RE: Re: [OT] Gonna buy fast PC - what/who/where?

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxx>]

Could be lots of things - checking for shorts is good - make sure no extra
m/b pillars fitted in case that could be touching PCB. Have you tried other
components in it like graphics card etc?

I just ordered the following for del tomorrow :) (just like Christmas every
time!)

Abit IC7-Max3
P4 3GHz
OCZ 1 Gb P4000 Dual channel DDR
Maxtor SATA 120Gb DiamondMax plus 9 HDD
Antec True Control 550W PSU
Chieftec full tower case
Water cooling kit

Paul.


-----Original Message-----
From: keyvan2r [mailto:keyvan@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 8:03 PM
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: [OT] Gonna buy fast PC - what/who/where?

Paul

Funny you should bring this up! I just bought 3 self-build (well
sort of) I 2 of them (the barebones ones) worked fine, but I have
problems with the fastest one.
I bought a shuttle SN41G2 (Athlon 3000+, 512Mb DDR 333 RAM), this is
a spare  and I just liked the look of the black box, it looks really
neat.
I also got a ASUS Pundit barbones with a 2.66 Intel p4 533 FSB.
This one sits under the counter and is hooked up to a 15" lcd touch
monitor with the whole lobby suite.
The each have a 120Gb low-noise drive.
The "fast one" which I am having nightmare with (this is to
replace
my main desktop) is:
Asus P4C800E delux mobo, with P4 3.06Ghz (I believe there is a
3.3Ghz variant) with HT and 800 Mhz FSB. 1Gb (2x512 twinx) Corsair
XMS4000 - the fastest memory availalble - I think?
The case is a Thermaltake Xazer aluminium with a 530 watt Globalwin
silent psu.
I got a Connect 3d Radeon 9800 Pro for the GPU. A pair of Seagate
160Gb SATA drives on RAID.

I bought the whole lot from Microdirect.

But I can not get it to work :-( - I have reinstalled and double-
checked everything, but I get no output from the graphics card.
It's not the graphics card though, I tried it in another pc and it
works fine. I tried an old working graphics card in the Asus, still
no joy.
I don't get any beeps for errors either, although the green led
comes on stays one while power is applied. It switchs on/off from
the front power panel OK.
I am going to take it out of the case and try it on a flat anti-stat
surface in case somehow there is short (??) somewhere between the
case and mobo, but it is really getting me p***ed off.
Is there anything I have overlooked? Or just a faulty mobo?
Any advice or help would be most appreciated.

Keyvan


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gale" <groups@s...> wrote:
> Got sick of my current main desktop PC and finally want to upgrade
it. But want it all TOMORROW!!!!
>
> Last time I looked P4 3GHz was latest, greatest. What should I be
going for now?
>
> Need:
>
> CPU (Fastest)
> Mainboard (Best and fastest)
> RAM (fastest)
> SATA HDD (120Gb+)
> CPU cooling - prob water cooled (for low noise and good cooling)
> BIG Full tower case
> Good quiet PSU
>
> Any ideas on what, who from (best price and next day delivery)?
>
> Ta,
>
> Paul.
>
> (Haven't spent much for a while so wanted a quick fix!!!)



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