Thnx to everybody who replied. It turned out to be a mixture of
problems, my bf and his friend spent the whole evening on it (I'm studying
for exams :( ). In the end, they had two identical m/b's and RAM's that
would work together in one way but not the other. And yes, the bios needed
to be flashe
Stephanie Alarcon wrote:
>
> eh, one time that happened to meI had fried the motherboard. =( oh
> wait, i can't remember if my hd was spinning though...
>
Depending on what sort of fried motherboard you had, it might trigger
the HD to power up
Jenn V.
--
"Do you ever wonder
On Mon, May 08, 2000 at 01:53:41PM +0300, Marie Fischer wrote:
> this is not a linux-specigic question, but maybe somebody can help: after
> putting together my new box (aopen ax67c m/b, celeron 333, 64 mb sdram,
> ati rage graphics, atx case) and turning it on, it does nothing - the
> screen sta
eh, one time that happened to meI had fried the motherboard. =( oh
wait, i can't remember if my hd was spinning though...
On Mon, 8 May 2000, Marie Fischer wrote:
> this is not a linux-specigic question, but maybe somebody can help: after
> putting together my new box (aopen ax67c m/b, cel
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Subject: [techtalk] blank screen at boot
> this is not a linux-specigic question, but maybe somebody can help: after
> putting together my new box (aopen
Having built a number of boxes myself, I have found that this type of
behavior can be one of several things. In addition to trying what Nicci
suggested, you may also want to see if the motherboard is shorting
out. Lots of times I find that the metal standoffs used to support the
mainboard in
Hi Marie,
Sounds like either:
1) the power on the back of the case is set to 230 rather than 115
if your in the US or the other way around if you're in Europe.
or
2) something (the CPU - usually, or a card or the memory) is not seated
correctlly
or
3) the power connection ot the mainboard is not
this is not a linux-specigic question, but maybe somebody can help: after
putting together my new box (aopen ax67c m/b, celeron 333, 64 mb sdram,
ati rage graphics, atx case) and turning it on, it does nothing - the
screen stays black, keyboard LEDs don't react. However, the cpu fan works
and the
