K8N Neo3 won't boot

I have put together a barebones kit that will not boot. Everything is new and I have double checked everything to make sure it's installed correctly. When I power the machine up the fans on the motherboard, video card, and power supply all come on. The cpu fan comes on sometimes and sometimes it doesn't. It will start another time and stop after about 15 or 20 seconds. I'm at my wits end over this one. I have built several boxes before and have never run into anything like this. The PSU came with the case. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Here is my setup:
Memory: Corsair VS1GB4003C PC3200 1024MB 128Mx64 184DIMM
MB: K8N Neo3 (MS-7135 v2.X ATX Mainboard) with nForce 4-4X chipset
CPU: AMD Athlon64 3200+
Video: nVidia GeForce 7300GS PCI Express 16x
Bios: Out of Box
HD: Maxtor 120GB
Optical: Liteon 16x Dual Layer DVD RW
Cooling: Spire Heatsink and Fan cooling kit
Power Supply Details:
450w
+3.3v 26a
+5v 35a
+12v 15a
-12v 0.8a
-5v 0.5a

Quote from: Hans on 07-April-07, 23:31:17
tcsenter, this has been discussed very often in this forum. 15A is NOT enough, period. If you want to insist on this, well be my guest. But don't come crying if your psu burns up half your system. You have been warned about that now.
It has been "discussed", but those discussions NEVER withstand any scrutiny when I enter them - period. Everyone dives out the back door or threatens to have me banned. Why?
Because I PROVE my argument using the very same "simple math" you cite. Unless you are referring to some new fuzzy math that wasn't taught when I went to grade school? I get my numbers from the manufacturer datasheets, which are absolute worst case scenarios that can't be found outside of AMD's R&D lab, or actual load measurements using reasonably precise methods:
K8N Neo3 core logic = 0.5A
AMD Athlon64 3200+ = 9A MAX
GeForce 7300GS = 1A MAX
Maxtor 120GB = 2A (spin-up)
Liteon 16x DVD RW = 2A (spin-up)
Cooling Fans x 2 = 0.5A
Total +12V load = 15A
This assumes 100% loading, which is impossible during POST and until the operating system begins loading.
Sources:
http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/30430.pdf
http://www.xbitlabs.com/misc/picture/?src=/images/video/power-noise/7300gs.gif&1=1

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Quote from: kakarocht on 05-February-06, 09:59:11
Gives more specs / details on your hardware especially on your PSU!! I'm worried that your psu problem as it need more power in order to boot up. Regards.
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Quote from: hoser77 on 12-June-05, 08:20:32
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K8N Neo3 (contains 1.PCIe16x and 1.AGP slot - multiple video capability)
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I'm in (WAHOO!) and for the first time in my life Microsoft came through
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314082/
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So with all this talk of unlocked SATA busses limiting o/c, and my frustration getting the bus over 240 with 5:6 (or even 2:3), or 225 with 1:1 I thought I'd give using an old ATA drive a shot.
But the board won't boot off it.
I've tried several installs of XP, formated clean for fat or ntfs, clean or quick, each time after windows copies over all the files and does it's first reboot, the board can't find the OS on the HD.
NTFS and FAT give slightly different error messages but the error is something like can't find operating system, or bad operating system.
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you are not telling us what you were last doing before it went wrong, believe me that might give some clue, however
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1x WD 250GB HDD
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My theories:
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I have no theory as to why one processor would have me to change bios setting to get the RAM to work, and why another wouldn't.
I have no theory as to why I can watch anime, but not play games.
What I'm hoping for:
I'm open to any possible solutions to the problems I'm currently experiencing, and would even be grateful for possible causes if no solution can be met. If all else fails, and I can't get anything to work, (even though all the other parts work on other boards), I'll assume the board is faulty and just RMA it considering the fact that the people I bought it from don't accept returns.

Quote from: Xfraze on 03-February-06, 19:26:38
I plan to get a 450W PSU today and see if that helps, I have my fingers crossed though. Last time I though my computer had a power issue, it turned out the problem was somthing else and I forkedout some cash for nothing.
Yep, that happens ... that is why I always recommend to try it out with a borrowed PSU first. Still, I have the feeling that things are moving in the right direction Maybe it is time to take a closer look at the videocard - you have any idea of the temperature of the card under stress - or about the temperatures in the computer in general? CPU temp, case temp, etc?

Won't boot at all... [will not POST]

Greets. My order from newegg just came in today and i'm quite happy with the "big" things i got-
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (link)
MSI K8N Neo4-F (link)
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which, according to this post, means that I should be in the clear for BIOS set up. Nothing is displayed on my screen! :( Help!
Thanks.
Sean

Quote from: Supershanks on 12-May-05, 08:28:54
1) Do u have any usb cables from your case front panel or Flash card/drive or usb hubs connected to the mobo if so unplug them.
2) Switch off computer & unplug mains lead the remove a module of memory leaving the remaining 1 in slot1 (nearest CPU)
if 1 doesn't apply or doesn't give any change try 2.
1 does not apply, the only external devices i have attached are a monitor, keyboard, mouse (all os/2, not usb) and of course our friendly D-Bracket.
I have unplugged all IDE devices and SATA devices. All that's in there is the 1 GB of RAM (it's a 1gb stick, not 512mb), graphics card and processor, still no picture :(

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