Hi, I recently purchased a computer. I just replaced the stock heatsink with a thermaltake big typhoon
from newegg, and I installed new motherboard mounting screws as well. I had to remove the motherboard
in order to do this.
Now, when I press the power button, the fans go on, the new cpu fan turns on, the video card fan goes,
and the power led is on. However, all I get is a black screen.
I have experimented and found that the harddrive does not make noise unless I unplug the IDE cable
first. Similarily, the DVD RW tray does not open unless I first unplug the IDE cable to it.
I think it is a motherboard issue, but I could be wrong. ANY ideas would be very much appreciated!!!!
Thanks in advance.
SPECS:
Intel 945Psn motherboard : all drivers and bios updated
(http://developer.intel.com/products/motherboard/d945psn/index.htm)
Intel Pentium D Processor 2.80 GHZ 800 MHZ FSB
EVGA NVIDIA e-GEfORCE 6800 XT 256 MB PCI Express card:
4 Gig of DDR2 533 MHz (I know, I only need 2gig, but it came with it):
(http://www.adata.com.tw/adata_en/product_detail.php?ProductNo=67)
Lite-On DVD-RW burner
Maxtor Diamond MAX 10 7200 RMP 200 GIG hard drive 8mb buffer
Windows XP Home SP2
500 watt Antec power supply