50 XP
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I have no idea why my new setup won't power up.
Motherboard - Newegg.com - ASUS P5Q Pro LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards
When I set it up and have everything in and press power, the fans spin for like a second and then nothing. No beeps or post. I tried uninstalling everything and seeing if I power up if the fans will at least spin and nothing. The motherboard's power light turns on when I flip the switch in the back so it's getting power but I have no idea what else to do or if I received a DOA motherboard.
I've cleared CMOS and I'm at a loss. I'm desperate for any advice.
Looks like your board is DOA. Have you tried running it with one stick of ram at a time in each slot?
Are you sure you have all the jumper wires from the front panel of your case plugged into the motherboard properly? Perhaps the Power Switch wires are reversed or are plugged into the Reset jumper pins (etc). I forget how the PC reacts when these are set wrong.
Is power plugged into the motherboard in both places (both the 24 pin plug and the smaller 4 pin plug)?
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Power is plugged into both spots now. It wasn't working when it wasn't and still isn't now that it is.
I only reset CMOS. Can someone walk me through resetting the BIOS?
If it is DOA, what exactly am I supposed to do? Do I send it back to ASUS?
Update the BIOS... Stick an old P4 in the motherboard, update the BIOS then try. A mate had the same problem with his P5E, the Asus boards are crap for supporting new CPUS. We had to buy for 80 bucks, a P4 CPU, Put it in his system so it would boot, upgrade the BIOS, then install the E8400 he got. Then we sold the P4 to get the money back...and then some
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Sgt. D. Pilla;4574730Update the BIOS... Stick an old P4 in the motherboard, update the BIOS then try. A mate had the same problem with his P5E, the Asus boards are crap for supporting new CPUS. We had to buy for 80 bucks, a P4 CPU, Put it in his system so it would boot, upgrade the BIOS, then install the E8400 he got. Then we sold the P4 to get the money back...and then some
Damn I gotta spend another 80 bucks on top of the 1500 I already spent. Thanks to noe for recommending this board.
JK Jeff.
I'm sure a bottom end Celeron D would do the job, you should be able to get a working one of those off of eBay for far less than $80.
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Bs|Archaon;4575373I'm sure a bottom end Celeron D would do the job, you should be able to get a working one of those off of eBay for far less than $80.
Thanks,
If that doesn't work should I assume that the board is DOA?
Have you spoken to tech support? Seems like buying another CPU to get a new motherboard read your new CPU is pushing the limits of what should be expected of a consumer. I would think the bios should be fairly recent with a new board anyways.
What CPU are you putting in? I didn't see it listed in the first post.
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