New system will not boot or display bios

[lakota]

I just put together the following system today:

p4 1.6a Northwood
Asus P4T-E MB
256megs x2 Kingston KVR800x16/265 Rdram
Asus V7700 Geforce 2 GTS (old system)
SB live 5.1 Gamer (old system)
IBM 30G HD 7200RPM (old system)
Toshiba 6702B Cdrom (old system)
Linksys NIC 10/100 (old system)

When I turn the system on, the cdrom & hard drive indicate they are being accessed, but nothing happens. No video, boot screen, just message on the monitor indicating it's working. I've taken the MB out of the case, removed the ram and tried booting. Could I have a bad motherboard or cpu? Can you access the bios even if your cpu is bad? Never had any problems with home built systems in the past. Any input would be appreciated ;(

 

[sohcrates]

1) pull out all IDE cables and PCI cards (except for your video card)
see if it boots...

2) if it does, re-assemble one piece of the pie at a time

3) if not, try clearing CMOS either with jumpers or by taking mobo battery out for about 30 minutes

4) report back

 

[Jwyatt]

What sohcrates says, except I would try clearing the CMOS first. If that doesnt do it then pull the stuff out check and install each device one at a time.

 

[Jwyatt]

Looking at the manual it shows something about c-rimms. Im not familiar with this MB and havnt used the specified ram, but it shows you should have the ram if using 2 sticks in rimm a1 and rimm b1. The other 2 slots should have c-rimms in them. Looks to be some kind of pass through.

Look at page 23 in the manual

I think this is the correct manual.

Good Luck and report back please.

 

[bacillus]

was going to ask what bios version the board had but noted you had no video as it would seem that bios 1005 is needed for northwood!