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    Bad memory??? or bad K7V???

    the bios beeps are just a repeating loop which the manual means no DRAM detected... i dont know if "short" is the right word for what i did to the mobo on the earlier problem... someone suggested i take the mobo out of the case and then hook stuff up cuz i might have had too many...
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    Bad monitor??? (samsung 700nf)

    i have a hercules geforce2 MX... i tried another monitor and sure enuff it brings up the video fine... and theres only 1 connector for that type (cant remeber if its male or female, but it is blue and has 3 rows), there is conenctors for other types of RGB hookups or something... but no others...
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    Bad monitor??? (samsung 700nf)

    Hello!! I just bought a brand new Samsung Syncmaster 700nf for my new computer and I cant get the damn thing to show anything on the screen... When my computer is booting, the LED flashes green/amber like it is supposed to, and then when the computer posts, the LED goes to green!! well this is...
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    bad monitor??? (samsung 700nf)

    Hello!! I just bought a brand new Samsung Syncmaster 700nf for my new computer and I cant get the damn thing to show anything on the screen... When my computer is booting, the LED flashes green/amber like it is supposed to, and then when the computer posts, the LED goes to green!! well this is...
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    Bad memory??? or bad K7V???

    Hello, Just trying to get my new computer up and running... had a few problems where I was shorting the mobo before but I solved that problem... Now this is my problem: I have a 128mb stick of pc133 mushkin ram that, when I place it in slot-1 or any slot for that matter, the memory count only...
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    Help with First Boot on K7V!!!

    okay first boot update----- i was shorting the mobo with some extra screws to hold it down... i can get it to post now... so my problem now is the monitor is in blinking green/amber standby mode, and my post gives me long beeps in a loop... manual says that means no DRAM installed or...
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    Is this a symptom of a bad power supply?

    for the owner of the k7v... i am attempting to get my first boot outta my new system, but i cant get any beeps or start up screens...when i plug in the power supply, i get power for like half a sec then nothing...so then when i hit the power button, everything starts, fans whirl, hdd does...
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    Help with First Boot on K7V!!!

    lol i have no idea if that mushkin pc133 would even be compatible with my old mobo and chipset (its over 4 years old!!)... i found on another messageboard that the VIO voltage is supposed to be a defualt of 3.4 ... i know i changed it to 3.30 cuz thats what the manual says is default... maybe...
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    Help with First Boot on K7V!!!

    Okay i checked the power supply and it is set for 115 volts like it should be... I checked my pc133 memory on my old computer, however it needs pc100 memory to run, and i dont know if pc133 memory will work on a board that doesnt utilize pc133... at any rate i checked the pc100 on my k7v and...
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    Help with First Boot on K7V!!!

    i actually do have the luxury of another computer, so i am about to pop the memory into this one... i am suspecting the memory cuz when i received it from mushkin, their little imfamous airbag was kinda flat and i thought that was strange (barely any air was in it)...anyways, would i get...
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    Help with First Boot on K7V!!!

    I have tried reseating everything and to no avail, the samething occuring, which is nothing... could it be anything like a bad memory stick?? or *yuck* a bad cpu?? and i am pretty damn sure the power connector is in the right way...
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    Help with First Boot on K7V!!!

    Hi, I just put together a computer tonight with a K7V motherboard and an Athlon 800mHz CPU... when i plugged in the power cord, i got some intial power for like a second and then it stopped (it looked like it was booting but it didnt). So I hit the power button and everything started working...