Replaced MB and now I get NOTHING when powering up! Please help!

[Zap]

Hello!

My old ASUS MB started to wack out (flashing the BIOS fixed the
problem temporarily...) Anyway, I switched out the old ASUS MB with a
new ASUS P4S8X-MX so I could reuse my P4 2.4 chip and the existing
DDR. This computer is used for business so it has video built in to
the MB (no need for a speed-deamon Vid-card) as well as LAN and Audio
and USB etc so there really isn't a lot to go wrong. Both power cords
from the power supply are plugged into the MB (the conventional one
plus that square, 4-prong job). But when I hit the on switch I get
absolutely NOTHING on the monitor! I can hear the computer powering
on but I don't even get a BIOS screen - absolutely nothing....

One think I must say is that when I was taking the old chip out of the
old MB, it stuck to the heat-sink and pulled out without me un-doing
the lever lock that holds it in place. I examined the chip and it
seemed to have all the prongs and there was nothing left in the holes
in the old MB so I'm worried that this may be the problem. The thing
is, shouldn't I get to the BIOS screen even if the CPU chip is
damaged? Or I should get some sort of error message or beeping,
shouldn't I?

What would cause a blank screen from the start?

I was very carefull installing and used a static strap (as well as
constantly groundign myself to the metal case). Is the only
possibility a dead on arrival MB or could it be something else?

Thanks for any suggestions!!!!!!!!

Scott

 

[Chris Hill]

Hello!

My old ASUS MB started to wack out (flashing the BIOS fixed the
problem temporarily...) Anyway, I switched out the old ASUS MB with a
new ASUS P4S8X-MX so I could reuse my P4 2.4 chip and the existing
DDR. This computer is used for business so it has video built in to
the MB (no need for a speed-deamon Vid-card) as well as LAN and Audio
and USB etc so there really isn't a lot to go wrong. Both power cords
from the power supply are plugged into the MB (the conventional one
plus that square, 4-prong job). But when I hit the on switch I get
absolutely NOTHING on the monitor! I can hear the computer powering
on but I don't even get a BIOS screen - absolutely nothing....

One think I must say is that when I was taking the old chip out of the
old MB, it stuck to the heat-sink and pulled out without me un-doing
the lever lock that holds it in place. I examined the chip and it
seemed to have all the prongs and there was nothing left in the holes
in the old MB so I'm worried that this may be the problem. The thing
is, shouldn't I get to the BIOS screen even if the CPU chip is
damaged? Or I should get some sort of error message or beeping,
shouldn't I?

What would cause a blank screen from the start?

I was very carefull installing and used a static strap (as well as
constantly groundign myself to the metal case). Is the only
possibility a dead on arrival MB or could it be something else?

Could be dead mb, could also be that you damaged the cpu when removing
it. I have one more possibility: your power supply was starting to
crap out, and it just made you think it was the mb. I'd try the cpu
on the old mb, and a different power supply.

 

[Simian Dyson]

Hello!

My old ASUS MB started to wack out (flashing the BIOS fixed the
problem temporarily...) Anyway, I switched out the old ASUS MB with a
new ASUS P4S8X-MX so I could reuse my P4 2.4 chip and the existing
DDR. This computer is used for business so it has video built in to
the MB (no need for a speed-deamon Vid-card) as well as LAN and Audio
and USB etc so there really isn't a lot to go wrong. Both power cords
from the power supply are plugged into the MB (the conventional one
plus that square, 4-prong job). But when I hit the on switch I get
absolutely NOTHING on the monitor! I can hear the computer powering
on but I don't even get a BIOS screen - absolutely nothing....

One think I must say is that when I was taking the old chip out of the
old MB, it stuck to the heat-sink and pulled out without me un-doing
the lever lock that holds it in place. I examined the chip and it
seemed to have all the prongs and there was nothing left in the holes
in the old MB so I'm worried that this may be the problem. The thing
is, shouldn't I get to the BIOS screen even if the CPU chip is
damaged? Or I should get some sort of error message or beeping,
shouldn't I?

What would cause a blank screen from the start?

I was very carefull installing and used a static strap (as well as
constantly groundign myself to the metal case). Is the only
possibility a dead on arrival MB or could it be something else?

Thanks for any suggestions!!!!!!!!

Scott

Pretty much the only time I've gotten zilch on the screen with no error
beeps, it's been because of the PSU. See if you can swap in a new one.

 

[JAD]

Hello!

My old ASUS MB started to wack out (flashing the BIOS fixed the
problem temporarily...) Anyway, I switched out the old ASUS MB with a
new ASUS P4S8X-MX so I could reuse my P4 2.4 chip and the existing
DDR. This computer is used for business so it has video built in to
the MB (no need for a speed-deamon Vid-card) as well as LAN and Audio
and USB etc so there really isn't a lot to go wrong. Both power cords
from the power supply are plugged into the MB (the conventional one
plus that square, 4-prong job). But when I hit the on switch I get
absolutely NOTHING on the monitor! I can hear the computer powering
on but I don't even get a BIOS screen - absolutely nothing....

One think I must say is that when I was taking the old chip out of the
old MB, it stuck to the heat-sink and pulled out without me un-doing
the lever lock that holds it in place.

and now you found the 'flakey' part of 'that' board


I examined the chip and it

seemed to have all the prongs and there was nothing left in the holes
in the old MB so I'm worried that this may be the problem. The thing
is, shouldn't I get to the BIOS screen even if the CPU chip is
damaged? Or I should get some sort of error message or beeping,
shouldn't I?

What would cause a blank screen from the start?

I was very carefull installing and used a static strap (as well as
constantly groundign myself to the metal case). Is the only
possibility a dead on arrival MB or could it be something else?

Thanks for any suggestions!!!!!!!!

Scott

Have you stripped it down to the bare boot minimums?