Nothing Boots-Only M/Board Light Comes ON!

[Jake]

This is my first build, so I’m probably doing something vey wrong.
Here is what I purchased:
1. ASUS P4S800-MX (socket 478)
2. Intel Cerleron D Processor 335 (2.80 GHz, 533 MHz FSB, UP Only)
3. Rosewill DDRAM PC3200 (1 GB)
4. 200 GB HD

I’ve gone through 3 different power supplies with the same result.
All I get is the M/Board light (no beeping, no fans, nothing). I
tried bench testing the M/Board with only the power supply, CPU, and
memory, but it still won’t boot. I’ve re-seated the CPU and memory,
but still nothing. Does anyone have advice? Am I even using
compatible hardware? Any help wouldbe greatly appreciated.

 

[Don]

This is my first build, so I’m probably doing something vey wrong.
Here is what I purchased:
1. ASUS P4S800-MX (socket 478)
2. Intel Cerleron D Processor 335 (2.80 GHz, 533 MHz FSB, UP Only)
3. Rosewill DDRAM PC3200 (1 GB)
4. 200 GB HD

I’ve gone through 3 different power supplies with the same result.
All I get is the M/Board light (no beeping, no fans, nothing). I
tried bench testing the M/Board with only the power supply, CPU, and
memory, but it still won’t boot. I’ve re-seated the CPU and memory,
but still nothing. Does anyone have advice? Am I even using
compatible hardware? Any help wouldbe greatly appreciated.

Have you looked at Asus' support docs? Could be you might need a BIOS
upgrade, since Celeron-D support wasn't provided in the original BIOS.

 

[JAD]

Have you looked at Asus' support docs? Could be you might need a BIOS
upgrade, since Celeron-D support wasn't provided in the original BIOS.

yes..i was going to say that...however it doesn't even POST, so fixing that
would be a trick to be sure (other than a spare p4).

 

[kony]

yes..i was going to say that...however it doesn't even POST, so fixing that
would be a trick to be sure (other than a spare p4).

A less scrupulous person might buy the cheapest old Celery
478 they can find then resell it. Probably cheaper than
paying a shop to flash the bios considering that the chip
can be resold.

 

[Don]

[snippty-snip]

I’ve gone through 3 different power supplies with the same result.
All I get is the M/Board light (no beeping, no fans, nothing). I
tried bench testing the M/Board with only the power supply, CPU, and
memory, but it still won’t boot. I’ve re-seated the CPU and memory,
but still nothing. Does anyone have advice? Am I even using
compatible hardware? Any help wouldbe greatly appreciated.

Have you looked at Asus' support docs? Could be you might need a BIOS
upgrade, since Celeron-D support wasn't provided in the original BIOS.

yes..i was going to say that...however it doesn't even POST, so fixing that
would be a trick to be sure (other than a spare p4).

Well, that would be the next step -- scrounge up the cheapest CPU you
can find, plug it in, and fire it up. (You might also want to recheck
the connections for the power and/or reset switches. 'Twould be
embarrassing to go through all this monkey business and then realize you
put 'em on the wrong posts

 

[Rod Speed]

Well, that would be the next step -- scrounge up the cheapest CPU you can
find, plug it in, and fire it up.

Tain't a queschun uh whethuhr Ah kin find, but am Ah goin' tuh buthuhr?

(You might also want to recheck the connections for the power and/or reset
switches.

Who wants tuh recheck thuh connecshuns fer thuh power an'/or reset switches?

'Twould be embarrassing to go through all this monkey business and then
realize you put 'em on the wrong posts [IDIOTICON]

Amazin'. Yew been trained tuh be delushunal.

.

Whut do yew say?

 

[JAD]

You must have a lot of useless time on your hands, close your eyes, walk in
a straight line for a while...and get lost.

 

[Rod Speed]

You must have a wot of usewess time on youw hands, cwose youw eyes, wawk
in a stwaight wine fow a whiwe...and get wost.

What possible benefit is there if I should have a lot of useless time on my
hands, JAD?

 

[JAD]

What possible benefit is there if I should have a lot of useless time on
my
hands, JAD?

none obviously, why not find a stage somewhere to try out your dry, and
stale humor?

 

[Rod Speed]

none obviously, why not find a stage somewhere to try out your dry, and
stale humor?

Because it's bad for your heart.

 

[Jake]

Jake wrote:

[snippty-snip]

I’ve gone through 3 different power supplies with the same result.
All I get is the M/Board light (no beeping, no fans, nothing). I
tried bench testing the M/Board with only the power supply, CPU, and
memory, but it still won’t boot. I’ve re-seated the CPU and memory,
but still nothing. Does anyone have advice? Am I even using
compatible hardware? Any help wouldbe greatly appreciated.

Have you looked at Asus' support docs? Could be you might need a BIOS
upgrade, since Celeron-D support wasn't provided in the

original BIOS.


yes..i was going to say that...however it doesn't even POST, so fixing that
would be a trick to be sure (other than a spare p4).

Well, that would be the next step -- scrounge up the cheapest
CPU you
can find, plug it in, and fire it up. (You might also want to
recheck
the connections for the power and/or reset switches. 'Twould
be
embarrassing to go through all this monkey business and then
realize you
put 'em on the wrong posts

Don,

You were right. After hours of frustration, and trying every
combination of things (I thought), it finally dawned on me that maybe
I couldn’t just bench test a motherboard (as I have read) without
signalling it to turn on. I played with the power switch wires and
BAM! everything turned on. I felt like a real idiot at that point,
but I was so glad to get it working I didn’t care that much.

A side note... I’m a beginner at this and it sounds like the Celeron
isn’t a good processor from the comments above. Should I get rid of
this? Why is it considered a bad processor?

Thanks everyone for taking the time to try and help me out!

 

[kony]

You were right. After hours of frustration, and trying every
combination of things (I thought), it finally dawned on me that maybe
I couldn’t just bench test a motherboard (as I have read) without
signalling it to turn on. I played with the power switch wires and
BAM! everything turned on. I felt like a real idiot at that point,
but I was so glad to get it working I didn’t care that much.

A side note... I’m a beginner at this and it sounds like the Celeron
isn’t a good processor from the comments above. Should I get rid of
this? Why is it considered a bad processor?

Good to hear things are now looking up.

Celeron isn't "bad" per se, it just has significantly lower
performance than P4. Appropriately it costs less, but when
one is building a box with budget limitations the platform
often shifts to AMD, as they have more bang for buck
particularly running older software. That is, the same
budget that limits a system build often limits the _new_
software one would need to get more advantage out of the
P4/Celeron architecture.

 

[Don]

Don,

You were right. After hours of frustration, and trying every
combination of things (I thought), it finally dawned on me that maybe
I couldn’t just bench test a motherboard (as I have read) without
signalling it to turn on. I played with the power switch wires and
BAM! everything turned on. I felt like a real idiot at that point,
but I was so glad to get it working I didn’t care that much.

A side note... I’m a beginner at this and it sounds like the Celeron
isn’t a good processor from the comments above. Should I get rid of
this? Why is it considered a bad processor?

Thanks everyone for taking the time to try and help me out!

Things work better when you plug 'em in

I'm glad I could help!