hangup during installation; soft shutdown; computer will not post

[Guest]

I have tried installing Vista beta2, but it would hangup, so I did a soft
shutdown by pushing in the power button. When I tried to start again, the
computer powers up, but does not seem to post (blank screen). I've tried
clearing CMOS, but to no avail. This has happened on two motherboards now.

Asus A7M266 w/512 MB Ram
Abit KT7 w/512 MB Ram
Used 1400 Mhz Athlon T-Bird on both (same cpu for both)

How frustrating! I hope these motherboards aren't fried for some
reason.........

 

[Guest]

That sucks.

Do you know how to reset your motherboard physically? Refer to your
motherboard documentation, basically it involves changing your jumper
settings to reset the motherboard.

After that you should be able to either have antoher go at the installation
OR you can just reinstall XP.

Your motherboard won't be fried, dont worry about that.

 

[Guest]

I did physically clear the motherboards, which is what I meant by clearing
CMOS. I ended up taking the cpu out, and putting back in, which did the
trick. Now, if I can get my network adapter to work...