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Right now I do not have my sound card in the case and the pc will turn on but not load to the boot scree. So I ask do I need it installed before anything will progress?

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You do not need a sound card.  If you're PC is not loading then you have other issues.

 

Check to make sure all your connections to drives are not loose.  Are you getting any message or beeping sounds when trying to load?

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Nothing happens it power $ up then sits still!

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DEAN CAN YOU TS

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NITE

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I don't know how on my son's pad

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How old is your mobo?  Sound cards are almost useless depending on how old your motherboard is.  I don't use one because I know my onboard is better than 80% of the sound cards you can get, the only benefit from a sound card is if it has a built in dac unless your mobo has it too

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Brand spanking new! Lol

its an AS Rock xtreme 970

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With the side panel off and if not a solid state hard drive, can you feel or tell if it is powering up?

Pc turns on then just sits there... Thinking possibly bad drive, loose, or bad cable maybe.

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you should be able to get into your bios on boot up hit esc or del key then ghet to your bios and see if you can see your ssd if not then I say ssd trouble hope it helps TheHammer007

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My problem is I can't get to that option! It just sits there running my fans but no lights! Would that be a clue in itself?

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Oh oh. Sounds a little like a mobo issue. Check your cables going to your board and make sure they're not loose.

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Did a dozen times and more. I am at astandstill. My ex xv brother-in-law is a putter expert and he will help me If I need him to. Good thing I remained friends with him. Lol

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The panel cables which are the most critical? And can someone some me which goes where? Again my mobo is an AS Rock 970 Xtreme 3

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The panel cables will be specific to your case.  If you look closely at the connector ends attached to the front panel of your case, they will identify which one is pwr, etc and is + or -.  Now look at your board and beside the bottom row of 3 SATA ports, you should see a set of pins, 8 to 10 of them, labelled 'Panel'.  The panel connectors will go here, just look for pwr +, pwr -, hdd, etc. whatever you have coming off of your front panel.  Just connect them to the correct pin.

 

Hope this helps.

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Have you installed one of those little speakers on your mobo? If you do, they can give you useful beep codes to tell you what's wrong.

 

I mean one like this

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Was useful for me to tell me my graphics card was DOA

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you really only need to test the computer out with 2 cables the power cable and the reset cable do not worry about the rest. So nothing on the monitor at all like its turned off ? If so are you using a video card ? or MB video 

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CMOS battery remove for 5min put new one in next pull all memory sticks put one in fist slot next no sub just mouse and keyboard now try boot you should get to bios esc or del key on boot hope it helps

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you really only need to test the computer out with 2 cables the power cable and the reset cable do not worry about the rest. So nothing on the monitor at all like its turned off ? If so are you using a video card ? or MB video

 

a video card and it is running waiting for input!
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CMOS battery remove for 5min put new one in next pull all memory sticks put one in fist slot next no sub just mouse and keyboard now try boot you should get to bios esc or del key on boot hope it helps

Still dead as dead can be! I am really frustrated as a bitch in heat. Ask hxtr what that's like. Lol

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have you tried a different sata cable to your HD ? Or plug your sata into a different port

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I tried each on every port they would fit! Just to make sure. I think the mobo is a dud. I have heard it's happened before.

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dean did you put it together ?

 

If you did , well take the motherboard out of the case and try it , no sound card, just the PS, and video card and one stick of ram , and see if you can enter the bios .

 

then add your hard drive and try it , continue to add each piece till you find the problem one ,

 

If it doesn't boot to the bios with minimal components, then it's either the MB or PS. 

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And on another note , I agree that the on board sound is better or equal to most sound cards ,

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