Dippy

I think you have it Dalo :) I've got the PC working... I connected everything to the motherboard but left it outside the case (i just connectted the Power SW) and it booted up. I then put the motherboard into the case and then added the cables... It stopped working when i plugged in the RESET SW... Either way round the cable did not work, so i just unplugged it and the PC is fine. With your help, I've saved buying my Dad a new PC :) Thank you.

The new case was the only thing I didn't change...so that could be the problem... I unscrewed the MB and placed it on card. Switched on the PSU but no sound from the MB. I swapped this with another PSU (which has worked in another of my PCs) but this did not produce a sound from my MB. Details... M/Board - ECS NFORCE9M-A PSU - WINPOWER APS-650AA or ALLIED AL-8400BTX other details RAM - 2X1GB Kingston DDR2 CPU - Althon 64x2 4800+ GFX - MSI Geforce 8600GT (fanless) HDD - Western Digital WD5000AAKS I do not have a voltmeter but i think my folks have one. I'll get it tomorrow but both PSU's I've used have worked on another PC with a different MB :( Is there anything else I can do?

no :( The PSU fan comes on but no sound.

Thank you. I'm pleased to be here :) Yes this is true i have only replaced the MB and am still using the other original parts... but my problem is that the screen remains blank when i turn on the PC. So I don't even get any BIOS loading up... There is also no "beep" from my PC to say that it is loading the bios. This sounds like a hardware issue rather than Windows being a pain :)

Hi, I purchased my dad a new SATA HDD for his birthday but due to lack of sockets on his motherboard, i decided to buy him a new one, upgrade his PSU and get him some more RAM and a new ATX case to replace his Mini ATX. I originally built his PC so I thought changing the motherboard and adding a few bits would not be a problem. I bought a ASRock N68C-S UCC nForce 630a motherboard, installed it in his new case and plugged his AM2 CPU, 3GB RAM, HDDs and Geforce 8600GTS graphics card with a new 650W PSU... the computer did not boot up...:( I disconnected the HDDs and tried again... no luck...:( I removed all but one stick of RAM, the graphics card, PSU and CPU with fan...no luck :( I plugged the monitor into another PC and it worked (using the same lead) - so the monitor is fine. I then replaced each part of the PC with a working one... With each item I replaced and put in the new PC, the new PC continued to work but mine did not. I replaced each item one at a time, including CPU, CPU fan, RAM and PSU but while it worked on one PC it did not work on mine :confused: I concluded that the new motherboard was broken. Last week i ordered a new motherboard (ECS nForce9M-A AM2+, DDR2, PCI-E, GBLan, 5.1Snd, ATX) and when it arrived I screwed it into the new case and added the same components.... It did not boot up...:mad: I then repeated the actions I did before and replaced each item... RAM, PSU, CPU, CPU fan and graphics card; placing these into a second PC (which continued to load up) but the parts from the "working pc" could not get my PC to run. :mad: (i'm wishing i had bought my dad socks now and not a HDD) :) Please help...Does anyone have any ideas? Is there something I have missed? (Thank you for taking the time to read all this...sorry for the very long post)