Urgent Help - ECS KT600-A boot & shut down

[egoadk]

I have little time. I am upgrading my sister's computer, but I have to fly back to home in 1 day's time. Hope I could solve the problem by then.

PC boots, shows a nVidia TNT2 video card specs
Comes the BIOS logo, it showns down immediately.

Specs
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- ECS KT600-A Mobo
- nvidia TNT2 video card
- Athlon XP 2000+
- Kingston 256MB DDR333
- Liteon CDR
- 250W power

Jumper set at 100MHz

any help?

Thanks in advance

 

[Mem]

250W PSU ,is it a quality brand? Could be CPU temp as well,I would try clearing the CMOS,see if you can get into BIOS after that ,you should be able to check temps etc.

If it`s stable in BIOS then I would try booting with a XP CD and do a clean install,at the moment I`m not 100% sure about your 250W PSU.

 

[egoadk]

Originally posted by: Mem
250W PSU ,is it a quality brand? Could be CPU temp as well,I would try clearing the CMOS,see if you can get into BIOS after that ,you should be able to check temps etc.

If it`s stable in BIOS then I would try booting with a XP CD and do a clean install,at the moment I`m not 100% sure about your 250W PSU.

The 250W PSU is not quality brand. Previously it was used with Pentium III 550, and it works well.

The CPU fan is working. The CPU temp shouldn't be too high then?

 

[egoadk]

Cannot even boot into BIOS. I only see the BIOS logo appear 1 millisecond before it shuts down.

I removed everything, with only CPU, PC does not shut down, but beeps.

I added 256MB DDR333 into it, it shuts down after 3 seconds.

 

[Mem]

I would check the heatsink is seated correctly and not causing any overheating,other then that try a better quality PSU.




AMI & Award BIOS beep codes .

I would recommend going for a brand like 350W Antec,Sparkle,Enermax etc they`ll serve you well in the long round.

 

[dnuggett]

The 250W PSU is not quality brand. Previously it was used with Pentium III 550, and it works well.

Well you aren't trying to run a 550 anymore, upgrade that PSU. The computer is gonna beep w/ no RAM installed.
Not saying the PSU is the issue but you will need to rule it out, and you can't do that right now.

 

[egoadk]

I will try to check on the heatsink, and probably upgrade the PSU.

But the funny thing I have said just now --->

1. Only CPU --> Runs without shutting down, but with beeps (no memory)

2. CPU + added 256MB DDR333 ---> shuts down after 3 seconds of switching on

3. CPU + only VGA card ---> runs without shutting down, with beeps of no memory.


so Memory might be the problem. Faulty memory? or what?

Probably Athlon 2000 and DDR memory is taking more power than usual.

 

[dnuggett]

I would say you narrowed it down to mad memory, bad slots, or a bad PSU. Now start eliminating....

 

[Budman]

Is the cpu fan connected to the cpu header on the motherboard?

Some board will auto shut off if it doesn't sense fan rpms at boot.

 

[txxxx]

Originally posted by: Budman
Is the cpu fan connected to the cpu header on the motherboard?

Some board will auto shut off if it doesn't sense fan rpms at boot.

True, although I dont think ECS boards do so, then again I shouldnt compare my reliable K7S5A to a newer model.