Jimi, Phillip's suggestion is one of those, "Why didn't I think of it?," ones.

The reason, however, is that you said, "upon booting up, the system doesn't past POST," which, I believe, you corrected later.

"POST"  stands for Power On Self Test, which is a little test that the system performs after booting but before examining the 
hardware,  loading the cmos values, and loading the operating system.  When you get to the POST, you should have a few lines on your 
monitor that talk about the brand of BIOS and other things.  The POST is four or five lines down.  So by saying that it doesn't past 
POST, you are implying that it at least got to the start of the POST, may have done some or all of the POST, but did not get any 
further.  In other words, you are implying that your monitor and video card are doing their job up to that point because you can see 
characters on the screen.

Now, if nothing at all is showing on your monitor (blank screen), and  with the other information given, it most certainly points to 
a problem with either the monitor, the cable to the monitor, or, perhaps, one of the connections.  If you are lucky, then it is the 
cable! :)  Try the monitor and cable on another computer, and try a different cable if that is indicated.

Dean


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phillip Williams" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] New Build


Jimi,
 Just a thought, have you tried another monitor? Since you've changed
parts out, I assume you've had to re-connect the monitor which would
probably rule out the cable connection.
-Phil-


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>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "jimi moore" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>
>>>
>>> I've recently started building a new computer. I believe I've assembled
>>> all
>>> of the parts and connections correctly. The problem however is that upon
>>> booting up, the system doesn't past POST. There are no sounds, and no
>>> beep.
>>> There is also no red light showing at all. However all of the fans are
>>> spinning, and there is a green light on the motherboard, so I know it's
>>> getting power. My system specs are as follows:
>>>
>>> Power Supply: 700W GameXstream
>>> Motherboard: Asus P5N-D
>>> Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700
>>> RAM: Two 2048MB sticks of DDR2 Corsair RAM.
>>> Graphics Card: Nvidia 8800 GTS
>>> HDD: 500 GB Western Digital Caviar
>>>
>>> The HDD, Graphics Card, and Power Supply are from my old system. Now, the
>>> reason for building a new one in the first place was that my old one was
>>> having the exact same error. I know the HDD works, because I've tested it
>>> in
>>> another machine. I've also tested the Graphics Card in another machine.
>>> Both
>>> worked flawlessly. I highly doubt it's the Power Supply, because of the
>>> green light on the motherboard and the fact that all of the fans spin. I
>>> also doubt the new parts I've ordered were shipped dead on arrival. Hence
>>> we
>>> have a problem that really confuses me. I am getting the same error in my
>>> new machine as I was having in my old, but the only things that could be
>>> the
>>> problem I'm certain are not.
>>>
>>> So, can anybody help me out here?
>>>
>>> Jimi Moore

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