Plugging things into other things isn't hard. Attaching plastic to steel to silicon isn't that difficult.
Energizing hundreds of millions of transistors in harmony such that they accomplish/send a Power On Self Test might be, however. I have encountered a problem and I'm not yet humble enough to say I can't fix it.
I assembled the various parts and pieces together this evening in the hope that I'd get a picture of a POST screen to conclude the day. No joy. Tomorrow (Monday) I'll write up the events of the day and discuss the building process. For now, I'll leave you with the simultaneously tantalizing and frustrating sight of a PC that is powered up, has the case and CPU fans running (with little noise), has spun up the hard drive, activated the keyboard lights, and sent some sort of signal to the monitor, yet will not send visuals to the CRT:
At least I was right about the blue case LEDs.
- Building a New Computer - The Past, the Present, and the Parts
- Building a New Computer - The Antec Sonata II Case
- Building a New Computer - The Guts Are Here
- Building a New Computer - Diagnosing My POST Problem
- Building a New Computer - Complete!
- Building a New Computer - POST Revisited
Posted by Drizzten at December 19, 2005 01:20 AM
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when i start my computer i recieve an error massege
memory read write failure at ............
Decreasing available memory
hte amount of system memory has changed
hey, I have the same problem, when booting a fresh built computer everything runs but cant get a picture on the monitor, how did u solve that problem, because to me its a mystery, please reply. Thank you
Mark
Posted by: Mark on January 21, 2006 09:16 PMGuys, check out my latest post: http://www.drizzten.com/blargchives/001445.html
The problem was an overlooked power connector.
Posted by: Drizz on January 23, 2006 07:47 PM