Cyberus wrote:
My mate got a load of components and I helped him put them together. I've never built a PC before, but felt sufficiently technically minded to assist....
So anyway I've installed the mobo, the CPU (with heatsink), the ram, connected some fans and tried powering on.
The fans spin. But that's it.
So I borrowed an old PCI gfx card and put that in a slot, and connected a monitor, and also plugged in a mouse and a USB k'board I had lying around. But still, all I get is a power light on the mobo.
So questions are:
I assume an SLI mobo will get as far as the bios without an SLI gfx card?
And will it do so without any drives attached?
Anyone got any pointers, I feel like a bit of a newbie when it comes to tinkering with PCs, I've only ever tinkered with cars and Amigas lol!
Did you install a floppy drive? A reversed cable - or one on PATA devices for that matter - can cause the symptoms you're describing.
