AI7 Problems...please help!

Tullphan

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I just got done putting together an AI7 w/a 2.4c cooled with a Zalman 7000, an ATI 9700 Pro, 1 gig Mushkin PC3500 Level 1, Seagate & WD 120 gig hard drives, Plextor CDR-W & Sony DVD all hooked to an Antec 400W Smart Fan PSU.
I can't get the thing to boot up. At first, all fans were working, but I got a beeping that I can't remember and no video. The power lights for the floppy, cdr-w & dvd were on, yet when I pressed the eject button on the optical drives, neither would eject. I turned it off, reseated the ram & video & tried again. Same thing. I cleared the bios, then turned it back on, but nothing happened this time. The cpu fan budged, & the light on the motherboard that lights up when powered on just came on for a fraction of a second. I looked to see if I could see anything & noticed an extremely faint beep that sounded like a European police siren.
Any ideas? I'm stumped!
If anyone knows what's going on & would let me call them, i'd appreciate that in order to expedite this matter.
 

P4spooky

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This could be your problem:

The board defaults VDimm to 2.5V and your Mushkin is rated at 2.6V. Try generic PC2100 RAM, boot, set the voltage to >= 2.6 in the BIOS and then install the Mushkin.

Let us know if this worked.
 

Tullphan

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OK...Tates & I got the thing going, but there's no LAN. I checked the bios to see if it was enabled & it isn't even there! I double checked the manual to make sure I was in the right section of the bios, & I was.
Ideas?
 

Tates

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Jerry,

Page 63 of the manual refers to the BIOS setting for LAN:

Integrated Peripherals
-Onboard PCI Device
--Onboard LAN Controller - Enabled
--LAN Boot ROM - Disabled
--Enhance Performance - ON

Install the latest Intel INF drivers, RealTek LAN & Audio drivers.

Download the latest drivers here.
 

scrotus

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uhh what if you dont have extra ram to boot up? I just bought this board to replace a p4p800 taht was DOA. Hopefully, my geil will boot with it OK.