Help! Trying to build a pc but it's beaten me so far!

[saintmonkey1979]

Hi all. I'm trying to build a PC but so far I am losing my battle. To my knowledge, I have done everything right and all is connected and wired correctly, however, I still can't get it to work.

 

Is there anyone who is more computer savvy than myself who can see or think of anything I may have overlooked or done incorrectly?

 

Any help would be massively appreciated

Thanks in advance [emoji120]

[Jonnyboy]

Does it power on?

[saintmonkey1979]

Powers on, but nothing after that except a loud beep after about 3 minutes

[hypochondriac]

Go ask on avforums.

[Jonnyboy]

Just a guess but if everything is powered, fans spinning but nothing comes up on the screen I'd say faulty ram or mobo.

[Smirking_Saint]

The beeps will be an error code generated by the motherboard.

 

2 major things would be to make sure you have inserted first the TAM correctly and secondly ensure you have inserted the CPU without bending any pins etc

[saintmonkey1979]

The CPU was already in situ and the RAM seems to be inserted correctly. I made sure it was compatible with the motherboard first.

[Smirking_Saint]

The CPU was already in situ and the RAM seems to be inserted correctly. I made sure it was compatible with the motherboard first.

 

No other beeps than ? Just 1 beep after a time ? Does it power down ?

[saintmonkey1979]

Nope. Power stays on, fan continues to run, just the one beep. Totally baffled.

[Smirking_Saint]

Have you tried both the VGA and the HDMI port for video ?

[BadgerBadger]

The info that came with the system board should show what the beeps indicate - the amount and length of the beeps denote different issues.

[badgerx16]

Have you tried both the VGA and the HDMI port for video ?

 

This - you should get something displayed unless the MoBo is completely u/s. What MoBo do you have ? Does the system show any other signs of life, eg does the LED on the optical drive flash as it is polled by POST, does the HDD spin up ?