won't post

[Grittathh]

i'm a first-time computer builder. i put the athlon unto the mainboard (VIAKT266|6P3D 8KHA W/A EPOX), did the arctic silver 2, put on the FOP32, plugged in all the drives, ram, cards, etc. now i turned it on the for the first time and the thing won't post. i can't even turn it off using the power button. any hints? your help is much much appreciated, thanks.

-james

 

[optimistic]

If you want to turn of with power button you gotta hold it for 4 seconds. But for now just turn it off using the back power switch.

Okay take out
Any network cards
sound cards

what ever is not absolutely necesary to get your computer running.

Any beeps?

What are your components?

 

[Grittathh]

VIAKT266|6P3D 8KHA W/A EPOX
FD 1.44MB|MITSUMI
HD 40GB|IBM 7200RPM
CASE ENLGHT|MID 300W EN-7237OX3 AMD
AMD|T-BIRD 1GHZ/266 PGA
FOP32 Heatsink
Leadtek GeForce2 Pro

i took out the sound card, network card, and unplugged the drives. still dont work. no beeps, no nothing. as in the other "New computer doesn't turn on" post, the MB shows "FF" on the led.

 

[optimistic]

I don't have an Epox board. Refer to your manual what FF means. Or add EPOX 8KHA to your title!

My guess -dead motherboard🙁

 

[Grittathh]

oh oh it works now! i unplugged the "reset" button connector from the MB and it posts and i can get to the BIOS. it says there's a floppy error (re-seated the floppy cable and tried it on both connectors of the cable and it's still like that). but it only works half of the time. half of the time it goes to the "FF" code and it just hangs there. the other half it goes through a lot of codes and does stuff.

i am now installing windows, but i'm still worried about the floppy drive error and why the system doesn't start up half the time. any suggestions?

 

[optimistic]

in bios, don't select floppy as a boot drive. Also deselect anything having to do with "floppy dirve seek" or "boot floopy disk." Will eliminate floopy boot erros for now, but you gotta get that fixed later on.