barebones

[wingjumper]

Hi again, i attemped to fix the problem i had with my tiger system not powering up with a barebones kit, bought a case w/300watt ps, a shuttle mk20n mainboard, 750duron. this also has onboard aud/video, I installed the hhd, fdd, cdrom, and ram 2(128pc100)..well when i push the power button it sounded like it was going to start hdd light lit for a bit fdd did nothing cdrom light did the usual flickering, nothing ever displayed , i tried 2 other monitors on it . still nothing tried some other ram still nothing, took ram out got a continuos beep beep beep ect. it has award bios according to the mb manual. i built my last system and it worked fine, i m begining to think i got luky on that one: ) i cant even get at the setup screen, tried clearing the cmos, that was a waste of time .ok so i tried taking the ribbons out and leaving the power to the hdd connected still nothing, when it push the reset i get a long then 3 shorts beep, try a pci video card all that was displayed was ati card bios and p/n. lost here! maybe i'll take up bowling,but not to good at that either. thanx 4 helping all!!!!

[Whyzman]

wingjumper,

Is this the HDD from your other system?

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[wingjumper]

yes the hdd, fdd, cd and ram are from the old system, the set up screen should come should'nt it. mrb

[wingjumper]

what is the least i can start a system up with? I've the same processor in my machine, is it worth trying a switch on them, i tried with just power to cd and extra fan on 4pin, no ribbons on board or drives, then all i get is power supply fan none of the normal pop and chatter.mrb

[mjc]

Try just the CPU (with the fan), video card and RAM, with the board sitting on a piece of cardboard. It sounds like either something is shorting out or the board is hitting something in side the case.


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[wingjumper]

ok tried the card board trick,with a pci video card. got a award bootblock bios v1.0 copyright 2000 award software inc . bios checksum error, detecting floppy drive a media. now what ? : ) ? mrb

[wingjumper]

also if i take th pci video card out i get the long and 2 short beeps, are the bios trashed ? is this thing saveable ? http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif mrb

[YODA74]

Go all over it again with the board out of the case.....1. Try taking out your RAM sticks and reseating them.
2. If that does not fix the problem and you have more than one bank of RAM, take out the first bank of RAM and move the second bank of RAM to the first bank's slot (leave the first bank of RAM out and then power up your PC to test it) -you may have a bad SIMM or DIMM. If the RAM you had in bank two works fine in bank one's slot, then the RAM that was in bank one is bad.
3. If both solutions fail, replace your motherboard.


No primary video detected. The video card may not be plugged in correctly. See Da Video Card for instructions on how to adjust the way the card sits in the socket. Make sure no other cards are plugged in next to the video card (to eliminate the possibility of an IRQ Conflict). If all else fails, replace the video card.This is why you are getting 1 long two short beeps//
make sure the memory is in the proper slots if you only useing one stick make sure it is in the #1 slot.And you are sure you have grounded your self good when playing with the memory? I would almost have to say you got a bad board if none of this is working? http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/frown.gif

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[wingjumper]

thank you all for your help, i've never found so much help in such a short span of time, i think it is time to request an rma, and send it back. got to get a lemon once in awhile must have been my turn. great site what a wealth of info http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif mrb