ASUS P5GPL-X-SE

[Earth_Djinn]

I bought a mobo from novatech a few days ago and set up everything as I should. The problem I am having is that when I turn the power on I get no beep to confirm everything is ok, I also have no video on my monitor. The fans are working but nothing else is.

[JDowdall]

thats the POST not completing properly then which could be a couple of things

[Earth_Djinn]

I have just taken out a mem chip and it beeped, then beeped twice. Yay!
I put it back in and same result. I just need to know what the beeps mean.

[JDowdall]

the Beeps are the POST which stands for some kind of test making sure all the components are running

[Earth_Djinn]

Ok the prob I have now is that the system is saying the processor is being overclocked, after about 10 secs it all shuts down!!. I moved the jumper over to empty the bios but its still doing it.

[JDowdall]

urrrrr try removing every no essential component (sound card... etc) from the system. Also what sort of RAM set up do you have (etc.. 2 512mb sticks) and have you added anything or changed anything on the system lately

[Earth_Djinn]

Its got 2gb of ram in it and I had 1gb originally.
But its a new mobo for me so not much has been changed.
I have removed all non essential components but no such luck.

[JDowdall]

this probably isnt the problem but as XP is hardware locked it doesnt like you changing the motherboard over without a fresh re-install of windows, but can you even get to windows yet. Also have you got another computer you can check the RAM in as it could be faulty

[Earth_Djinn]

I have not actually gotten round to installing win xp yet, I disconneted the hard drive to prevent that.

[JDowdall]

ok um. do you have another computer you could check the ram in as that could be faulty

[Earth_Djinn]

The reason I changed motherboards was that I was having memory problems before. I can take them out again and try.

[JDowdall]

could it have been the RAM and not the old motherboard that was faulty? or did you test this

[Earth_Djinn]

I tested this, the ram i have now is new ram.

[JDowdall]

um its either the gfx card or the processor then. Im pretty sure but dont take my word for it wait till someone more ... technically inclined .... has a look.... hopefully i've done everything properly :D :P

[Earth_Djinn]

Thankyou for your assistance. I will wait and see what others suggest also.

[JDowdall]

:P dont worry i've been bored out of my wits this christmas eve it's given me something to do

[Taxation]

dont know if u metioned this already

but

have you tried with the old RAM installed??
have you made sure the motherboard is 100% compatible with the newer RAM