boot problem...

[blue]

I assembled a new system:
FIC AZ11 Slot A VIA MB
Thunderbird 1GZ
256 pc133
300W PS
When i power on the cup fan spins, HD gets power, but no beeps, no boot, nothing. Bad CPU?
I can only power down with by throwing the switch in the back.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks -Blue

 

[Rallispec]

could bad memory do this too?

have you made sure everything is secured and tight... all the PCI cards and everything. All the wires are connected to the right place....

this has never happened to me before- but even if the cpu is bad-- shouldnt you get a beep or something?

i'd go through and check every single power wire again.

 

[blue]

I would think if I had bad memory it would beep?
I checked all connections, pulled every piece, can't figure it out.

 

[Rallispec]

sounds like your motherboard might be bad.... possibly. Do you have anyother computer pieces laying around that you could swap stuff with to rule out some possible culprits- like switching memory.

 

[blue]

no spare parts, unfortunately. it does power down now with the power botton, had to hold it in for 4 seconds.
I tried just the CPU and same thing, fan spins, power supply spins, nothing else happens.

 

[bozo1]

Remove the mobo from the case. Sit it on a piece of foam or something.
Remove all cards except for video.
Leave floppy, hard drive disconnected.
Reseat RAM.
Try it again.
If still no video, reset CMOS.
Try it again.
Try RAM in another socket.

Problems like this are usually related to something not seating properly or your motherboard shorting out on the case somewhere, hard drive cable backwards, etc.