[nylug-talk] X86 hardware problem -- ASUS P5E motherboard not posting

[Rodrick Brown]

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 6:31 PM, Brian Gupta <brian.gupta at gmail.com> wrote:
> So, I am trying to put together a new system, and since I have been
>  running off laptops the past few years, I have minimal experience with
>  the new parts. (PI express in particular and DDR2 and Intel CPUs).
>
>  So I have a case and PSU (650W),
>  - ASUS P5E
>  - Intel Xeon x3220 Kentsfield 2.4QHz 2 x 4MB LGA 775 Quad-Core
>  - 4 x 2GB ECC PC800 DDR2 Kingston vlaue ram
>  - 2 x 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 HDD
>  - 1 x 7100gs Nvidia pci express x16 video card
>
>  It's not posting our putting out any video, but the CPU fan is
>  powering up. I don't have any other hardware from this generation so
>  swap testing is not an option.
>
>  Cheers,
>  Brian
>
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I have this board and had the same problem when I built my system, I
willing to be you that your CPU isnt correctly inserted on the board.
It was a pain for me to get my Quad Core Duo on this board but try
reseeding the CPU a few times. I heard rumors about this board not
being compatible with some memory modules but I did not experience
this problem I'm using 8GB of GSKILL memory with this board.

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