Help - seeking the wise among us

[RickG]

I'm building my fourth system, the only difference with this build is that this mobo does not have onboard video. I usually start with just the cpu, drives, and memory, then load the drivers and OS utilizing the onboard sound/video, etc. When everything is tested out, I proceed to the video cards, sound cards, etc.

Can't do that with this one, and I have hit a snag. Loaded up the box, fired it up and no video. The fans are turning the drives are lighting up, but no video. Also odd is no beeps.

Trouble shooting time
- switched video cables - nada
- switched monitors - nada
- removed the agp 9800XT and replaced it with an older agp geforce card - nada
- removed the agp 9800XT and replaced it with an even older PCI card - nada
- cleared the CMOS - nada
- removed and reseated the CPU and the Memory - nada

All parts are new:
AMD 64 3200
1GB PC3200 ECC Reg High Performance Dual Pack (2 x 512MB)*
Biostar IDEQ 200P
WD SATA 120 drive
Samsung SM352 DVD 16x + CD-RW 52x24x52 Combo Drive
Mitsumi 7-in-1 USB 2.0 Media Drive

*I know, I know, your going to say that the AMD 64 3200 does not need ECC. This particular board's documentation also says so, that is if you want to run at 333. If you want to run at 400 it requires ECC. I had never heard of that issue, but who am I to argue about the specs for their product!

Unless someone out there smarter than me throws a thought my way, my next steps will be:
- Verify the setting of the Frequency Selection jumper (forgot about that when I was fighting this last night)
- Try some older memory, vanilla memory

After that, I'm lost. I guess it will be off to fill out the RMA forms!

 

[hmmhighlander]

Hi there,

This almost certainly won't be the case, but have you checked that you have connected the small 12v ATX power connector that delivers the CPU power as well as the larger ATX power connectorthat feeds the rest of the Motherboard?

I've just built a PC and when the same thing happened to me, I was relieved to find out that this was the cause.

 

[RickG]

Yes, I did connect both power supplies to the mobo. - no joy

 

[RickG]

This thread has moved over to General Hardware.....

 

[Zepper]

This thread doesn't belong in GH, it belongs here. I don't reply to TechSpt questions mis-posted in GH. Some mobos require a CPU fan with a working speed sensor be connected to the fan header marked specifically for it, elso no work.
Some mobos are also shipped with the CMOS battery disabled - have to pull out a plastic strip or move a jumper.
.bh.