Okay this is the situation here. Two years ago I purchased a computer via individual parts from Tiger Direct, and figured I'd put it together, and voila!
Unfortunately I STILL have never gotten it to work. I've moved around several times in the last several years so I haven't really had a lot of time to mess with it, and I'm completely stupid when it comes to the technical aspect of figuring out the hardware stuff.
First let me explain my problem and then I'll list the parts.
I put all the parts together, and they were all put where they belong. It was all set up right, and yet I can't get it to load up. Every now and then we were able to get it to the boot menu, where we'd try to get it to load up the disc drive with Windows or the Motherboard setup (by resetting the Cmos to bring up the menu) but once it would reboot to save the info it would revert back to nothing.
No c prompt no nothing. We'd hear it beep or something, but we didn't get anything on the screen, and it would often not even recognize the monitor was plugged in.
Now my brother actually got it to load up Windows, but once it rebooted to finish the installation, it went back to nothing.
I have zero clue what the hell is wrong, but my best guess is that it's either the motherboard or the processor. I've tried two different types of memory, including memory that was on the approved list of that motherboard, because apparantly not all memory will work with that brand for some reason.
I'm frustrated beyond belief and I have limited money to take this to a shop and have them charge me out the ass for looking at it and then telling me they can't do ****.
Anyway here's my parts info that I'm working with, just for full information's sake.
Unfortunately I STILL have never gotten it to work. I've moved around several times in the last several years so I haven't really had a lot of time to mess with it, and I'm completely stupid when it comes to the technical aspect of figuring out the hardware stuff.
First let me explain my problem and then I'll list the parts.
I put all the parts together, and they were all put where they belong. It was all set up right, and yet I can't get it to load up. Every now and then we were able to get it to the boot menu, where we'd try to get it to load up the disc drive with Windows or the Motherboard setup (by resetting the Cmos to bring up the menu) but once it would reboot to save the info it would revert back to nothing.
No c prompt no nothing. We'd hear it beep or something, but we didn't get anything on the screen, and it would often not even recognize the monitor was plugged in.
Now my brother actually got it to load up Windows, but once it rebooted to finish the installation, it went back to nothing.
I have zero clue what the hell is wrong, but my best guess is that it's either the motherboard or the processor. I've tried two different types of memory, including memory that was on the approved list of that motherboard, because apparantly not all memory will work with that brand for some reason.
I'm frustrated beyond belief and I have limited money to take this to a shop and have them charge me out the ass for looking at it and then telling me they can't do ****.
Anyway here's my parts info that I'm working with, just for full information's sake.
