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- Mar 24, 2002
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- Cleveland, OH
Hi all,
I just bought and have been assembling an Antec 1040B case with True Power 480w PSU, Abit KR7A-RAID, Athlon XP2000+ (with Alpha PAL 8045), VisionTek Geforce4, Corsair (two) 512MB XMS2700 DDR, Western Digital 60GB IDE 7200RPM Hard Drive, Plextor CD-RW.
I put it all together, turned it on and it beeped once or twice (sounded like normal post beep), but no video display came on. After hearing about all the memory problems the KR7A-RAID boards have with the 4 DIMM slots and memory errors, I tried moving the DIMMS around. Slots 1 and 2 were first, then 1 & 3, then 2 &3. I stayed away from slot 4. Once the computer made a continuous series of beeps, then I moved it and now it has quit beeping all together no matter where I put the RAM, but I still have no video display whatsoever.
On top of this, when I first booted it, my Northbridge fan kicked on fine. Now it won't come on at all. All other fans are running fine, including the Alpha's Mechatronics fan.
I disconnected EVERYTHING from the motherboard EXCEPT the PSU, Geforce4, and DDR sticks (including removing the LED lights). Tested and same results. Is it booting fine and I have a bad Geforce 4? Or do I have a bad mobo (ie changes in beeps, now no beep and no northbridge fan running anymore)? I had been using the Geforce 4 in a 1Ghz P3 Dell machine and it was running ok, now I get no video with it in this machine. I am planning on trying the card in another machine but I have a feeling its still good. I think I have a dead motherboard.
Any ideas??
Thanks,
Xive
I just bought and have been assembling an Antec 1040B case with True Power 480w PSU, Abit KR7A-RAID, Athlon XP2000+ (with Alpha PAL 8045), VisionTek Geforce4, Corsair (two) 512MB XMS2700 DDR, Western Digital 60GB IDE 7200RPM Hard Drive, Plextor CD-RW.
I put it all together, turned it on and it beeped once or twice (sounded like normal post beep), but no video display came on. After hearing about all the memory problems the KR7A-RAID boards have with the 4 DIMM slots and memory errors, I tried moving the DIMMS around. Slots 1 and 2 were first, then 1 & 3, then 2 &3. I stayed away from slot 4. Once the computer made a continuous series of beeps, then I moved it and now it has quit beeping all together no matter where I put the RAM, but I still have no video display whatsoever.
On top of this, when I first booted it, my Northbridge fan kicked on fine. Now it won't come on at all. All other fans are running fine, including the Alpha's Mechatronics fan.
I disconnected EVERYTHING from the motherboard EXCEPT the PSU, Geforce4, and DDR sticks (including removing the LED lights). Tested and same results. Is it booting fine and I have a bad Geforce 4? Or do I have a bad mobo (ie changes in beeps, now no beep and no northbridge fan running anymore)? I had been using the Geforce 4 in a 1Ghz P3 Dell machine and it was running ok, now I get no video with it in this machine. I am planning on trying the card in another machine but I have a feeling its still good. I think I have a dead motherboard.
Any ideas??
Thanks,
Xive