On Sun, Aug 05, 2001 at 10:48:51PM -0500, Gabe Turner wrote: > From: Gabe Turner <gabe at msi.umn.edu> > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Power and Motherboards > User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i > In-Reply-To: <3B6E0D9B.8010004 at uswest.net>; from dutchman at uswest.net on Sun, Aug 05, 2001 at 10:23:07PM -0500 > Errors-To: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org > X-BeenThere: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 > Precedence: bulk > Reply-To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > List-Help: <mailto:tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org?subject=help> > List-Post: <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > List-Subscribe: <https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list>, > <mailto:tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org?subject=subscribe> > List-Id: Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List <tclug-list.mn-linux.org> > List-Unsubscribe: <https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list>, > <mailto:tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org?subject=unsubscribe> > List-Archive: <https://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/> > Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 22:48:51 -0500 > X-UIDL: P at 6!!/bod9ZCbd9Za+e9 > > On Sun, Aug 05, 2001 at 10:23:07PM -0500, Perry Hoekstra wrote: > > I am trying to put together a new PC. Spencer helped me with the > > thermal compound and CPU. Now my problem is no go. I went through the > > archives and read about power supplies and motherboards but most of the > > threads dealt with checking a power supply without a Mobo. I have the > > motherboard installed (Abit KT7A-RAID), the CPU in the socket, memory > > installed and a video card. I checked the seating of the ATX power > > coupling into the motherboard. However, when I try to turn it on, there > > is nothing. I went through the manual and it has a lot on > > troubleshooting the BIOS settings but nothing on problems with power up. > > Well, this could be any number of things, but I see this most often when a > motherboard is grounding on the case. This happens when a peice of metal > on your case is touching a part of your motherboard that it shouldn't be. > > What I usually try is taking the motherboard out of the case, set it on > something non-conductive (a piece of cardboard works well), hook everything > up to it and power it on. If things start running (CPU fan starts > spinning, any LEDs on the motherboard light up) and I get any beeps[1], > then I know that may mobo was probably grounding on my case somewhere. > > [1] Make sure you hook your cases speaker up to your mobo. Almost every > mobo will spit out a series of diagnostic beeps if it encounters a problem. > These beeps are usually documented in the manual that came with the board. > > What you're seeing could be any number of things, however. Other > possibilities I can think of: > > * Improperly installed memory - maybe it's not in the slot all the way; > maybe it needs to be interleaved; maybe you installed your DIMM in slot 3 > instead of slot 0... > > * [Mis|Un]set jumpers. If your mother board requires jumpers for things > like CPU speed, CPU voltage, CPU multiplier, etc, it won't start up if > they're not set properly.> > Don't forget to check the cmos jumper. Some boards ship with it closed. >> > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Gabe Turner gabe at msi.umn.edu > SGI Origin Systems Administrator, > University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute > for Digital Simulation and Advanced Computation www.msi.umn.edu > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > that is my opinion -- SpencerUnderground ||mailto:spencer at sihope.com|| "I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in its gradual development to leave off the eating of animals, as surely as the savage tribes have left off eating each other when they came in contact with the more civilized." Henry David Thoreau