SOLVED New Abit KT7A system has "problem"

[Newbie]

I just put together this system and when I hit the power button all I got was a little hard drive activity and a black screen. It's like the monitor is in "sleep" mode. I'm no guru, and I realize a little knowledge can be dangerous, but I didn't have this kind of problem with the first two Intel systems I built.

Abit KT7A with AMD 1.1 Thunderbird/256 meg Crucial CAS 2 stick/Leadtek Winfast GeForce 2 Pro/SoundBlaster X-Gamer/WD 10.2 gig 7200 RPM HDD/TDK VeloCD 8432 CD-RW/300 watt power supply/running under Windows 98 SE

Everything is "stock" as it came out of the box (at least until I get it up and running).

Any and all suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[phiber]

are u getting any beeps and have us seated your videocard correctly

 

[Newbie]

No beep and the card seems to be seated. Well, I wiggled and pushed enough that there doesn't seem like it could go any further. And, an unofficial eyeball on the card looks good.

 

[Ridenow]

Oops, I read the question wrong. disregard.

Be prepared to have this thread moved to AMD motherboards as soon as Daniel~ spots it. You will probably get a better response there.

 

[Ridenow]

Do the fans run? Do you have a 3 wire fan plugged into fan header 1 (the one farther from the socket)?

 

[Newbie]

All fans are operational. Power supply, front case, CPU and Video card.

 

[TT120]

Try clearing the CMOS. To do that on my KT7A, I have to remove the battery, move the jumper, AND unplug the power cord. Dont know why, but if I dont do all three, it don't work.

 

[Ridenow]

Ok, then you probably need to clear the BIOS. It is a jumper near the battery.

 

[Ridenow]

TT120 (Jun 04, 2001 08:00 p.m.):
Try clearing the CMOS. To do that on my KT7A, I have to remove the battery, move the jumper, AND unplug the power cord. Dont know why, but if I dont do all three, it don't work.

Weird. On mine I unplug it, move the jumper and count to 10. Has worked every time. Since I have the manual in my hand I can direct you attention to page 2-12

 

[*spazzed*]

Maybe your battery is dead...

 

[Newbie]

OK, I'll try the BIOS trick ---Tomorrow. 4:30 AM comes real early.

Ya know, things sure have become complicated. I never had this kind of problem "tweaking" the horsepower on a 350 horse 327 small block Chevy (for those of you that remember the ol' muscle car days).

Sincerely, thanks for all the input and keep it coming. I'll be in the case up to my elbows tomorrow after work.

Thanks, Rich

 

[Thelemac]

Are you sure the processor is seated properly? Sounds like it might not be. I know that's the kind of response I got when my cpu was, well, *ahem*, uh, not seated properly (on my lapping mirror)...though the same thing would happen. Not seated properly, no go. Dead, no go. Might be RAM, too. Did you put everything in, or did you just stick video, RAM, cpu, hdd to start with? Boy, talk about a run on post. Hope everything works out for ya.

 

[roc]

READ THIS.

Do you have fans plugged into both the FAN 1 and FAN 2 plugs on your motherboard? If so unplug one. On some KT7 boards i have built systems on, this has been a problem. Disconnect one of the fans and try to boot again. If this works please let me know.

 

[roc]

READ THIS.

Do you have fans plugged into both the FAN 1 and FAN 2 plugs on your motherboard? If so unplug one. On some KT7 boards i have built systems on, this has been a problem. Disconnect one of the fans and try to boot again. If this works please let me know.

 

[Newbie]

Only Fan 1 has a hookup. And I may have been mistaken when I said there was no beeping at boot up. It may have beeped but I don't recall exactly. I'm going to be removing my old mobo and cpu again in an hour or so and try again.

Once again I thank everyone for their input.

Rich

 

[Newbie]

First off, many thanks to those that responded to my distress call. Especially to Thelemac. I finally got up and running after yanking everything out of the mobo and reinstalling it. I'm fairly certain it was my CPU that needed to be, ahem, "reseated".

I now have a few more issues that I will be seeking help for but not tonight.

Thanks again. Great!!!!! forum.