Help with this new build..

[Mr Sxxy Zone]

Greetings friends, i have a problem with a new system i am building, i had problems booting but i cleared the CMOS and got a boot to the BIOS, all good and when i connect my Hard Drive the system will turn on for 3 secs and then turn off, i remove the Disc and it will boot to the BIOS normaly, i have a 525w power supply, it has 2 configurations <115 Volts> and <230 Volts> it is currently on 115 volts, when i change to 230 to see if its a  voltage problem i get nothing on my screen but the fans turn on and there is no beep sounds, These are the components in the system..

MOB-Asus M2N68-AM PLUS

RAM- MEGA 1GB DDR2

CPU- AMD ATHLON II

PSU- ILLUSION 525W <MODEL : LBX525>

HardDrive-SEA GATE 1TB BARRACUDA 7200

GPU-NIVIDIA GeFORCE 8600 GT (Haven't installed yet, waiting to fix this problem first) ^^

 

And might not be important but i'm using a Dell monitor..     <_< 

[ZetZet]

New build made me laugh  :lol:

[xox]

Depending on where you live, the voltage should be set to the same as what you get into your house.

For me, I live in the UK, so my home voltage is 230v.

 

Is the SATA mode in AHCI or IDE in the BIOS?

[Mr Sxxy Zone]

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Depending on where you live, the voltage should be set to the same as what you get into your house.

For me, I live in the UK, so my home voltage is 230v.

 

Is the SATA mode in AHCI or IDE in the BIOS?

i got a post to 

A disk read error occurred. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart Error and i know the Disc is good and working

[WinNut]

Try a different SATA/IDE port.

[ManIkWeet]

Last time I switched that little 115v/230v button a spark flew and I was a crying little kid as the PSU was dead as hell

Never again...

Also you might have broken your HDD by touching that switch...

[Sors]

Because your system is old, it may not be compatible with that drive.

 

I had a few problems before trying to use SATA 2 drives with a SATA 1 motherboard, before the drives had a little jumper you could change to make it work as SATA 1.  

 

But seeing how you were playing with the PSU voltage selector (something you should NEVER do) I don't think you should attempt to move the drive jumpers, because you are most likely going to screw something up.

[ig33ku]

Honestly, you guys, you never seen a china case and a cheap mobo before? Of course it is a new build.

 

As for your problem, your shop should have a return policy for a 1 to 1 exchange of faulty good sold, take your HDD back and exchange it for a new one AFTER you have tested it on another pc. I am surprised that the PSU is still working and your motherboard but I guess the power regulation might have saved it. Anyway, if the PSU is also from the same shop you can be daring and return it there too for a replacement, remember to set the voltage back 115v and tell them when you power up the pc the psu sparked and now you are having probs. Otherwise go buy another cheap psu and test the system that way.

[Mr Sxxy Zone]

Honestly, you guys, you never seen a china case and a cheap mobo before? Of course it is a new build.

 

As for your problem, your shop should have a return policy for a 1 to 1 exchange of faulty good sold, take your HDD back and exchange it for a new one AFTER you have tested it on another pc. I am surprised that the PSU is still working and your motherboard but I guess the power regulation might have saved it. Anyway, if the PSU is also from the same shop you can be daring and return it there too for a replacement, remember to set the voltage back 115v and tell them when you power up the pc the psu sparked and now you are having probs. Otherwise go buy another cheap psu and test the system that way.

 

 

Because your system is old, it may not be compatible with that drive.

 

I had a few problems before trying to use SATA 2 drives with a SATA 1 motherboard, before the drives had a little jumper you could change to make it work as SATA 1.  

 

But seeing how you were playing with the PSU voltage selector (something you should NEVER do) I don't think you should attempt to move the drive jumpers, because you are most likely going to screw something up.

The pc turns on now but i still get the Disc Read Error i'm going to test with an other Drive and see if that helps