K8VT800 won't boot

[Mart]

I've just bought and assembled a K8VT800 with an Athlon 64 3000+ but
upon powering up, the power comes on, as does the hard disk light but
thats how it stays, and the hard disk light stays on.

It doesnt produce any beeps from the BIOS, it just spins the fans of the
graphics card, the power supply and the hard disks but doesn't do
anything else.

I've tried various ribbon cables and two graphics cards but it doesn't
make any difference.

I've got the hard disks connected to IDE1 and the CDROM connected to IDE2.

Anyone know what the problem might be?


Radeon 9700 Pro
512mb DDR PC2100
Soundblaster Audigy
56k modem
80gb primary hard disk
8gb secondary hard disk
Samsung SM-352 CDROM

Thanks for any help, I hope to god I don't have to send it all back!

 

[Sooky Grumper]

I've just bought and assembled a K8VT800 with an Athlon 64 3000+ but
upon powering up, the power comes on, as does the hard disk light but
thats how it stays, and the hard disk light stays on.

It doesnt produce any beeps from the BIOS, it just spins the fans of the
graphics card, the power supply and the hard disks but doesn't do
anything else.

I've tried various ribbon cables and two graphics cards but it doesn't
make any difference.

I've got the hard disks connected to IDE1 and the CDROM connected to IDE2.

Anyone know what the problem might be?


Radeon 9700 Pro
512mb DDR PC2100
Soundblaster Audigy
56k modem
80gb primary hard disk
8gb secondary hard disk
Samsung SM-352 CDROM

Thanks for any help, I hope to god I don't have to send it all back!

Did you seat the CPU correctly? And the RAM? Have you tried
disconnecting both IDE ribbons then trying to POST with only RAM, CPU,
and Graphics?

 

[Mart]

Did you seat the CPU correctly?

Yep

And the RAM?

Yep

Have you tried disconnecting both IDE ribbons then
trying to POST with only RAM, CPU, and Graphics?

Yep

Still no go. Looks like its an RMA job :-(

 

[Sooky Grumper]

Yep

And the RAM?

Yep

Have you tried disconnecting both IDE ribbons then
trying to POST with only RAM, CPU, and Graphics?

Yep

Still no go. Looks like its an RMA job :-(

Pull the RAM and try. If it doesn't beep, leave the RAM out and put the
clear CMOS jumper in place. Turn it on, turn it off, replace jumper, and
try again. If all this fails, I'd be inclined to start considering your
RMA suggestion :-(

 

[Bob M]

I've just bought and assembled a K8VT800 with an Athlon 64 3000+ but
upon powering up, the power comes on, as does the hard disk light but
thats how it stays, and the hard disk light stays on.

It doesnt produce any beeps from the BIOS, it just spins the fans of the
graphics card, the power supply and the hard disks but doesn't do
anything else.

I've tried various ribbon cables and two graphics cards but it doesn't
make any difference.

I've got the hard disks connected to IDE1 and the CDROM connected to IDE2.

Anyone know what the problem might be?

Radeon 9700 Pro
512mb DDR PC2100
Soundblaster Audigy
56k modem
80gb primary hard disk
8gb secondary hard disk
Samsung SM-352 CDROM

Thanks for any help, I hope to god I don't have to send it all back!

I'm not familiar with that board but are you sure you can use PC2100
with it?

Bob

 

[Sooky Grumper]

I'm not familiar with that board but are you sure you can use PC2100
with it?

You should be able to use PC1600 with it, even.

 

[Mart]

I'm not familiar with that board but are you sure you can use PC2100
with it?

Bob

Yeah you can, i'm using it right now. I managed to fix the problem.
It was a 12V cable that led from the power supply into the motherboard
as well as the normal power cable. I didnt have one on the power
supply that I was using so I had to change it. Plugged that in and
all was well.

Thanks to everybody for their ideas and help.

Mart.