i have just built a brand new computer: case w/ 300w powersupply, abit kg7mobo, amd athlon 1.4, 512ddr, radeon ve 32mb video. these are the only things currently installed in my system at this point. when i power the machine on the fans (case,powersupply,chipset,cpu) all turn on for a split second, then nothing. the computer just sits there dead. i have tried a different video card, different powercord, different outlet, measured the voltage from the power supply...anyone ever encountered this? have suggestions? know any fixes? please help. you can email me, or post a reply.

thanx in advance, scott

do you hear a beep? if you don't it is probably a bad motherboard. If you see stuff come on your screen then it is something elce and explain more fully.

Check all connections, reseat everything, and set your BIOS to default.

Post back with your progress.

I checked Abit's web page for that board, not a lot of info. But double check that you have your CPU's HSF connected to the FAN1, some of these boards wont boot up unless you do.

1.tried hooking hsf to fan 1-didnt help
2.bobby How do i set bios to default?
3.no beeps at all, only fans and front led's for a split second

:(

Scott:

To reset BIOS to default, you can remove the MOBO battery for a few minutes and then replace it. Or, on some MOBOs, there is a jumper that you can close then open again.

scott, maybe u can try clearing the cmos from the mobo.

Make sure your processor is seated properly. I had similar problem and processor was not seated properly..the angles did not match up.

Scott,

Check out this website. I went to it right after leaving the previous message.
www.techtony.com/noboot.htm

Check how the RAM is seated. I don't know about the newer mobos, but the older ones do show the video and count memory without the cpu. They make a noise (the annoying PC speaker) and do nothing without memory.

How's it going Scott? I'm on the edge of my keyboard.

IF YOU HAVE NO BEEP ON START UP.... BAD MOTHERBOARD!

your motherboard is short circuit, u prolly didnt put the feet for the motherboard and its touching the case so when u first power it on it was short circuit already,

this is what im guessing coz this happened to me by accident.

so rma the board for a new one..

k thx

Joshua:

I've had no beep with bad CPU, bad MOBO, bad PSU, bad RAM, bad BIOS. "No Beep" is very nonspecific.

Heck, I haven't really found beep codes to be very helpful!

Just for the record, is your pc speaker hooked up? I never hook the stupid thing up, it's so annoying. If your speaker isn't hooked up, there won't be a beep. Good Luck.

Greg

Greg, even though my pc speaker isn't hooked up, my mobo has its own little speaker. Took me a while to realize why i kept hearing this tiny beep sometimes

same thing happened to me and I relized that
if the switch is off on the back of my power
supply that the fans will turn a little bit and than nothing. who knows. just thought i'd let you kow that. Dan