Actually, I guess this has been done a million times, but looking back through the forum, I can't find any references to it.
I've got a Gigabyte 7IXE, an Athlon K7-700 and a 128 meg stick of PC100 that's been stored for a couple of months. Every piece worked perfectly upon disassembly, and they were all handled and stored properly protected against ESD. Well, I decided to pull it all out and use those pieces to build a PC for my daughter. Got a neat case with a tested good 300 watt PSU and installed these pieces. The only other part I started with was a GeForce 2 MX-400 dual head, also known good. (I had everything else in the case, but not connected to the MB yet)
Upon power up, the post got to "Checking NVRAM" and hung up... It's been there ever since. I have done everything I've ever found to alleviate this problem, including;
Clearing CMOS via the jumper while PC was unplugged.
Removing DIMM and repositioning, replacing even.
Held down "Insert" while powering up.
Removed the CMOS battery AND set the jumper to clear. (Just in case)
Thus far, nothing has had any effect on this problem. It's exactly as it was when I started. Is there anything I've missed? Anything I don't know about?
Lemme know people.. I'm dyin over here.... =)
I've got a Gigabyte 7IXE, an Athlon K7-700 and a 128 meg stick of PC100 that's been stored for a couple of months. Every piece worked perfectly upon disassembly, and they were all handled and stored properly protected against ESD. Well, I decided to pull it all out and use those pieces to build a PC for my daughter. Got a neat case with a tested good 300 watt PSU and installed these pieces. The only other part I started with was a GeForce 2 MX-400 dual head, also known good. (I had everything else in the case, but not connected to the MB yet)
Upon power up, the post got to "Checking NVRAM" and hung up... It's been there ever since. I have done everything I've ever found to alleviate this problem, including;
Clearing CMOS via the jumper while PC was unplugged.
Removing DIMM and repositioning, replacing even.
Held down "Insert" while powering up.
Removed the CMOS battery AND set the jumper to clear. (Just in case)
Thus far, nothing has had any effect on this problem. It's exactly as it was when I started. Is there anything I've missed? Anything I don't know about?
Lemme know people.. I'm dyin over here.... =)
