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POWER ON! SYSTEMS, Uh, NO GO?!?!
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Posted by: importbeats
I had an old P3 w/Asus board short out on me, I think. Sparks came flying out of the power supply. So, I went out to Fry's and got:
AMD XP 2800+ w/ECS F2U400-A board
1Gig PC2100 266 Memory
Gigabyte 5700 GeForce video card
300W Power Supply
I already have:
Creative CDRW
DVD ROM
WD 120 Gig HD
Win XP PRO
I know just as much as the average computer guy.... and I've installed, re-installed, drank a beer and re-re-installed all of the parts to make sure that after 5 or 6 times I didn't accidently put something on wrong. Just stick it in the right slot!
It JUST DOESN'T WORK! The power comes on, the drives spool up. So I'm thinking, "YEAH!" But then I get the dreaded *BEEP!* So NO input to the monitor, "blank screen" with "No Input" box displayed. The HD LED light stays on. And it just keeps BEEPING and BEEPING every 5 seconds until I turn it off.
Coming from someone who fixes computer problems, I just don't get it! I've even tried turning it on with the board out of the case.
PLEASE HELP!!!
Thanks!
Importbeats
Posted by: zorg
Importbeats, I replied to a different post, but maybe you might read this one first. I had a similar issue with a 1 gig ram stick. I would test the whole setup just with a different ram stick. The 1 gig ram stick might be incompatible with the motherboard. Somehow suppliers want us to guess when ram is not compatible. Anyway my 2c hope you sort it out.
Posted by: redwench
the power supply is too small, for one thing.
check the post code and see what the problem is, no point in guessing when the board is telling you.
Posted by: Oumadar
You power supply might be the problem. I had a similar issue, where I would press the power button and all the fans would spin, but wouldn't get any display from the monitor.
You might be using a AT power supply, when a ATX is needed (the difference between them is a little 4 pin plug which goes into the motherboard from the power supply)
Posted by: importbeats
Okay, I figured out why the computer kept beeping.... the CMOS jumper was set on "CLEAR" the whole time! "It wasn't me." Now the computer powers on, no "beep", the HD led stays on for about 1 min, the screen flashes black and goes back to no input or stays black. Everything powers on and works... (cd/dvd/floppy).
What's the post code?
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