- Joined
- Dec 29, 2004
- Location
- City of Sin
OK, this has been happening since I took off my Exos-2. I've JUST gotten a Laing D5, BIXII, Micro res, A8N32, and 7900 GTX. Kept my storm but took off the NV-68 from the loop. Installed everything, cut a hole on top of my p180 for the BIX mounted and the connected everything else. Leak tested for 24 hours and excitedly proceeded to put in the new mobo.
I plugged it all in, double checked connections and prepared to start my new beast. Rubbed my hands and turned it on with a big smile..... Nothing. The fans and pump turn on, I hear the minor sloshing sound of trapped air in the storm (only way I know that water is flowing). But no display, no sounds of HDs spinning up and no beeps from my rig telling me something is wrong. Well, ok I thought. Maybe I forgot a cable. Double checked again. Nope everything is fine connection wise.
Disgruntled, I disconnected everything except the water system and tossed the board on the bench and began to check everything. Caps, signs for water and the usually. Everything checks fine I tossed the stock fan on and boom. POST screen shows up. OK. Put everything back in reinstalled everything including storm. Again, no boot.
OK... Put the stock fan on while mobo is in the case. and again. Up pops the A8N32 slash screen with a big smile. How could the storm cause my whole system not to boot? Is it possible for the pump to cause a small short to not allow it to happen? I've been trying to figure this out for the past week and I'm about to give up . I've went as far as to buy a new CPU and PSU thinking they might be the problem but thats not the case. I don't want to give up on watercooling cause once summer comes I plan on getting an 8800 and I've heard they put out a huge amount of heat and being in a desert during summer I can't afford it to have that fry on me.
Any and all suggestions welcome.
I plugged it all in, double checked connections and prepared to start my new beast. Rubbed my hands and turned it on with a big smile..... Nothing. The fans and pump turn on, I hear the minor sloshing sound of trapped air in the storm (only way I know that water is flowing). But no display, no sounds of HDs spinning up and no beeps from my rig telling me something is wrong. Well, ok I thought. Maybe I forgot a cable. Double checked again. Nope everything is fine connection wise.
Disgruntled, I disconnected everything except the water system and tossed the board on the bench and began to check everything. Caps, signs for water and the usually. Everything checks fine I tossed the stock fan on and boom. POST screen shows up. OK. Put everything back in reinstalled everything including storm. Again, no boot.
OK... Put the stock fan on while mobo is in the case. and again. Up pops the A8N32 slash screen with a big smile. How could the storm cause my whole system not to boot? Is it possible for the pump to cause a small short to not allow it to happen? I've been trying to figure this out for the past week and I'm about to give up . I've went as far as to buy a new CPU and PSU thinking they might be the problem but thats not the case. I don't want to give up on watercooling cause once summer comes I plan on getting an 8800 and I've heard they put out a huge amount of heat and being in a desert during summer I can't afford it to have that fry on me.
Any and all suggestions welcome.