New Custom PC Problems!

[crazykilla]

[Solved]New Custom PC Problems!

Hello,

The Long Story:
I have been saving up some money for new pc, but i didn't bother buying new one and bought some parts for it instead, i bought intel i7 processor, Asus Rampage IV Extreme Motherboard, 8gb ram, new case and 700Watt power supply. But now i have problems with this pc, i turned on my pc, everything works, exept that nothing happens, lights turn on, buttons working, My pc was tooken to the shops for a fix, they said the ram was bad, so i switched the slots the ram was in, and it worked, then they said oh sorry, it was the motherboard, and the power supply, so i bought the 700watt power supply, and didnt do nothing with the motherboard, now everything is alright, but when i turn on pc, i have to turn off powersupply, wait, turn it back on, turn pc on, then theres a slight chance that it will turn on, i turn it on, no sound, no internet, so now im using wireless belkin usb,

The Short Story:
Bought intel i7 processor, Asus rampage iv Extreme motherboard, i turn pc on, theres a slight chance of it working, if i turn off power supply, wait, turn it back on, theres a higher chance of it working, when the pc is on, no internet, no sound,


PS: I have 2 hard drives, my old one with all my things on it, but its 32bit w7ultimate, and new one, 64bit w7ultimate, how can i get my things from 32 bit to 64 bit hard drive without using another pc? or is that not a option, when i connect both hard drives to pc, it just doesnt work,

One Last Question: If i buy a small CPU Fan, Does it always have to be so loud? i bought this one here: Intel Thermal Solution RTS2011AC - Processor cooler - ( Socket 2011 ): Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

I Personaly think theres a problem with moethrboard, it costed my £400, no way im paying for another one,

 

[Maguscreed]

I tend to agree with them, I actually had a similar problem with an asus board, but asus support gave me the run around, I sadly quit using them.

They wanted me to replace the power supply... so I did...
same story really.

...take that with a grain of salt obviously I'm a tad bitter.

does the board beep and complain if you pull all the ram and try to start it?

 

[crazykilla]

No it doesn't Beep, because i removed the thing that beeps, its basicly 2 4inch wires, with a sphere on the end, the 2 wires are black and red, well tuesday im going to call asus, or contact them, and tell them i want a new board, because i really dont think such a epic £400 board is ment to work like this, asus has the best boards, plus those guys who i payed to fix my pc took like £90 from me, £45 for seeing what device has problems and another £35 for saying i have shitty board and power supply, if i see that i can change in the motherboard settings to make it stop acting like this, then im getting that £35 back and .i. to them

 

[Maguscreed]

I beg to differ I replaced my dead republic of gamers board with a off the rack generic microatx board I can't even recall the manufacturer of off the top of my head, plugged all the same gear into it, and got better experience scores, better benchmarks, and none of the goofy little problems.

I think you'll come to understand my feelings a little bit more after dealing with them for a rma.

 

[crazykilla]

I heared that the Rampage IV is a verry fussy board, like if 1 thing isn't working then it wont turn on, but it is a verry fast board, i want my money back or a better board

 

[essenbe]

If you bought it from a reputable retailer you can usually RMA it with them within 30 days. Trust me, you will have a much better experience doing that than dealing with Asus. Plus, if you RMA with Asus it is extremely unlikely you will get a new motherboard. You will get your board back 'repaired' or one someone else RMA'd.

 

[f1andy83]

I had better luck with asus than with gigabytes. But he is right rma before you lose your 30 days on a possible futile mission.

 

[crazykilla]

Well i got 2 hard drives as i mentioned, 32bit and other 64bit, i can't run 32 bit on this pc coz it only gives me bluescreen, but i switched them around a couple times, and now i dont need to turn of power supply for pc to work, thats 1 problem down, then i borrowed my brothers Virgin Media wi-fi usb and i got internet, then i plugged my speakers into the front of my pc instead of the back, and it works, im still a bit fuzzy on this pc, the fan has gone really quiet too, but this is all prob coz i left my pc off for 3 days. im going to look for drivers from my ethernet cable, maybe that will give me internet again,

PS: is there anyway for me to view my 32bit hard drive? my mum has 64bit pc, i got 64bit, i dont know about my bro, but i dont really wanna tear up their pcs to get my files, Help please

 

[JamieFell]

I know it is fairly obvious and probably silly suggesting it... But you say it is custom built so you never know. When I custom built my system it was an ASUS motherboard. In the box it came in is a driver installation disc. Have you installed the drivers for the network card and sound????

 

[crazykilla]

Thankyou Verry much! man im such a idiot, i forgot to install the drivers, now everything works, i also figured out why pc didn't turn on, it actually did, it's just that my old pc had this thing that makes a beeping noise when windows is starting, but i took it out, and i thought it just wasn't working, but actually my monitor is plugged into the second port of my graphics card, and when i turn pc on it says the asus and stuff it comes on on the thing thats connected to first port (My TV), so basicly everything works now! thankyou guys for your help,
but i still need to know if i can view my 32bit hard drive files?

 

[ignatzatsonic]

but i still need to know if i can view my 32bit hard drive files?

Sure.

Plug the other drive in and you should see it in Windows Explorer.

 

[Maguscreed]

Yeah 64bit is the operating system.
Files are all kept using the NT file system so data will read back and forth no problems.
64bit is almost completely backwards compatible with 32 bit apps now anyhow.