moon Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 Just built my second machine- identical to the first. Powered up no probs., but I got a bit lost setting it up. I set the RAID to mirrored, no probs, but then I went into the BIOS and set it to boot from RAID. Oh dear. Now I've got no POST beep and nothing on screen. In a word- stuck. Everythings lit up, CD tray goes in and out, but that ain't a lot of fun after a few minutes. Any suggestions, oh knowledgable ones ? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 Remove everything except the cpu and hsf no memory, no video card nothing hooked up either. Then power it up it should beep at you. If it doesn't that's not a good sign at all. If it does then go a piece at a time.you have connected the speaker connection properly hav'ent you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted January 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 Yep, speaker connection is Ok. Anyway, there was nothing on screen.Removed video card, rebooted, no beep ( screen lit up though, although disconnected, so there's nothing wrong with that )Removed memory, rebooted, no beep.Disconnected both hard drives , rebooted, no beep.What next ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 cry, is the cpu fan working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 moon did you add anything after it booted ok the first time,I broke my mobo adding memory its not good when theres no beeps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted January 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 No, I added nothing. Here's exactly what I did. Booted ( fine).Selected 'mirrored RAID' from the first boot screen.Rebooted.Set the BIOS to boot from CD-ROM first.Rebooted.Let the boot screen run to 'insert disk in CD drive' then inserted W2K CD.Added the RAID drivers at the prompt.Continued installing Windows, elected a 20Gig partition, and selected 'format this partition' at the prompt. Windows ran through the format process BUT ( and here was where my bubble burst) said that it was unable to format the partition. I then went back to my notes from building the previous machine and saw that I should have set the BIOS to boot from RAID first.Rebooted and set the BIOS to boot from RAID.Rebooted- no beep, no screen. Oh dear. :DEDIT.cry, is the cpu fan workingYep. I checked the 'disk health' while I was in the BIOS. CPU was a very healthy 44C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted January 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2004 How can changing the boot sequence to RAID first damage the mobo ? I'm mystified.OK, I cleared the CMOS and all is well again. Beeping like a Saturday night Martian :D Now I have to figure how to load Windows :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted January 18, 2004 Report Share Posted January 18, 2004 odd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted January 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2004 Yeah, well apparently that's what happens when you tell Windows to boot from a drive configuration that it hasn't yet recognised. :D Anyway, sorted now. Windows wouldn't format the OS partition but I insisted and it eventually buckled to my will. I've got both new machines loaded and running.Just one minor bloody annoyance. Ebuyer have sent me two Athlon 1300's instead of the two XP2700's I ordered and paid for. Now I've got to wait for the correct processors, take the other effin processors out and sod about with my heatsinks. They are Akasa's, the one's with the new compound pre-applied. I suppose I'll have to use Arctic Silver. I think ebuyer should compensate me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted January 18, 2004 Report Share Posted January 18, 2004 did you installed the cpu's knowing they were 1300's, pretty poor show by ebuyer they should send 2 heatsinks as well,why should you have to mess around with thermal paste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helen Posted January 18, 2004 Report Share Posted January 18, 2004 Have you checked your fsb, because a 2700+ chip will read as 1300 @ 100MHZ.A 2700+ chip will read as 2.15GHZ @ 166MHZ. :o http://www.amdboard.com/prratingspecial.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted January 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2004 Alarm bells are ringing !!! Where exactly is that article, helen ? I can't see it. I'll bet that's the problem though. How do I change my fsb settings ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted January 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2004 Yep, that seems to be the trouble. I've got two identical machines and I'm looking at them with Aida 32. The mobo settings are quite different. I can't understand it. The mobo clock ratios and clock switches are on the same settings. One reads 'Real clock 100MHz DDR' in Aida 32 and the other reads 'Real clock 166MHz DDR ' What to do ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted January 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2004 If they ARE XP1300's would they be damaged if I set the fsb to 166 in the BIOS ?I'm troubled that the mobo's didn't do it in auto like the other one did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted January 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2004 Helen, you were exactly right. Clever gal. :mellow: I changed the fsb to 166 and they are in fact XP2700's. Many thanks.Resolved. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helen Posted January 19, 2004 Report Share Posted January 19, 2004 Sorry just got in. Bl**dy work.The address was just to show you what the 2700+ should run at and not an article, sorry for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted January 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2004 No worries. You got me out of a tight spot. Ta. Have a day off. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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