I got my new computer today but I can’t get anything to work. I understand that it does not have Windows installed on it, which I am not worried about. (I’ve got a disc to do that). I’ve cracked it open, and everything seems to be securely in place. The computer powers up, but will not show anything on the monitor.
Are you sure you have the monitor cable plugged in and that it is in the right place? I am not sure that they make computers like this anymore but there are a load of computers at a place I consult for that have another port that looks exactly like a monitor cable port but isn’t.
Did you try to press Delete, F8, and F2 (one at a time) during startup to get into the BIOS? One of those keys generally does it.
Ok, I feel like a big stupidhead. I plugged it into my mobo, instead of the video card. :smack:
Now that you’ve passed this initiation rite, all should go smoothly.
Just keep the magic smoke inside the parts. 
Hey you shut up. I also installed a 2nd hard drive after this fiasco, AND got the jumper settings right.
[golf clap] Very good work - that can be damn tricky [/golf clap]
Not that hard, with these newfangled SATA drives. 
It was IDE cry
It’s supposed to stay inside the parts? :eek: :eek:
Trust me, your’e happier with IDE. I had a bitch of a time with some new hardware a while back. I RMA’d the mobo, seeing as it looked like that was it, got a new one, same problems. Got a new brand of mobo, similar problems. Oh, what’s this, if I don’t use my SATA drive, it works. :smack:
RMA’s the SATA drive, got the new one, still had a bitch of a time getting the mobo’s SATA drivers to actually work with XP. It works now, though. But if you can avoid it, don’t use SATA as your primary drive (with the OS) until Vista comes out, since I would imagine it has native SATA support.
Maybe that’s your experience, but I’ve been using a few NForce 3 MBD with native SATA support with few it any issues at all…