OK , I need help .

nitro237 · Post by **nitro237** » Tue Oct 02, 2001 10:11 pm

OK , update , the video card is seated properly . The bios battery is fine . The ram is in the right order . If tried in any other order I get the long beeps signifying ram problem . I took the mobo out of the case (not touching any metal) and same results . The CMOS jumper was double checked .

I appreciate all the suggestions . I have looked everywhere on the 'net I know of to look also . This thing is making me sick .

Splitfire · Post by **Splitfire** » Tue Oct 02, 2001 10:35 pm

I'm betting you've got a bum CPU (as much as I know you want to hear that

). Not much you can do unless you know a friend with a P4 system that won't mind swapping chips.

nitro237 · Post by **nitro237** » Tue Oct 02, 2001 10:37 pm

I tried my cpu in a friends system and it booted up fine .

smb · Post by **smb** » Tue Oct 02, 2001 11:04 pm

bad motherboard. I had a bad motherboard act that way as well.

nitro237 · Post by **nitro237** » Tue Oct 02, 2001 11:12 pm

Sal , that was my first thought as well . I sent the first mobo back for refund and then ordered another one from a different vendor (to make sure I didn't get the same mobo back) and it does exactly the same as the first . I just hate to believe I got 2 bad mobos from 2 different places with the exact same problem . But I guess I have a better chance of that happening than I do winning the lottery

:kookoo

Jim Z · Post by **Jim Z** » Wed Oct 03, 2001 12:12 am

Try a different power supply? I know yours is new, but that doesn't mean it ain't broke.

nitro237 · Post by **nitro237** » Wed Oct 03, 2001 12:30 am

I tried my PS in another P4 system and it ran it fine .

Jim Z · Post by **Jim Z** » Wed Oct 03, 2001 12:37 am

try a different PS on your board. they might just not get along... it's happened to me.

nitro237 · Post by **nitro237** » Wed Oct 03, 2001 12:42 am

Jim , that's what I think also . In fact , earlier tonight I bought a Antec PS from Vidman that I am going to try . The one I bought is rated for P4 but it is a generic . I can't try my friends ps because he has several other gadgets wired together in and around it and would be a major headache for him to pull it .

sigel · Post by **sigel** » Wed Oct 03, 2001 3:55 am

MSI motherboards have a LED light system by the ports, is it giving any error codes?
clear the CMOS and see what happens, make sure, just to get it to boot, you have NOTHING hooked up except the motherboard to power, and nothing hooked or in the motherboard except video.

make sure the ram is seated properly.

most of all, make sure no drives are hooked to power or the motherboard to see if it will boot.

Lmandrake · Post by **Lmandrake** » Wed Oct 03, 2001 9:18 am

1. Try disconnecting any three pin fans connected to your motherboard other than the cpu fan.

2. Try another floppy and be sure your floppy power cable from your PS is good.

Nighttrain · Post by **Nighttrain** » Wed Oct 03, 2001 9:23 am

I had a similar prob with an Athlon MSI mobo. I was using 2 of the mobo fan headers to power case fans and it wouldn't boot to bios. Just a blinking cursor. I rmaed the board and same thing. I moved the fans to the psu loom and never had another problem. Apparently, my MSI board was known to be quirky concerning voltages and the slightest drain on the mobo caused the bios prob.

nitro237 · Post by **nitro237** » Wed Oct 03, 2001 9:25 am

1. I have tried fans connected to all the headers , only cpu fan , no fans etc . No luck .

2. I have tried it with different cables , floppies , and no drives connected at all . It really shouldn't need any drives connected for the bios to start up , right ?

I am looking at the MSI end user forum and there are a lot of others with the same problem and no one has posted a solution

Thanks guys

NascarFool · Post by **NascarFool** » Wed Oct 03, 2001 11:25 am

Pull everything. Install: CPU , one stick of ram(unless both are required), hard drive, cd drive , floppy drive and a generic PCI video card. Don't try with the Radeon and GeForce video cards. Does the board require an AGP Pro card?

nitro237 · Post by **nitro237** » Wed Oct 03, 2001 11:37 am

I don't have a PCI vid card to try . It does not have to be an AGP Pro , it is backwards compatable .