MSI K7N2-L prblem

[cstriker533]

The motherboard is fitted with a Amd 2700 xp processor, Geforce4 mx 440, 1024 MB PC 3200 DDR value ram. The problem is, the mother board powers up fine, but the monitor stays blank. I tried shorting cmos at jbat1. This did'nt help. I've been tyring to get this computer running for while. some one please help. I even bought a bigger power supply (400 W) . Did'nt matter.

 

[11427]

Try removing the mx440 and plug into the onboard gpu and see if that works.

 

[cstriker533]

There is no onboard gpu man. I tried another GEfx2 card on the board..wont work either..both cards work on another motherboard. I have no clue what is happening.. I tried disconnection ide devices and tried to start with the basic setup..tried flashing cmos. nothing works.

 

[Gerbil333]

There's a jumper on the board that lets you change the FSB from automatic (133/166) to force 100mhz. I had a K7N2-L for a few months, and that's what it took to get it started once. Resetting the CMOS would also be a good idea.

 

[watkins]

Remove the video card and reinstall it. Make sure you have "AGP" selected as the primary source in your bios.

 

[NesuD]

try what gerbil333 said. set the safemode jumper to force bootup at 100mhz bus and see if there is a screwed up bios setting that is causing the problem. could also be the ram. I had major problems with Kingston value ram with that board. One of the bios updates supposedly fixed the problems but i got rid of the board by then.

 

[saber800]

I got the same board with a Barton 2500+ and haven't had any problems with it. Have you tried attaching that D-Bracket to see what type of error code you get?? Do you have another system to test your system parts on? Test out the CPU, RAM, Video, etc?