System won't boot

[tilman]

Hello,

I have just finished assembling my system and have run into some trouble.

Firstly, my monitor receives no signal. I have tried both another monitor
and another video card so I am reasonably sure its not the video card.

On startup, I don't hear a beep or see the lights flash on my keyboard.

In order for there to be "no signal" to my monitor I can't think of anything else
that could be wrong except for a bad motherboard or a bad processor...
I can't even get to the BIOS to configure that.

I am trying to assemble KR7A-133 Abit motherboard with kt266a chipset, AMD 1800 XP,
ATI 7500 64MB DDR video card.

<b>Any advice on how to find out what is broken?</b>?

thanks,
Tilman

 

[jc14all]

Check to see if the "Clear CMOS" jumper is in the correct postion. Make sure there are no shorts under the M/B by one of the stand-offs. Re-check all your connections on the M/B. Check all cable for bent pins.

<font color=purple><b>An average human brain weights aprox. 3lbs., but a thought weights a load.</font color=purple></b>

 

[tilman]

I have checked everything and found that my speaker was incorrectly connected. Now when I try to boot, the computer beeps at regular intervals. But still won't boot and the monitor
still receives no signal.

Any idea what that means?

 

[jc14all]

Take a look here and see if you can identify the BIOS code that you are hearing -><A HREF="http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/awardbeep.htm" target="_new">Award BIOS Beep Codes</A> make sure you double check your cable connectors for bent pins. More info on <A HREF="http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/sys/beep/index-i.htm" target="_new">beep codes</A>

<font color=purple><b>An average human brain weights aprox. 3lbs., but a thought weights a load.</font color=purple></b><P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by jc14all on 08/06/02 08:42 PM.</EM></FONT></P>