On Fri, 2006-07-28 at 15:20 -0400, Dave Phillips wrote: > Greetings: > > Well, the hardware has been assembled, but I have a show-stopper of a > problem. When I try to start the machine I get a flash from the cool > blue lights on my Antec case, the CPU fan does a little jig, then > nothing. :( Check that you have connected the processor fan and that it is spinning at the fastest rate you can get it to spin. Some mobos will refuse to start if they don't detect a processor fan running happily. There's usually a boot time key combination that can be used to boot - and then you can change the detection to "off" in the bios. -- Fernando > So how do I go about diagnosing this thing ? All possible connections > have been made between the case, the power supply, and the mobo. I've > scoured the manuals for those pieces, I can't see that I've missed > connecting anything. > > Here's the main machine parts: > > MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum motherboard > AMD64 CPU > Antec Sonata II case with power supply > 1 GB RAM in slot 1 > Seagate Barracuda drive > Lite-on DVD/CD RW drive > > Any and all suggestions are welcome. I'd like to get this iron running > myself, the bench fees at the local shops are outrageous. > > Best, > > dp > >
