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I have:
Asus P4s8x Mobo
8500 All in One-wonder
P4 2.4GHz 533MHz bus (Retail Box) B Model
Kingston 512MB PC2700 RAM
Sony 16x DVD drive
WD 100GB 8MB Cache HD
ViewSonic P70f
400 Watts ATX PS
No floppy drive. (I will never use it.)

This is my first try at building a computer. Before that, I just change parts. The computer receives power. Well I know the monitor works. I'm using right now to surf this sight on a older working computer. The v-card had been through the same route. It also works on the older computer. The CPU and the Ram are seated correctly.
 
unfortunately, since this is your first time, the problem could lie anywhere. Motherboard may ship with "power off," or may disagree with RAM or other component. CPU may be bad, or mobo not recognize it.

Try installing just, the CPU, and connect the ATX power cable to the motherboard. Boot it. Listen if it beeps. IF OK. Install RAM next. Boot again. Video Card next. Boot again. HDD next Boot again. DVD.

IF you cant get it to boot - or give you error beeps with just the cpu installed. go no further.

Get someone who knows how if you arent sure how to do this.
 
Thanx. I will try with procedure you suggested. But before purchasing any parts, I made sure all the parts were compatible. I made sure the Mobo does support a 533 FSB w/ a P4 2.4 GHz. According to Asus' specs, the Mobo does support DDR PC2700. The Mobo itself can contain up to 3GB of RAM. However, I do think my problem lies between those three. Thank you, I'll give it another shot. :)
 
When you have everything set up in the case, do all the fans spin?
 
That is important. If all the fans spin it means that your motherboard should be ok and set to move on, this is before you install the RAM or processor. It should beep like a bitch since there is no cpu, ram or video (unless onboard - check the manual for the MOBO to see if there is a jumper to disable onboard video before you put in the card - and be sure to be steady but FIRM when installing the video card).
 
All the fans do spin. But I'll try to put in all the hardwares piece by piece. My other concern is the 400 Watt PS. I wonder if it's enough juice.
 
I ended up reseating everything and still no go. I'm not too proud of this solution, but in the end, I ended up pulling out uneccesary connections to the Mobo. As I am typing this post on my new computer. :)
Thanks for all you help.
 
Believe me, the 400W PSU is more than enough :)

Hope you like the computer
 
400 watt PSU should be enough for that hardware config assuming that it is in fact 400 watt of juice, often the manufacturers ratings are higher than what the actual PSU can do. See an article about Power Supplies on www.Tomshardware.com

You said you arent happy about taking all the stuff (connections) from the motherboard, but that is what you have to do if you are to properly troubleshoot the problem. Remove everything and add them all back peice by piece and boot between each insertion.
 
Rapmaster what are you talking about? Who said anything about unnecessary connections to the motherboard?
I don't understand what you are trying to say!

Admins are cool :)
 
Well in my case, I had the option of having 6 USB ports. 4 are on board and two more can be connected via pins on the Mobo, meaning w/o utilization of the pci slots. Is it neccessary to have all six? Well anyway, I opted for the 4. I have to put in a lot of efforts just to utilize 3. Six will never happen.
 
Oy vey, now I see what you meant Rapmaster. I can only assume he means disconnecting everthing except the ATX Power connector and the LEDS and CPU fan cables.

Like I said, Admins are cool.
 
So tell me how is it going, anything positive so far, what steps have you cleared so far in troubleshooting?
 
Did you read my post about me typing my post on my new computer?
 
So you fixed the problem by removing the additional USB header? Usually these are USB 2.0 whereas the built-in ones might be the old USB. You might end up wanting the faster connectors at some point (depends on the board.)


Are you sure you had it plugged into the right place? It fits on more than one place-- some boards have connectors that you can plug a "troubleshooting" header that flashes certain LEDs to diagnose boot problems... maybe you plugged it into there. Btw there are some USB headers for some boards that also have this troubleshooting thing built in as well. Took me a while to figure out what the heck it was.
 
Damn I am thick headed. You meant that it is fine now. the other guy noticed it, I didn't. Well that's just excellent. Glad we could help, ENJOY!
 
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