My new SMP Rig ...small prob please help

Hey guys
Been a while since i came to any forum but the clasifieds

in the process of building a new rig
i have most parts

last nite i put it together without the optical or floppy drives and no mouse yet

it posted i got to bios and it was all fine
BUT
when it checked the RAM it counted thru the whole 1.25 gb
it was slow
that was painful to watch
quick boot was enabled and it still went slow
am i missing something or do i need to have all parts hooked up for it to post correctly?

specs below

Tyan S2468
Onboard u160 SCSI Raid
Onboard ATI Rage
Dual 3com Nics

2 x 2400+ MP's w/Thermaltake Volcano 11 Xaser Series HSF

1.25 gb PC2100 ECC/REG Infineon

Fujitsu MAU series u320 15k 36gb HDD

Pioneer 110 DVD Burner [Black] not installed

Sony DVD [Black] not installed

Floppy [Black] not installed

in a Thermaltake Xaser V1000
Brushed Aluminium case w/Window

Blue CC light

No love?

Some board you can have it skip all the hardware tests and just detect them.

Some board you can have it skip all the hardware tests and just detect them.

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That's what quick boot is.

If "quick boot" or "quick power on detection" (or whatever it's called) are enabled, and your RAM still does that, I'm not sure what to tell you. Some other people with the same motherboard should know more...

I tink in the bios there is an option to stop the ram check ..Look where ya can set it to ecc I think there is an option in that section for it

i was all over that section
turned it all on/off
different combos of such
no luck

any other ideas
ill try anything

Set it to quick post ..

Some server boards you can't turn off RAM Count. Especially using ECC. Some server boards might take up to 15 mins to count and test, I've seen it on older boards.

diehrd
its is enabled
have tried all combos of enabled/disabled in that section
that was the first thing i looked at
thanks for the input

Tebore

i hope thats not it
its very painful to watch
ill call tyan today and see what they say


anyone else want to chime in?

fixed
plugged in a floppy and all is good