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P4VMM2 motherboard problem BIOS WILL NOT BOOT
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P4VMM2 motherboard problem BIOS WILL NOT BOOT -
06-24-2004
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I just purchased this motherboard and put in a 2gig celeron processor. I purchased two 128MB PC2100 266Mhz DDR RAM chips (they are also PC1600 compatible). I checked the traces on the back of the motherboard to make sure what wires the grounds go to on the power switch and reset switch. I have not hooked up any drives yet. I want to get the bios to boot before I take parts from another computer. It has onboard video. When that didnt work I hooked up an old Voodoo 3 to the agp slot. The monitor would kick on but there was no signal so it just went into power management mode. The power supply on the case is around 500watts so that cant be the problem. The only thing I can think of is, the case does not have screws that hold the motherboard down. Instead it has these metal clips that go through the screw holes in the motherboard and hold it down. They seem to be making a good connection and they are holding the board in place. If you have any suggestions please let me know. There's a lot more to a power supply than how many watts the manufacturer |
also garbage that don't work well or last long. Unless you have a good name
brand like Enermax, Antec, etc., think about the PSU being the culprit
first.
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"My Name" <moviemaniac2003 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:aa505af9.0406240945.4596a0bc (AT) posting (DOT) google.com... I just purchased this motherboard and put in a 2gig celeron processor. I purchased two 128MB PC2100 266Mhz DDR RAM chips (they are also PC1600 compatible). I checked the traces on the back of the motherboard to make sure what wires the grounds go to on the power switch and reset switch. I have not hooked up any drives yet. I want to get the bios to boot before I take parts from another computer. It has onboard video. When that didnt work I hooked up an old Voodoo 3 to the agp slot. The monitor would kick on but there was no signal so it just went into power management mode. The power supply on the case is around 500watts so that cant be the problem. The only thing I can think of is, the case does not have screws that hold the motherboard down. Instead it has these metal clips that go through the screw holes in the motherboard and hold it down. They seem to be making a good connection and they are holding the board in place. If you have any suggestions please let me know. There's a lot more to a power supply than how many watts the manufacturer claims it is. People buy PowMax 500W units because they're cheap and they're also garbage that don't work well or last long. Unless you have a good name brand like Enermax, Antec, etc., think about the PSU being the culprit first. |
my k7s5a based system for a long time and now resides in an Asus
A7N8X-DLX system. One of the internal fans did start to have a problem
recently, and lubing up the bearing fixed that problem. Other than the
fan failure, the PS has been rock solid powering a 1.4G Tbird and now
a Duron 1600 (running at 2000 MHz) system. For the $25 it cost me,
I'd buy another one.
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Best regards,
Kyle
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"My Name" <moviemaniac2003 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:aa505af9.0406240945.4596a0bc (AT) posting (DOT) google.com... I just purchased this motherboard and put in a 2gig celeron processor. I purchased two 128MB PC2100 266Mhz DDR RAM chips (they are also PC1600 compatible). I checked the traces on the back of the motherboard to make sure what wires the grounds go to on the power switch and reset switch. I have not hooked up any drives yet. I want to get the bios to boot before I take parts from another computer. It has onboard video. When that didnt work I hooked up an old Voodoo 3 to the agp slot. The monitor would kick on but there was no signal so it just went into power management mode. The power supply on the case is around 500watts so that cant be the problem. The only thing I can think of is, the case does not have screws that hold the motherboard down. Instead it has these metal clips that go through the screw holes in the motherboard and hold it down. They seem to be making a good connection and they are holding the board in place. If you have any suggestions please let me know. There's a lot more to a power supply than how many watts the manufacturer claims it is. People buy PowMax 500W units because they're cheap and they're also garbage that don't work well or last long. Unless you have a good name brand like Enermax, Antec, etc., think about the PSU being the culprit first. |
came on was the fan on the motherboard and the power supply fan. I
guess I will try swapping out the power supply in the case.
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I just purchased this motherboard and put in a 2gig celeron processor. I purchased two 128MB PC2100 266Mhz DDR RAM chips (they are also PC1600 compatible). I checked the traces on the back of the motherboard to make sure what wires the grounds go to on the power switch and reset switch. I have not hooked up any drives yet. I want to get the bios to boot before I take parts from another computer. It has onboard video. When that didnt work I hooked up an old Voodoo 3 to the agp slot. The monitor would kick on but there was no signal so it just went into power management mode. The power supply on the case is around 500watts so that cant be the problem. The only thing I can think of is, the case does not have screws that hold the motherboard down. Instead it has these metal clips that go through the screw holes in the motherboard and hold it down. They seem to be making a good connection and they are holding the board in place. If you have any suggestions please let me know. thanks Dave |
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Test power supply first, or swap it out buy one, use it to test, return it if you have no problems More than likely I suspect you might actually have the pins on the board all incorrect. 9 times out of 10 the text on the pins that connect to your motherboard nearest the case. Try that. If not, double check your CPU is seated correctly and that if it didn't come with some thermal paste on the heatsink, that you get some and add it. Hope this helps. The Tech Support Guy www.ComputerRelative.com "My Name" <moviemaniac2003 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:aa505af9.0406240945.4596a0bc (AT) posting (DOT) google.com... I just purchased this motherboard and put in a 2gig celeron processor. I purchased two 128MB PC2100 266Mhz DDR RAM chips (they are also PC1600 compatible). I checked the traces on the back of the motherboard to make sure what wires the grounds go to on the power switch and reset switch. I have not hooked up any drives yet. I want to get the bios to boot before I take parts from another computer. It has onboard video. When that didnt work I hooked up an old Voodoo 3 to the agp slot. The monitor would kick on but there was no signal so it just went into power management mode. The power supply on the case is around 500watts so that cant be the problem. The only thing I can think of is, the case does not have screws that hold the motherboard down. Instead it has these metal clips that go through the screw holes in the motherboard and hold it down. They seem to be making a good connection and they are holding the board in place. If you have any suggestions please let me know. thanks Dave |
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