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To: RumbleFish who wrote (3371)	11/2/1998 6:51:00 PM
From: Len	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

You only need three things to "POST," which is power on self-test. Power, memory, and video card. Therefore, disconnect everything except the power supply to the motherboard, the dimm chip, and the video card. Try powering on now. If nothing happens, check to see that the video card is properly seated in the slot, and that the monitor cable is securely fastened. Then check that the dimm is securely seated in the slot. Since you are seeing that the mobo is getting power, you know that is not where the problem is. Try another dimm slot. Try another dimm chip. If you still can't find the problem, check the mobo, and see if the CPU is properly seated and locked down into the socket 7. Lastly, make sure you have whatever jumpers or dip switches set on the mobo correctly for the chip you are using, ie, multiplier, clock setting, voltage. One or more of those probably need to be set by you, even if there is a self-detecting feature to the mobo. Remember also, that it only takes 30 volts of static to fry a mobo or memory chip, so it is always possible that the mobo is dead, due to mishandling by you or someone else. You won't know until you've exhausted all other checks, and tried another mobo. Good luck. Len

To: RumbleFish who wrote (3371)	11/2/1998 7:45:00 PM
From: Spots	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

To add a small footnote to Len's good advice, it's (barely) possible you will have a list of POST error codes in your MB manual. Count the beeps, and, if you have such a list, you can determine what the bios thinks is the problem. Chances are, though, it's the video connection somehow (which is usually 8 beeps if I recall correctly). Often this is improper card seating. It's not a cable, usually (cable would cause the monitor display but not the beeping most likely). If you can't get video, you can't get through POST, not even to get into the bios to set it up. If all else fails, check your MB manual for a bios reset (often a temporary jumper) and try that. Possibly your bios is deranged. BTW, chances are good you would not even get beeps if your cpu was fried or not seated; cpu's required to run the bios code that is beeping at you. "No signal input" is no doubt coming from the monitor itself. Pretty polite monitor <g>; mine just give me the stony black stare.