New PC Problems

[ROJAS]

I recently put together a PC for my wife with very good spare parts. After I installed all the equipment, I powered up the PC and a Dialog Box came up to check the monitor or video card. I had in the system an AGP Viper 550 16 meg, when the dialog box came up. I thought it might be the agp, so I installed a PCI STB 4meg video card instead of the agp card. The same dialog box came up. I disconnected the video cable from each video card and the dialog box still comes up.

I tried to bypass the harddrive thinking some software might be incompitable. I used a Win 98SE startup disk, but the dialog box still comes up. I moved the "new Pc133 memory" to my other computer and it worked just find. Any suggestions.

 

[Davegod75]

so your seeing this message on your screen. IF your seeing it and it's telling you to check your monitor or video cable i wouldn't worry about it cause everything is working ok right?

 

[Davegod75]

oopss...is the error from your monitor or from the computer. I'm guessing from the monitor. It means you aren't getting a signal from the video card. make sure your cable is good.

 

[ROJAS]

DaveGod75: The same monitor and video cable works on my PC, just not the new one.

 

[rsilva28]

THere's a possibility that the motherboard does not support that PC133 memory you're trying to use. try using a PC100 and see if that works. Make sure the video card is pressed in all the way. Also, Does it make a long beep when you turn on the PC? Beeeeeepppp, Beeep, Beep? Does it beep like that? Or nothing at all?? Try using the other memory that you have on the other pc on the one that doesn't work.
Let me know if this helps.

 

[ROJAS]

rsilva28: I will put in a pc100 stick to see if that's it. It also has no beeps at all. I will have only a video card, 1 stick of memory and I will boot with a startup disk. I will also reseat the P2-400 CPU.

I did try the PC133 ram in my computer and it was good. I didn't think that the new PC motherboard would not detect Pc133 ram though.

Thanks for the info.

 

[jugornot]

I have a mb like that. Replaced it and new mb does same thing. Pull memory beeps. Pull vid card no beeps. Trying ps today.

 

[ROJAS]

jugornot: Was it your power supply. I have tried PCI and AGP video cards that do work, PC100 ram that works, I have pulled all cards, except P2-400, PC100 ram, video card, boot disk only. I still get the
check video cable or monitor, on the monitor screen. I get no beeps.

This is a new case that has a power supply 2.03, which I guess is a new power supply. I checked the atx connector pins to the motherboard, and they appear good. Any other suggestions.

I have also tried my wife's other PC monitor and she gets no dialog box on her monitor.

Any other suggestions.

 

[Shanky]

Do you have any drives besides the floppy hooked up.
Your power supply needs to have a certain load applied
before it will give a power good signal to the motherboard.