On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Peter Salisbury
<peterthevicar@???> wrote:
>
> Help! I'm putting together a PC for a friend and it won't work.
>
> It was a bare bones case+mb to which I added RAM, CPU, HDD - sim,ple,
> I told him, I've done this hundreds of times. Spoke too soon...
>
> At first it would power up, say the RAM was OK, beep and display the
> 'Press Del to enter setup' message (monitor connected to the on board
> graphics via a VGA connector)
>
> Trouble was, it wouldn't listen to the keyboard (I tried two
> keyboards, PS/2 and USB) so in a fit of desperation I reset the RTC
> RAM (remove battery, change jumper position, replace jumper etc).
>
> After that it didn't even display ANYTHING on the screen, no beep,
> nothing except the fruitless whirring of fans!
>
> I really wish I hadn't done that now, but surely that shouldn't stop
> it altogether? The M/b manual implied it should still be possible to
> enter the BIOS setup program afterwards.
>
> Any clues anyone?
>
> Aaargh!
>
> TIA, Peter
>
it's probably stating the obvious, but i'd start with reseating
everything you can.
jack
