EMERGENCY!

[Paul Rumelhart]

I'm not an expert in this, but I'll throw out there what I know, 
anyway.  My first suggestion is double and triple check your 
connections.  Make sure any cards are seated firmly in their slots, make 
sure the memory is pushed in far enough that the little holders click 
over the top of them.  Make sure the CPU is firmly seated.  Make sure 
all the power connectors are on all the hard drives and CD/DVD drives.  
Make sure the ribbon cables are as well.

The beep usually means (from my experience, anyway) that some hardware 
component is not correctly installed.  It's part of the pre-boot 
hardware checking a computer goes through.  I've also had it happen if a 
component gets fried, but I wouldn't worry about that since everything 
is presumably new.

I see others have already replied with the same kind of info.  Good luck 
with it.  I remember my first time building a computer from scratch.  
It's nerve-wracking.

Paul

Steven Vollom wrote:
> I just put together my new computer.  I have never built one before.  I 
> got to the point where the power is supposed to be turned on.  I left 
> the side off the computer to adjust fan speed on two of the fans that 
> came with the case.
>
> When I turned the computer on, the case fans came on.  There was a 
> single beep.  Nonetheless the fan on the heat sink did not come on, and 
> it is fixed to the power post of the motherboard that was made for it.
>
> I shut down the chttp://start.ubuntu.com/8.04/omputer because I believe the processor creates a lot 
> of instant heat, but I don't know what to do next.  My components are as 
> follows:
>
> ASUS M3N-HT Delux Mempipe
> Processor is AMD Phenom Quad Black Box 9600
> Power supply is BFG Tech ATX12Volt  ES Series
>
> Two Maxtor 500gb SATA HD's.
>
> The case fans are connected to the Power Cable that goes to the DVDRW & 
> Floppy Drive
>
> The heat sink fan goes directly to the motherboard.
>
> All the components are new.  The case did not come with a speaker that 
> would indicate the beeps that advise problems.
>
> I am using the on-board Video, 8400 Gforce for now; also I am using 
> on-board sound 8.1.
>
> Does anyone know if the fan over the Heat Sink not being on is normal 
> when first turning the computer on?  It took me a year to assemble the 
> components for my new computer; I can't afford to burn anything up.
>
> I am very worried.  Could someone who knows please respond?
>
> Steven
>
>