. i've installed all the hardware. bios boots okay, memory reads okay. now, when i try to install windows everything go's okay untill the first automatic re-boot. once it does re-boot it will not continue with the install process. what should be the bootable device? the hard drive or the cd drive.

ntluser · 17-08-2003, 11:43

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Originally posted by darant
sorry for the delay. just replying from my phone. i've installed all the hardware. bios boots okay, memory reads okay. now, when i try to install windows everything go's okay untill the first automatic re-boot. once it does re-boot it will not continue with the install process. what should be the bootable device? the hard drive or the cd drive.

If you're intending to install Windows it might be a good idea to set the CD drive as the bootable drive in the BIOS and put the windows CD in that drive. Hopefully the autoplay will cut in and allow you to install Windows.

Might also be a good idea to set the BIOS setup to 'auto' so that the motherboard 'reads' what is installed and sets up accordingly.

Paul K · 17-08-2003, 11:47

Does it give any error messages for why it won't complete the install?
I had issues with a PC I just installed windows on, it was running with 40 pin IDE cables instead of 80 pin IDE cables. Once the cables were changed the install flew.
What hardware have you got connected to the PC at the moment?
Oh and on the reboot don't choose to boot from the CD this will just restart the install, leave it to boot normally

darkangel · 17-08-2003, 12:16

make sure u set boot devices in the bios in this order
1)floppy
2)cd-rom
3)ide 0

bonzoe · 17-08-2003, 16:45

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Originally posted by Paul
Oh and on the reboot don't choose to boot from the CD this will just restart the install, leave it to boot normally

It will work ok, I loaded Win2K yesterday, left CD in drive cos it's needed & boot option still set to CD first, the installation process handles it ok.

bonzoe · 17-08-2003, 16:48

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Originally posted by darant
sorry for the delay. just replying from my phone. i've installed all the hardware. bios boots okay, memory reads okay. now, when i try to install windows everything go's okay untill the first automatic re-boot. once it does re-boot it will not continue with the install process. what should be the bootable device? the hard drive or the cd drive.

A good tip is to test the memory with Memtest86 before trying to load OS, a memory fault can cause these problems.

What OS are you trying to install?

Paul K · 17-08-2003, 17:52

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Originally posted by bonzoe
It will work ok, I loaded Win2K yesterday, left CD in drive cos it's needed & boot option still set to CD first, the installation process handles it ok.

When mine boots from CD it normally asks if you want to boot from the CD or not, if you choose yes it starts the install again if you leave it alone it carrys on as normal.
So as I said when it reboots to continue the install leave it to boot normally do not choose to boot from the CD.
Obviously the CD stays in the drive as Windows will need the CD to install the files from (unless you copy to HD and run install from there) but I have known some people to get confused and keep choosing to boot from the CD as they think they have to for the install to complete. After about 4 or 5 reboots they often ask "why hasn't it installed yet? I tell it to boot from the CD"

darant · 17-08-2003, 21:03

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Originally posted by Paul
When mine boots from CD it normally asks if you want to boot from the CD or not, if you choose yes it starts the install again if you leave it alone it carrys on as normal.
So as I said when it reboots to continue the install leave it to boot normally do not choose to boot from the CD.
Obviously the CD stays in the drive as Windows will need the CD to install the files from (unless you copy to HD and run install from there) but I have known some people to get confused and keep choosing to boot from the CD as they think they have to for the install to complete. After about 4 or 5 reboots they often ask "why hasn't it installed yet? I tell it to boot from the CD"

Nope still not working. Ive tried loads of times with no joy. If i select reboot and from cd it starts the install process again.

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Originally posted by bonzoe
A good tip is to test the memory with Memtest86 before trying to load OS, a memory fault can cause these problems.

What OS are you trying to install?

XP Pro

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Originally posted by Paul
Does it give any error messages for why it won't complete the install?
I had issues with a PC I just installed windows on, it was running with 40 pin IDE cables instead of 80 pin IDE cables. Once the cables were changed the install flew.
What hardware have you got connected to the PC at the moment?
Oh and on the reboot don't choose to boot from the CD this will just restart the install, leave it to boot normally

Did that and the screen stays on the windows xp pro screen with the incresing bar..............

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Originally posted by Paul
You have power, strip it down to basics.
Graphics card, CPU, Memory and then switch on.
Are you sure all your hardware is installed correctly? Is the CPU seated fully? Are all memory chips installed correctly?
Do you know what Motherboard it is?

Tyan Tiger

Paul K · 17-08-2003, 21:44

Sounds like its having trouble with hardware. Tyan Tiger ??? Got a model number at all? Any on board sound/ graphics that maybe causing a problem?
Not overclocking are you?
CD clean?
Cables checked?
Grasping and straws comes to mind

darant · 17-08-2003, 21:47

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Originally posted by Paul
Sounds like its having trouble with hardware. Tyan Tiger ??? Got a model number at all? Any on board sound/ graphics that maybe causing a problem?
Not overclocking are you?
CD clean?
Cables checked?
Grasping and straws comes to mind

its a tiger 2466 - no on board sound - same with graphics - overclocking nope

cd clean, tried 2 copies..............

straws - yes im a clutching

the set up goes as far as copying the files from the cd, reboots, thats it. black screen.