I have recently purchased a Biostar IDEQ 200N Barebones System (FS-002-BS) from www.overclockers.co.uk and I think I have been misled with regards to its capabilities.
The Biostar website clearly states this board can support 400FSB CPU’s up to +3000 AMD, and RAM up to DDR333, where as the Overclockers website states it can take 400FSB +3200 AMD, and DDr400 RAM support. Now as I have bought all my components with the mini pc off the overclockers website, I also purchased an AMD 3200+ and 512MB of DDR400 ram. According to the Biostar site this wont work, but to Overclockers it will, does anyone have any idea as to which it may be? As the pc wont boot at all, I get no monitor feedback, but FDD / CD ROM / LED lights are on..?
Personally I wouldn't even consider buying a barebones system period, they usually are trying to unload older technology at your expense, of which I'm sure you're discovering the hard way.
Seeing that you've already received quite a bit of help here you may already have your problem solved however trying to get solid info on your M/B from Biostar is a little sketchy to say the least, it would help to have the exact M/B model and # off the M/B itself, and if it happens to be M7NBA Ver 1.2, thats not going to help much either, you're restricted to the BIOS update search for Barebones units under iDEQ 200N, under those circumstances there is an available BIOS flash that will set the M/B to run the 3200+@400FSB, however you have to get the thing to boot first period.
My first suggestion is to make sure you only have mounting studs at the M/Bs mounting holes period, if theres a stud in the case that doesn't match up with the mounting holes on the M/B remove it from the case.
Second make sure all the Internal cables are properly connected and firmly seated, IDE and Floppy cables Red Wire Stripe to Pin 1 always, no exceptions, P/S connected to the M/B, HDDs, if you have SATA HDD make sure its connected to the proper M/B header for single operation, and Optical and Floppy drives all connected, all External cables too including Monitor to AGP port, and Power to Wall outlets. [No offence intended sometimes frustration can lead to the simplest mistakes]
Third most systems are pretested and sometimes they forget to clear the CMOS before they ship the unit, and unless you use the identical testing hardware you'll have problems until you manually clear the CMOS, clearing the CMOS and resetting it, is the first thing I do now before I even begin the build process, it will save you a lot of time and trouble if its your first step Period!
If you haven't already solved your problems check these suggestions out and verify they are done, also remove and reseat your RAM modules, make sure the CPU cooling fan is plugged into the right header and running, on some M/Bs FOC [Fan Off Control] will automatically shut down the computer and not let you restart until you properly plug it in and clear the CMOS to reset the feature.
Hope this helps you some!
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