Hello everyone! This is my first post on these forums, so I just wanted to take a second to say hi to everyone!
On to my question... So I recently purchased all new components for my PC. I installed everything yesterday after receiving the Asrock mobo last in the mail and took my time. However, I cannot get the system past the post screen.
Here are my parts first:
- Intel Quad Core 2 Q9550 2.88GHz cpu
- Asrock X48 TwinsTurbo Mobo w/WIFI
- Corsair 2GB (1GB x 2) DDR3 (PC1600) RAM
- EVGA E-Geforce 9800 GX2
- Corsair 750W PS
- Maxtor 80GB 7200rpm 8mb cache hd (pulled from my previous pc)
So there are my parts and here is my issue:
I'm able to get the computer powered up. Fans spin, VGA card runs fine, CPU posts and memory posts, but then it just stops at the main menu (Press F2 to enter setup, Press F11 to Boot, Press Tab to whatever). I cannot get the keyboard to respond to any of the commands listed to get into the BIOS.
I have checked and rechecked everything it could possibly be. Pulled the battery, put back in, reset the CMOS and I have it all running on the bare minimum right now (1 stick of ram, vga card, heatsink/cpu, power switch connected and that's it), but still no luck. I've even borrowed my roommates wired keyboard and nothing works with that either.
One thing I did notice however is that when I move the power switch jumper around it will boot to the main post screen where you can select F2 for setup, F11 for boot etc, but then it will move to a different screen where it starts to post the CPU and amount of memory, but then stops and says Press F11 to Boot, but I cannot do anything... it's strange.
Any thoughts? I've built many PCs in the past, so I am no noob, but I've never run into a problem like this. Am I doing something wrong though?
On to my question... So I recently purchased all new components for my PC. I installed everything yesterday after receiving the Asrock mobo last in the mail and took my time. However, I cannot get the system past the post screen.
Here are my parts first:
- Intel Quad Core 2 Q9550 2.88GHz cpu
- Asrock X48 TwinsTurbo Mobo w/WIFI
- Corsair 2GB (1GB x 2) DDR3 (PC1600) RAM
- EVGA E-Geforce 9800 GX2
- Corsair 750W PS
- Maxtor 80GB 7200rpm 8mb cache hd (pulled from my previous pc)
So there are my parts and here is my issue:
I'm able to get the computer powered up. Fans spin, VGA card runs fine, CPU posts and memory posts, but then it just stops at the main menu (Press F2 to enter setup, Press F11 to Boot, Press Tab to whatever). I cannot get the keyboard to respond to any of the commands listed to get into the BIOS.
I have checked and rechecked everything it could possibly be. Pulled the battery, put back in, reset the CMOS and I have it all running on the bare minimum right now (1 stick of ram, vga card, heatsink/cpu, power switch connected and that's it), but still no luck. I've even borrowed my roommates wired keyboard and nothing works with that either.
One thing I did notice however is that when I move the power switch jumper around it will boot to the main post screen where you can select F2 for setup, F11 for boot etc, but then it will move to a different screen where it starts to post the CPU and amount of memory, but then stops and says Press F11 to Boot, but I cannot do anything... it's strange.
Any thoughts? I've built many PCs in the past, so I am no noob, but I've never run into a problem like this. Am I doing something wrong though?