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Rusty1 · 09-15-2002, 03:44 PM

This is my first attempt at building a computer and I am having some problems just getting it boot up.

I bought a barebones kit with these parts:

AMD Athlon XP 1700+ Processor
K-byte premium 128 MB PC2100 DDR 16X64 266MHz
Soyo K7ADA DDR Socket A barebone w/300W AMD PS
Seagate 40.8GB EIDE HD 5400/2MB/8.9/ATA-100
Speeze Socket A/370 Cooling Fan up to 1.4 GHz

We assembled the unit and started it up, we have no display or beep sounds. We have double checked switches, jumpers and wiring. We tried the test of removing the motherboard, we still have no display or beep sounds. The mother board will power up even though I have not shorted power pins. When we had the system first assembled the system would come up as soon as we turned on the power switch on the back of the computer. The power switch on the front will not turn system on or off, the dvd rom drive will not open or close, we suspect our cpu is faulty. Any suggestions would be most appreciated.

09-15-2002, 03:44 PM	#74
Rusty1 Member (8 bit) Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 138	computer won't boot up This is my first attempt at building a computer and I am having some problems just getting it boot up. I bought a barebones kit with these parts: AMD Athlon XP 1700+ Processor K-byte premium 128 MB PC2100 DDR 16X64 266MHz Soyo K7ADA DDR Socket A barebone w/300W AMD PS Seagate 40.8GB EIDE HD 5400/2MB/8.9/ATA-100 Speeze Socket A/370 Cooling Fan up to 1.4 GHz We assembled the unit and started it up, we have no display or beep sounds. We have double checked switches, jumpers and wiring. We tried the test of removing the motherboard, we still have no display or beep sounds. The mother board will power up even though I have not shorted power pins. When we had the system first assembled the system would come up as soon as we turned on the power switch on the back of the computer. The power switch on the front will not turn system on or off, the dvd rom drive will not open or close, we suspect our cpu is faulty. Any suggestions would be most appreciated.