plea for help.....

[jay8990]

ok so my first build and everything was going ok...
came to the big moment..switching power on...
and it switched on! wayhey!....or NOT

Keyboard works but then doesnt work
Cant get into BIOS or anything

My motherboard is MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum
It was supplied with this thing called d-bracket 2 which ahs four LEDs on it that shows the computer starting up. From the manual iv figured that it is pausing on the bit called:
Assign resources to all ISA

And it ceases on that. The keyboard doesnt work or anything.

The keyboard is working up until then, if i press it real quick then it switches into post screen but then once the leds hit that combination for resources to ISAs it stops working

it goes through memory testing, the keyboard and processor initialisation then justs tops

plea for help...anyone and everyone....

oh and iv tryed cearing cmos, all the cards and everything is in correct

[jay8990]

ok so everyone is allowed one mistake when building a computer....

mine was i never had the power connector in the cd drive

yeah yeah im a dumbasss

i bow my head in shame

happy to tell you all though i have now built my first computer specs below:

amd athlon 3500+ (130nm version)
msi k8n neo2 platinum
asus fx 5700 256mb ddr graphics
western digital 80gb sata hdd
256mb ram(ordered the 2x512)
raidmax cobra case in black
dvd/ cdrw drive
floppy (sprayed black)
card reader

ordered a DVD writer too, so it should be here soon!

running windows xp home

will post pics soon!

so thats like made my year

thanks for all your help over last few weeks guys

[wozelbeak]

try taking you cd rom off then see if it boots up. i read a thread with the same problem elsewhere. they unhooked the cd-rom and hey presto it worked.

[wozelbeak]

damn, posted too late. oh well.

[DarkBlade]

GOOD JOB!! CONGRAJULATIONS!! MAY YOUR DAYS ON END WITH YOUR PC BE HAPPY! GL!! You may kiss the processor now!