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PC won't boot
Name: barry.goldberg Date: December 14, 2004 at 19:19:53 Pacific OS: WinME CPU/Ram: Intel P4 2.53 / Hynix PC3
Comment:
Greetings. I tried upgrading one of my (self-built) PCs with a new motherboard (ECS PT800CE-A), processor, and memory, reusing the video card (ATI rage fury pro AGP4x, sound card (Sound Blaster Live!), hard drive and floppy. When I turned on the PC, it started up but then seemed to stop. The case and processor cooling fans continued to run, but no "processing" seemed to occur. There was no display on my monitor so I was also not able to get into the BIOS. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Name: ddp59 Date: December 14, 2004 at 19:58:55 Pacific
Reply:
is the cmos jumper in proper position, ide cables not reversed, all cards & ram seated properly & all power connectors attached to board
david
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Response Number 2
Name: SkipCox Date: December 14, 2004 at 20:10:24 Pacific
Reply:
That video card compatible with your new motherboard?
Skip
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Response Number 3
Name: Excal Date: December 14, 2004 at 22:02:51 Pacific
Reply:
In my experience this is a processor problem. Either it is no good at all(happens sometimes) or perhaps not seated properly. This just happened to me 1 week ago and ended up being a tiny string stuck to the procesor. Once I removed the string it booted up perfectly.
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