Updated, Progress Made, NEED MORE HELP!

[Lamont Burns]

I am having issues with getting my computer to boot.

Most everything is running it seems, and I am not getting any beeps, however when I plug in my monitor, the monitor goes to immediate stand by like it is sleeping.

DDR 2100 with a DDR333 FSB board will still run right, just not as efficient?

I am also have an AGP 4x TI 4200 running on the board, which is 8x. That is still compatible as well correct?

Finally, could a magnetic screwdriver have bungled the entire motherboard from operating? I am wondering if my processor is running dead...

Any ideas?

 

[johnjkr1]

You have to set your ram speed to ddr2100 speeds, if you have it at 1:1 with the bus speeds your system is trying to run it at ddr2700.....try setting your processor to a 133 bus instead of 166, see if that works

 

[johnjkr1]

you also might try resetting the cmos or pulling the battery, if you have not already

 

[Lamont Burns]

Ok, got the Monitor to respond...I figured out why, let's just say I was kicking myself for it.

Ok, here is the next issue:

The system is running fine, went into setup, futzed around, did not change anything from the default.

It recognizes my Cd-Rom drive in Primary master or Secondary master just fine.

It will NOT recognize my 80 GB Seagate Drive. Jumper is set to single/master, power source plugged in, and 40 pin connecter attached appropriately.

I even switched the 40 pin cord used on the CD-Rom drive which was working with the one on the HD, and still the CD-Rom is detected but not the HD. In boot screen it shows the 52X cd-rom but no other master drive.

I used the setup disc to boot, and went through Q and A and answered:
Motherboard controller, Parallel ATA. Then it says power off, restart comp. When I go to add Drive, it shows the CD-Rom on the Primary/Secondary, but shows no HD to install....anyone got any ideas/exp with this?

MOBO is Asus a7v8x-x. Running 2500 Barton and 2100 DDR ram, which it recognizes fine. Is it a bum HD? I have no other HD to test with.

Any info appreciated!

 

[johnjkr1]

You cant have two masters, just in case you were trying that

I would double check and make sure all the channels are set to auto in the bios, then double and triple check your jumpers on the drive

Do you hear or feel the hard drive spinning up?

 

[erikistired]

set the hdd to master (single drive) and only plug it into the ide cable. unhook your cdrom(s) and try it like that. as john said you can only have one master per channel, sounds like you've got 2 perhaps.

 

[Lamont Burns]

Well, I haven't hooked them on a single cord like master/slave, I have been trying to hook them separately as primary master and secondary master.

I am going to try to set the HD as slave with the CD-rom as master on the same cord.

I also think perhaps that I bought a HD that needs a pci card to attach to the mobo so make it compatible. Need to look more at the drive info and mobo specs to see.

 

[Uppsala9496]

What type of HD is it? SATA? I bet that is what it is. Then again, I already told you that elsewhere.

 

[erikistired]

Originally posted by: Uppsala9496
What type of HD is it? SATA? I bet that is what it is. Then again, I already told you that elsewhere.

do the sata drives have a place to plug in a 40 pin ide cable?

looks like they don't, so unless he's just sitting the ide cable near where it should go on a pata drive i don't think that's it. who knows tho, maybe that is what he's doing.

 

[erikistired]

Originally posted by: LAMONTBURNS
Well, I haven't hooked them on a single cord like master/slave, I have been trying to hook them separately as primary master and secondary master.

I am going to try to set the HD as slave with the CD-rom as master on the same cord.

I also think perhaps that I bought a HD that needs a pci card to attach to the mobo so make it compatible. Need to look more at the drive info and mobo specs to see.

is there a setting for "single drive" on your hdd? on my seagate there isn't, but on drives like WD if you set it for master without a slave attached sometimes it won't read right. i think the ibm drives are like that as well. might double check that setting.

 

[nothernlights]

Hi,

I notice that you had the same problem I have, with your monitor going to sleep...

"Most everything is running it seems, and I am not getting any beeps, however when I plug in my monitor, the monitor goes to immediate stand by like it is sleeping."

THEN

"Ok, got the Monitor to respond...I figured out why, let's just say I was kicking myself for it."

What did you do to get it to work, as I'm just about putting it back in the box & sending it back!

 

[amdskip]

Originally posted by: nothernlights
Hi,

I notice that you had the same problem I have, with your monitor going to sleep...

"Most everything is running it seems, and I am not getting any beeps, however when I plug in my monitor, the monitor goes to immediate stand by like it is sleeping."

THEN

"Ok, got the Monitor to respond...I figured out why, let's just say I was kicking myself for it."

What did you do to get it to work, as I'm just about putting it back in the box & sending it back!

Reseat your memory, video card, etc. Unhook any and all cdroms, etc, hard drives, floppy, remove any non essential pci cards (video is all you need) and try booting.