I continue to struggle with getting the latest technology up and
running. I gave up on a Foxconn and bought an ASUS and a new power
supply and still have issues.

So I want to know if I have zero components (no cpu, no memory, all
slots open), should the board POST or does the CPU read the BIOS chip
to POST?

I have a new CPU on the way and also bought a cheap PCI Video card to
see if it's the PCI-Express card that has a problem/ incompatibility.

I have the following and can't get either mobo to POST at all (no
beeps, I even plugged in a speaker from an old case on to the speaker
prongs on the mother boards):

ASUS PK5-E
Radeo HD 2600 Pro PCI Express
4 x 80GB SATA2 Drives (new) ,
4 x 1GB Cosair 1066 DDR2
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.40GHZ 1066 FSB
SeaSonic 550V SS-HH550 Power Supply

In article <b02af569-503d-4d2d-bc2f-(E-Mail Removed)>,
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I continue to struggle with getting the latest technology up and
>running. I gave up on a Foxconn and bought an ASUS and a new power
>supply and still have issues.
>
>So I want to know if I have zero components (no cpu, no memory, all
>slots open), should the board POST or does the CPU read the BIOS chip
>to POST?



My ASUS Mobo (A7N8X) spoke to me. I put into the chassis and plugged
earbuds into it and powered it up. (No CPU, memory, disk or video).

It said "NO CPU", so I put the CPU in. Then it said "NO MEMORY", and
so on. It asked video and them the boot device.







--
Al Dykes
News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is advertising.
- Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail

With an "older" board that doesn't "talk," are there at least any beep codes
without CPU and RAM?



"DaveW" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> You MUST have a CPU and RAM installed for an ASUS board to POST.
>
> --
> --DaveW
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:b02af569-503d-4d2d-bc2f-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I continue to struggle with getting the latest technology up and
>> running. I gave up on a Foxconn and bought an ASUS and a new power
>> supply and still have issues.
>>
>> So I want to know if I have zero components (no cpu, no memory, all
>> slots open), should the board POST or does the CPU read the BIOS chip
>> to POST?
>>
>> I have a new CPU on the way and also bought a cheap PCI Video card to
>> see if it's the PCI-Express card that has a problem/ incompatibility.
>>
>> I have the following and can't get either mobo to POST at all (no
>> beeps, I even plugged in a speaker from an old case on to the speaker
>> prongs on the mother boards):
>>
>> ASUS PK5-E
>> Radeo HD 2600 Pro PCI Express
>> 4 x 80GB SATA2 Drives (new) ,
>> 4 x 1GB Cosair 1066 DDR2
>> Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.40GHZ 1066 FSB
>> SeaSonic 550V SS-HH550 Power Supply
>
>

there are no beeps at all... with no cpu and no ram... with some
components like CPU only and 1 stick of RAM... with no video card,
with video card...

I'll try more combinations but, to answer your question: No. No beeps.

so I am most likely looking at a bad CPU and/or bad RAM... hope the
mail man shows up to day with new test cpu and PCI video card (see if
its the pci-e card that is a problem should I get that far)

In article <HH%_j.58$(E-Mail Removed)>, TM <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>With an "older" board that doesn't "talk," are there at least any beep codes
>without CPU and RAM?
>




Does a modern board have a audio generation device on it? It't been
many years since I worked at that level.

Are you sure you've plugged the speaker jumpers into the right pins on
the mobo?

--
Al Dykes
News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is advertising.
- Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail

Yup, the speaker is on the correct pins. they are easily identifiable
on this this board.

So now it get's worse.. I get a BRAND NEW Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Quad-Core Processor, 2.40 GHz, 8M L2 Cache, LGA 775 in the mail
today... put it in.... powers up.. powers itself off, then back on
again. Sounds like a heat sensor kicking in...but I know the CPU is
seated properly and the heat sink that came with it is on, and put on
correctly per instructions.

Still no beeps, no POST. Nadda. I saw a posting about getting cheap
RAM with lower voltage requirement. Person said they did that, it
worked, the THAN could put their higher voltage RAM on.

Am I just not using the right board for this CPU? I've been building
my own machine for almost 2 decades now and have never had this much
trouble... 2 mother boards I've tried, 2 CPUs, 4 different RAM
sticks...

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Yup, the speaker is on the correct pins. they are easily identifiable
> on this this board.
>
> So now it get's worse.. I get a BRAND NEW Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
> Quad-Core Processor, 2.40 GHz, 8M L2 Cache, LGA 775 in the mail
> today... put it in.... powers up.. powers itself off, then back on
> again. Sounds like a heat sensor kicking in...but I know the CPU is
> seated properly and the heat sink that came with it is on, and put on
> correctly per instructions.
>
> Still no beeps, no POST. Nadda. I saw a posting about getting cheap
> RAM with lower voltage requirement. Person said they did that, it
> worked, the THAN could put their higher voltage RAM on.
>
> Am I just not using the right board for this CPU? I've been building
> my own machine for almost 2 decades now and have never had this much
> trouble... 2 mother boards I've tried, 2 CPUs, 4 different RAM
> sticks...
>

Is the ATX12V 2x2 square power connector plugged in ? It has two yellow
wires and two black wires, and provides power to the processor.

Paul

it has an 8 pin (2x4) actually and that is plugged in. I've tried 2x2
as well.

Same, no dice.

thanks. I actually have the darn board sitting on top of an antistatic
bag. the power supply on the other hand I wouldn't know what to do
for precautions.