Re: Front panel connectors

attilathehun1 wrote:
Ok, I switched e-mails and now I can post questions and replies now, again on my Dell 8300. I downloaded your reply. This reply, at least the first part about not plugging in all the front panel connectors, was smart. Now, I have this reply in My Documents. Ok, lets give this a shot and see what's up. I'll plug in the power switch and see if it fires up. Do you need a monitor to see if it fires up? I mean do I need to plug this into a monitor to see if it fires up? I'll read over your reply again. Unless you want to tell me shortly in a few words what I need to do to fire it up. For ex., make sure the hard drive is plugged in correctly, and then the fans hooked up, the power switch plugged in, and wtf. I'll wait for your response, especially on the monitor.

You can skip any steps you want. I usually go through more steps than this,
but I don't want to type too much stuff. Pick the step that is closest
to how much you've got assembled right now.

1) Motherboard
power switch
power supply

Switching on, should cause the power supply fan to run. This is the
simplest test you can do.

2) Motherboard
power switch
power supply
Processor with heatsink/fan
Computer case SPKR

Switching on, should cause the computer case speaker to beep that
the RAM is missing. If you add RAM now, it might beep that the
video card is missing. Once RAM and video are present, other
alarm conditions can show on the monitor. (If the BIOS knows the
video is working, it can display an error message on the BIOS screen.)

3) Motherboard
power switch
power supply
Processor with heatsink/fan
Computer case SPKR
RAM
Video card
Monitor connected to video card
Keyboard and mouse

Switching on, should cause the BIOS to show on the screen, and a
complaint that there is no hard drive connected.

4) Motherboard
power switch
power supply
Processor with heatsink/fan
Computer case SPKR
RAM
Video card
Monitor connected to video card
Keyboard and mouse
Hard drive
CDROM
Floppy drive

Plug a memtest86+ floppy disk or a memtest86+ CDROM into
the CDROM drive. Try to boot into memtest86+. Make sure the
RAM is error free. Test the RAM for two passes at least.
Press ESC to quit memtest86+.

Next step, is to boot the Windows installer CD, and install
Windows. Don't boot the Windows installer, until your RAM
is completely error free. If you need help with this
issue (RAM errors), post back.

HTH,
Paul
.

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